For #MarshMadness and in (dubious) honor of #WorldFrogDay I've painted a water scavenger beetle, Regimbartia attenuate. These tiny, unassuming guys are famous for their ability to avoid predation by frogs... by crawling right out the other end, unscathed. Prevailing theory is that a strengthened exoskeleton keeps the beetles safe from digestive enzymes as they crawl their way through the frog's digestive tract, and air pockets trapped in the elytra allow them to breathe until they can get some fresh air outside.

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