Rose Chafer Beetle
On June 30, 2014 by lightshedder With 0 Comments
- action, animals, butterflies and insects, close up, flowers, insect, Laudholm Farm, Maine, Pic of the Day
The Rose Chafer Beetle is no friend to those who treasure roses. They travel in packs and can decimate a cultivated Rose Bush in a matter of hours. Taken on its own merits, however, it is a rather handsome creature, in that very other way that insects have. This specimen was one of several working over a Multiflora Rose in the overgrown fields at Laudholm Farm on Saturday. As you can see from the photo the Rose Chafer is interesting, among other things, for having a carpeted caprice. It’s whole upper shell is covered with fine hair.
Sony NEX 3N with ZEISS Touit 50mm f2.8 macro. ISO 200 @ 1/250th @ f14. Processed in Snapseed on my tablet. Cropped on the left for composition.