A Palmetto Tortoise Beetle (Hemisphaerota cyanea) perches on a Saw Palmetto leaf.

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Photographed in Highlands Hammock State Park, Sebring, Florida.

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Size: 3676px × 2451px
Location: Highlands Hammock State Park, Sebring, FL, United States
Photo credit: © Clarence Holmes Wildlife / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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