Click Beetle (Agrypnus murinus) preparing to take off from Dogwood leaves on a chalk grassland slope, Bath and Northeast Somerset, UK, May.

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Click Beetle (Agrypnus murinus) preparing to take off from Dogwood leaves on a chalk grassland slope, Bath and Northeast Somerset, UK, May. This beetle can defend itself with foul smelling secretions from paired glands on its abdomen.

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Size: 3993px × 2662px
Location: Bath and Northeast Somerset, UK
Photo credit: © Nick Upton / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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