Microdon pipen flies develop within small chambers called 

 puparia, below, formed from the skin of the flies' last larval 

 stage. A scanning electron micrograph, right, reveals the 

 intricately sculptured surface of the larval skin. 



Photographs by Gregory Paulson 



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