The Aquarian - Macro Monday - "Drips, Drops and Splashes"

I was outside trying to get a decent shot of the rain falling on the lake and I spotted this poor little guy on a lily pad in the rain. He spent almost all of his time wiping water droplets off his back. I don't think he could reach the one on his thorax. (Although maybe he could but just decided to make a fashion statement.) I looked all over the internet to try to see what he was and the closest thing I could find was a water lily leaf beetle. I'm not sure that is what he is but since he was on a water lily pad and he looks like a beetle I'm going with that nomenclature. (All the colours on him are him. I have no idea why that small water droplet on his back is that reddish colour nor why there is such a bright blue reflected off of the thorax into the bottom of the larger droplet. But that was what came through in the photo.) (ps - if you look really hard into the centre of the larger droplet that large dark circle is my umbrella - it was really raining.)

 

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