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Photo#13985
Lytta stygica

Lytta stygica
Palm Canyon, Anza-Borrego Desert, San Diego County, California, USA
February 4, 2005

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Tiny one
Any idea on the tiny fellow hanging to the beetle's leg? Hitchhiker, parasite or what?

 
aphid
It's an aphid. Seems to be hitchhiking a ride, though the beetle wasn't going anywhere during the few minutes I was watching it.

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