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Mouth of a fly

Proboscis of a housefly.
Proboscis of a housefly. Image: Oliver Dum

This alien-like appendage is the proboscis, or mouth, of a common housefly (Musca domestica) shown at 40-times magnification. The fifth-place image was captured by Oliver Dum from Medienbunker Produktion in Germany.