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04/26/06 10:07 AM
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Re: Alien Bug

Interesting find - a first. It looks like a thrips, a very small (1mm or so) insect. The size might explain how it got involved in the printing process. The brown glob at the posterior end is bug poop , forced out of the poor critter as it got squished between a glass plate and the film during the scanning process.

image from http://sacs.cpes.peachnet.edu

EDIT: I added an image of a thrips alongside for comparison - if anybody cares.
EDIT: Thrips is the singular and plural - like fish, sheep or deer. (I just found this out from an article in Google Sightseeing which referenced this article) Wikipedia - thrips



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