Leaf Beetle (IMAGE)

University of Washington

Leaf Beetle

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This leaf beetle, which lives in the cloud forest on the east slope of the Andes Mountains in Ecuador, is from the family Chrysomelidae. Climate change could have a much bigger impact on such tropical species than scientists previously thought.

Credit

Kimberly Sheldon, University of Washignton

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