File:Homalodisca vitripennis - Glassy-winged sharpshooter (16283561424).jpg

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The white dots on the wings are a liquid containing a great number of microscopic structures called brochosomes. The insect paints these on her eggs, where they may serve to protect against dessication or predation.

Austin, Texas, USA.

Public domain image by Alex Wild, taken as part of the Insects Unlocked project at the University of Texas at Austin.
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Camera location30° 18′ 57.09″ N, 97° 42′ 35.36″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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This image was created as part of the Insects Unlocked project at the University of Texas at Austin.

Based in the UT insect collection at Brackenridge Field Laboratory, part of the Department of Integrative Biology.

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