C.M. Wilson
Blogging will resume in early September
Archetype is about to get even quieter.
Grant proposals have been dealt with (more or less), and next week I will be in Turin, Italy, for the congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology. I just don’t want to won’t have time to blog during the congress, unfortunately.
But do not fear, for I leave you with a very tough quiz. Let see if someone knows what’s depicted below. A couple of tips:
– It is one of the few sclerites (skeletal pieces) in adult workers that is completely internal.
– It comes in pairs (left one pictured).
The answer will be revealed upon my return.
The mysterious sclerite X (Scanning Electron Micrograph, Roberto Keller/AMNH)
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Isn’t it one of those sclerites of the sting? Spiracular plate?
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