Caption

Glossy black bull beetle (Typhaeus typhoeus), male crawling, climbing over stems of heather (Calluna vulgaris), also heather or heather, clearly visible horns, outgrowths, appendages on the neck shield, longitudinal grooves on the cover wings and spines on the legs, Sexual dimorphism, close-up, close-up, macro, macro shot, spring, spring, Schwindebecker Heide nature reserve, Harburg district, Lüneburg Heath nature park Park, Lower Saxony, North German Lowlands, Germany

Date

Apr 22, 2014

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Carola Vahldiek

Reference

BRK26C32_273

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

89.2Mb (7.6Mb) / 22.6in x 15.3in / 6775 x 4601 (300dpi)

Keywords

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