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Image Not Available for This house beetle will not venture out into the sun now, as he skin does not yet contain enough defensive materials to form a pigment screen.
This house beetle will not venture out into the sun now, as he skin does not yet contain enough defensive materials to form a pigment screen.
Image Not Available for This house beetle will not venture out into the sun now, as he skin does not yet contain enough defensive materials to form a pigment screen.

This house beetle will not venture out into the sun now, as he skin does not yet contain enough defensive materials to form a pigment screen.

Creator Deutscher Verlag (German)
Date1930s
Mediumgelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall: 16.8 x 19.7 cm (6 5/8 x 7 3/4 in.)
Credit LineAnonymous Gift, 2002
Object number2002/4243
LocationNot currently on display

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