{"id":5206,"date":"2014-06-30T06:43:46","date_gmt":"2014-06-30T10:43:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/p4td.lightshedder.com\/?p=5206"},"modified":"2014-06-30T06:48:05","modified_gmt":"2014-06-30T10:48:05","slug":"rose-chafer-beetle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=5206","title":{"rendered":"Rose Chafer Beetle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/wpid-dsc03141_2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"DSC03141_2.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" alt=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/wpid-dsc03141_2.jpg?w=904\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>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.\u00a0 Taken on its own merits, however, it is a rather handsome creature, in that very <em>other<\/em> way that insects have. This specimen was one of several working over a Multiflora Rose in the overgrown fields at Laudholm Farm on Saturday.\u00a0 As you can see from the photo the Rose Chafer is interesting, among other things, for having a carpeted caprice. It&#8217;s whole upper shell is covered with fine hair. <\/p>\n<p>Sony NEX 3N with ZEISS Touit 50mm f2.8 macro.\u00a0 ISO 200 @ 1\/250th @ f14. Processed in Snapseed on my tablet. 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They travel in packs and can decimate a cultivated Rose Bush in a matter of hours.\u00a0 Taken on its own merits, however, it is a rather handsome creature, in that very other way that insects have. 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