A pair of mating garden chafer beetles (Phyllopertha horticola) resting on a species of grass in a dry limestone grassland habitat on an early morning
A pair of mating garden chafer beetles (Phyllopertha horticola) resting on a species of grass in a dry limestone grassland habitat on an early morning in late summer. Garden chafers are a member of the scarabidae family and appear between April and June. Photographed in Somerset, UK, in June.
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