Strawberry-sap-beetle (IMAGE)

Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior

Strawberry-sap-beetle

Caption

The strawberry sap beetle (Stelidota geminata), one of two invasive beetle species found to serve as vectors for the newly described nematode species Caenorhabditis apta. 

Credit

Gustavo Alarcon-Nieto / Genes and Behavior Group

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