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Apteroloma caraboides - primitive carrion beetle
Agyrtidae
Northern Sierra Nevada, California, USA

photograph © Alex Wild 2004

An Apteroloma beetle forages on a snowfield at night.

 
USA, CA, Nevada Co.: Carpenter Ridge
23.vi.2004, 39º25'N 120º20'W, 2610m
Snowfield.


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This image was captured with a Canon EOS D60, with a Canon 65/2.8 MPE 1-5x Macro lens.