Credit: Northern Arizona University Imaging and Histology Core Facility/Arizona State University W.M. Keck Bioimaging Laboratory
The large milkweed bug, a true bug and one of the contenders in the 2010 Ugly Bug Contest, uses it mouth to pierce plants (mostly milkweed) and drink the juices. This scanning electron micrograph was prepared and photographed at the Northern Arizona University Imaging and Histology Core Facility using a Zeiss 435 VP Scanning Electron Microscope. The photography was done there by Therry The and Marilee Sellers. Colorization was done by Page Baluch at the Arizona State University W.M. Keck Bioimaging Laboratory.