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Fig. 1

From: Frozen section and electron microscopy studies of the infection of the red palm weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (coleoptera:curculionidae) by the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae

Fig. 1

Scanning electron microscope micrographs of Metarhizium anisopliae SD-3 on R. ferrugineus. a M. anisopliae SD-3 hyphae (arrows) enclosed with the hair situated on the cuticle; b M. anisopliae conidia in the second antennal segment (arrows); c M. anisopliae conidia and hyphae in the antennal sensory hairs; d M. anisopliae conidia and hyphae (arrows) grow on the hairs of the abdomen; e M. anisopliae germ tube penetrating through the cuticle of the abdomen with the adult female; f M. anisopliae conidia and hyphae (arrows) enclosed within the cuticle and hairs of the tibia; and g M. anisopliae conidia (arrows) near to the spiracle

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