Congo Chafer Beetle opening Elytra to take flight.

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Congo Chafer Beetle opening Elytra prior to to taking flight.

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Size: 4000px × 2667px
Photo credit: © Phillip Thomas / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: &, aemula, animalia, arthropoda, arthropods, beetle, beetles, cetoniinae, chafer, coleoptera, congo, dicondylia, elytra, fissipuncta, flower, goliath, insecta, insects, invertebrates, lamellicorn, macro, natural, nature, pachnoda, pterygota, scarab, scarabaeidae, scarabaeoidea, uniraimia, winged, world