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On the view of each organism with all its separate parts having been specially created, how utterly inexplicable is it that organs bearing the plain stamp of inutility, such as the teeth in the embryonic calf or the shrivelled wings under the soldered wingcovers of many beetles, should so frequently occur.
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The scutellum is the white triangular spot at the front of the elytra or wingcovers, on the thorax.
What's That Bug? 2010
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