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Editor: Wang Lingxiao 丨thepaper.cn

02-22-2017 14:11 BJT

 Fantastic footprint

This spectacular tarsus — the lowermost segment of an insect leg — is roughly 2 millimetres in diameter and belongs to a male diving beetle, which uses it to attach to a female’s back during mating.

This is the lowermost segment of an insect leg, which is roughly 2  millimetres in diameter and belongs to a male diving beetle. The male insect uses it to cling to a female's back during mating.

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