Large white butterfly larval spiracle SEM Science Image

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Large white butterfly (Peiris brassicae) larval spiracle, coloured scanning electron micrograph, (SEM). Air diffuses into the spiracle and circulates around the butterfly larva's body in a network of tubes called tracheae. Waste gases then exit through the spiracles much like bellows. Magnification x295 at 10cm wide.