Karner blue caterpillar. Macrophotograph of the head of a caterpillar of the endangered karner blue butterfly (Lycaeides melissa samuelis). Photograph

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Karner blue caterpillar. Macrophotograph of the head of a caterpillar of the endangered karner blue butterfly (Lycaeides melissa samuelis). Photographed by the USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab: an organisation dedicated to identifying, cataloguing and monitoring bees and other insect species.

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Size: 4505px × 3886px
Photo credit: © US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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