Frontal view of a golden tortoise golden tortoise beetle is a species of beetle in the leaf beetle family, native to the Americas

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Made a microscope objective magnifying 4 times and software stacking images taken every 20 microns

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Size: 4558px × 3039px
Location: Watchung Reservation, Historic Trail, Mountainside, NJ, United States
Photo credit: © MIHAI ANDRITOIU / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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