The female tanner beetle (Prionus coriarius) sits on the wood in the Sussex evening pumping pheromones into the night air waiting the male to come to

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The female tanner beetle (Prionus coriarius) sits on the wood in the Sussex evening pumping pheromones into the night air waiting the male to come to her

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Size: 5121px × 3414px
Location: Graffham Common, Sussex, UK
Photo credit: © Claire Haskins / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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