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      We do this in order not to have to explain
        much, when the leaf beetle  Lachnaea sexpuntata
        places her dark, longish eggs exposedly at the end of a stem.  Beside, the female has not folded her wings properly - which is why a little part sticks out between her elytra. But during a business as important as laying eggs this is alright.  | 
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       Photograph by José Verkest, text by Maria Pfeifer  |