Correct Colours - _TNY_8678
Looking at this shot of a female waterlily reed beetle (Donacia crassipes) it is easy to think I have messed with the colours on the leaf it is sitting (standing?) on.
This is the proper colour though. It is a floating pondweed (Potamogeton natans) and the leaves vary in colour from green to red.
Speaking of colour, the shimmering in purple of this little lady is less vibrant than the males, but still really pretty in my opinion. In this particular shot, the pondweed leaf makes it appear more like gold than otherwise.
Correct Colours - _TNY_8678
Looking at this shot of a female waterlily reed beetle (Donacia crassipes) it is easy to think I have messed with the colours on the leaf it is sitting (standing?) on.
This is the proper colour though. It is a floating pondweed (Potamogeton natans) and the leaves vary in colour from green to red.
Speaking of colour, the shimmering in purple of this little lady is less vibrant than the males, but still really pretty in my opinion. In this particular shot, the pondweed leaf makes it appear more like gold than otherwise.