A Giant Mesquite Bug (Thasus neocalifornicus) molts, while clinging to a piece of wood that rests on a mesquite tree within a bosque along the Tanque

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A Giant Mesquite Bugs (Thasus neocalifornicus) molts, while clinging to a piece of wood that rests on a mesquite tree within a bosque along the Tanque Verde Creek, Sonoran Desert, Tucson, Arizona, USA. (PHOTO: Norma Jean Gargasz)

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Size: 5504px × 8256px
Location: Tanque Verde Creek, Sonoran Desert, Tucson, Arizona, USA
Photo credit: © Norma Jean Gargasz / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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