A miserable wet day, which did eventually clear, but too late for a walk.
So here are a few Beetle and Bug Images I have taken on Portland, plus a Spotted Longhorn photographed in the woods Here just north of Hardy Monument Here
Soldier Beetle - Cantharis rustica
Bloody-nosed Beetle - Timarcha tenebricosa
Bloody-nosed Beetle - Timarcha tenebricosa
Bloody-nosed Beetle - Timarcha tenebricosa
Rough-Haired Lagria Beetle - Lagria hirta
Rough-Haired Lagria Beetle - Lagria hirta
Swollen-thighed Beetle - Oedemera nobilis (Female)
Swollen-thighed Beetle - Oedemera nobilis (Male)
Summer Chafer - Amphimallon solstitiale
Rose Chafer - Cetonia aurata
Rose Chafer - Cetonia aurata
Rose Chafer - Cetonia aurata
Rose Chafer - Cetonia aurata
Wasp Beetle - Clytus arietis
Spotted Longhorn - Rutpela maculata
Spotted Longhorn - Rutpela maculata