Title

Common pond skater

Caption

Common pond skater (Gerridae) at mating, female holding prey with forelegs, Haute-Savoie, France, Europe

Date

May 25, 2017

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Guenter Fischer

Reference

BRK20A57_224

Model release

NA

License type

Royalty free

Available size

50,0Mb (1,5Mb) / 17,3in x 11,2in / 5195 x 3367 (300dpi)

Keywords

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