Cockchafer or May-bug

Close-up of a Cockchafer or May-bug (Melolontha melolontha) resting on moss in a Norfolk garden in early summer

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43932NDO.jpg

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(c) Papilio/Nigel Downer

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5436x3700 / 4.4MB

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