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πŸͺ² Beetles

Tropical Flat Rove Beetle

Priochirus abyssinus

About

A highly flattened, tropical rove beetle with a remarkably compressed body adapted for living under tree bark. Its pancake-like profile allows it to exploit extremely thin subcortical spaces.

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Did You Know?

The body of this beetle is so flat that it can squeeze into bark crevices less than 1 mm wide, making it virtually unreachable by predators.