Close-up of a garden carrion beetle, Heterosilpha ramosa, on plant stem, with symbiotic mites (Poecilochirus species). When the beetle arrives at a de

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Close-up of a garden carrion beetle, Heterosilpha ramosa, on plant stem, with symbiotic mites (Poecilochirus species). When the beetle arrives at a dead animal to feed, the mites leave the beetleto eat fly eggs and larvae

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Size: 4608px × 3456px
Location: Ladner, Delta, BC, Canada
Photo credit: © Ernest Cooper / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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