Insects and Spiders

Shooting The Breeze

The beetle cracked me up when it got into this position. It looks like it made itself comfortable. It rested its arm on a knee and proceeded to start gossiping about what the dragonflies had been doing behind the rushes this morning. That's my story & I'm sticking to it.
White Sweet Clover (Melilotus albus)
Margined Leatherwing (Chauliognathus marginatus)
Rowlett Creek Nature Preserve Greenbelt Area

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