Adult of an aquatic beetle, Graphelmis sp. (Elmidae), collected at a mercury vapor light at Namtok Mae Surin National Park in Mae Hong Son Province, northern Thailand (photo by Robert W. Sites). See article by William D. Shepard and Robert W. Sites

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