APHOTOMARINE

An Educational Photographic Resource and Stock Image Library
of the Sea, Maritime Environment, Marine and Rockpool Life in the
Coastal Waters of South-West England by David Fenwick.

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The Marine Bug
Aepophilus bonnairei
- within tiny rock fissure 1

The Marine Bug
Aepophilus bonnairei
- within tiny rock fissure 2

The Marine Bug
Aepophilus bonnairei
- within tiny rock fissure 3

The Marine Bug
Aepophilus bonnairei
- within tiny rock fissure 4

Photographed at the end of May 2010 at Spit Point, Par, Cornwall; these tiny, 2-3mm long, air breathing insects, true bugs, were inhabiting tiny fissures within the rock quite close to the low tide mark. They were probably using using burrows left by worms as their home. To survive they breath air that is trapped between hairs on their skeleton. About six were seen together; they closely resemble bed bugs.

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