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Photo#46151
Bombardier Beetle - Brachinus

Bombardier Beetle - Brachinus
Fews Ford, Eno River State Park, Orange County, North Carolina, USA
March 26, 2006
Size: 13 mm
Captured under bark of a fallen tree which was in the floodplain of the Eno River. Posed and length measured in place.