Stephen Dalton / Harlequin beetle (Acrocinus longimanus) close up, portrait

Stephen Dalton / Harlequin beetle (Acrocinus longimanus) in flight, Venezuela, South America.

Pete Oxford / Harlequin Beetle (Acrocinus longimanus), Yasuni National Park, Amazon Rainforest, Ecuador

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Harlequin Beetle (Acrocinus longimanus) male in rainforest, Costa Rica

Christian Ziegler / Harlequin Beetle (Acrocinus longimanus) with pseudoscorpion and an abundance of red mites, Barro Colorado Island, Panama

Piotr Naskrecki / Harlequin Beetle (Acrocinus longimanus) female, Acarai Mountains, Guyana

Piotr Naskrecki / Harlequin Beetle (Acrocinus longimanus) with pseudoscorpion hanging on to be able to move to different places in a behavior called phoresy, Acarai Mountains, Guyana

Nick Upton / Harlequin beetle close up front portrait (Acrocinus longimanus) Ecuador

Doug Wechsler / Male Harlequin beetle (Acrocinus longimanus) Burro Burro river, Guyana

Doug Wechsler / Close up of male Harleguin beetle (Acrocinus longimanus) Burro Burro river, Guyana

Kim Taylor / Harlequin Beetle {Acrocinus longimanus}. Trinidad, South America. Captive

Kim Taylor / Harlequin Beetle close-up portrait Trinidad. Captive.

Ingo Arndt / Harlequin Beetle (Acrocinus longimanus) underside detail of leg and foot

Ingo Arndt / Harlequin Beetle (Acrocinus longimanus) underside detail of leg and foot

PREMAPHOTOS / Harlequin beetle female {Acrocinus longimanus} covered in mites. Trinidad

Mark Moffett / Harlequin Beetle (Acrocinus longimanus) pair courting, French Guiana

Mark Moffett / Harlequin Beetle (Acrocinus longimanus) portrait on log

Mark Moffett / Harlequin Beetle (Acrocinus longimanus) pair in courtship ritual, French Guiana

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Harlequin Beetle (Acrocinus longimanus) in rainforest, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Harlequin Beetle (Acrocinus longimanus) in rainforest, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Harlequin Beetle (Acrocinus longimanus) in rainforest, Costa Rica

Christian Ziegler / Left to right, from top: Blue Helicopter Damselfly (Megaloprepus coerulatus), Mydas Fly (Mydidae), Saw-nosed Planthopper (Cathedra serrata), Metalmark (Lymnas pixe), Grasshopper (Proscopia panamensis)...

Premaphotos / Harlequin beetle male (Acrocinus longimanus) above one of the characteristic oval larval galleries, in a dead tree in rainforest, Trinidad

Piotr Naskrecki / Harlequin Beetle (Acrocinus longimanus) with mites hanging on to be able to move to different places in a behavior called phoresy, Acarai Mountains, Guyana

Doug Wechsler / Adult male Harlequin beetle {Acrocinus longimanus} Burro Burro River Guyana

Mark Moffett / Harlequin Beetle (Acrocinus longimanus) climbing up a tree, French Guiana