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Female Trilobite beetles exhibit neotany [retaining juvenile form through to adult life]. They are detritivores, and closely related to fire-flies. The orange-tips glow in the dark.
Leaf litter, tree trunks, tropical rainforest.
Spotted on May 7, 2011
Submitted on May 7, 2011
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Fascinating!