Close up of <I>Belgica antarctica</i> Larvae (IMAGE)

U.S. National Science Foundation

Close up of <I>Belgica antarctica</i> Larvae

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These are the larvae of Belgica antarctica, a flightless midge and Antarctica's only indigenous insect.

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Photograph by Richard E. Lee, Jr., NSF

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