Mark McCaughrean on Nostr: It's May, so it should be no surprise that the Maybugs are here 🤷‍♂️ Still, ...

It's May, so it should be no surprise that the Maybugs are here 🤷‍♂️

Still, I'm always a bit shocked each year when I see my first common cockchafer (Melolontha melolontha; 🇩🇪 Feldmaikäfer) – they're huge 😱

First picture is a three-frame macro stack; second a single; third from my phone, to be able to get behind the doodlebug.

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