Nature Production / Bombardier Beetle (Pheropsophus jessoensis) protecting itself by ejecting a boiling, noxious chemical spray, Nagasaki, Japan.
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Nick Upton / Forest caterpillar hunter (Calosoma sycophanta) feeding on a Gypsy moth caterpillar (Lymantria dispar) it has killed in a Holm oak tree, Bacu Goloritze ravine, Baunei, Sardinia, Italy, May.
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Steve Downer / Green tiger beetle (Cicindela campestrus) feeding on caterpillar, UK, June.
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Pascal Pittorino / Ground beetle (Carabus hispanus) resting on a leaf of Hydrangea (Hydrangea sp), Lozere, Cevennes, Languedoc Roussillon, France, July.
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Alex Hyde / Green tiger beetle (Cicindela campestris) close up portrait, Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. May.
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MYN / Gil Wizen / Comparison of larva and adult beetle (Epomis circumscriptus), Central Coastal Plain, Israel, April. Focus-stacked. meetyourneighbours.net project
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Alex Hyde / Long exposure of light trail from bioluminescent click beetle (Pyrophorus sp) walking on ground at night. Danum Valley Sabah, Borneo.
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Benvie / Golden ground beetle (Carabus auratus) Queyras Natural Park, France, May 2009
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Benvie / Golden ground beetle (Carabus auratus) Queyras Natural Park, France, May 2009 WWE OUTDOOR EXHIBITION.
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Oliver Wright / Green tiger beetle (Cicindela campestris). Skipwith Common National Nature Reserve, North Yorkshire, England, UK. May. Focus stacked image.
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Oliver Wright / Green tiger beetle (Cicindela campestris) resting on leaf. Skipwith Common National Nature Reserve, North Yorkshire, England, UK. May. Focus stacked image.
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Oliver Wright / Green tiger beetle (Cicindela campestris) pair mating. Skipwith Common National Nature Reserve, North Yorkshire, England, UK. May. Focus stacked image.