A female trilobite beetle. Females retain the larval form even as adults, an excellent example of neoteny.

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Size: 3800px × 2533px
Location: Malaysia
Photo credit: © Bazzano Photography / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: beetle, borneo, bug, coleoptera, duliticola, east, entomology, insect, invertebrate, lycidae, malaysia, neotenous, neoteny, orange, platerodrilus, sabah, spine