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Fig. 5

From: Biocontrol efficacy of bay essential oil against housefly, Musca domestica (Diptera: Muscidae)

Fig. 5

The ultra-structural and superficial changes induced by bay EO to the larvae of M. domestica after a treatment for 24 h. a, c, and e show the anterior, posterior, and abdominal segments respectively of the control larva exhibiting normal appearance with smooth integument and well-defined or swollen intersegment spines, whereas b, d, and f show the FESEM micrograph anterior, posterior, and abdominal segments depicting the ultra-structural changes like shrinkage, rupture of body fluids, and corrugation of the integument induced by bay EO during treatment

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