Walter S. · @truecolour
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A female ant bag beetle (Clytra laeviuscula), ca. 10 mm.
The larvae of this beetle develop for two years in ant colonies, during which time they eat anything they can find, from waste to ant larvae.
The adult beetles are vegetarian.
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