Biting midges (Forcipomyia sp.) also known as tick flies sucking hemolymph from the antennae of a much larger walking stick in Peru.

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Location: Los Amigos Biological Station, Peru
Photo credit: © Anton Sorokin / Alamy / Afripics
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