A Histerid Beetle (Hololepta lucida) with phoretic mites.

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Size: 6636px × 4424px
Location: Deep Creek, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, NC, United States
Photo credit: © Clarence Holmes Wildlife / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: america, american, animal, animalia, animals, arthropoda, arthropods, beetle, beetles, bug, close, close-, clown, coleoptera, hexapoda, hexapods, histerid, histeridae, histerinae, hololepta, hololeptini, hydrophiloidea, insect, insecta, insects, lucida, macro, mites, nature, north, phoretic, polyphaga, states, united, usa, wildlife