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The One Who Stayed, Pt. 3 - _TNY_5478

The scientific name for this nice and fairly large longhorn beetle is Lepturobosca virens. It lacks an English name, but translating the Swedish one gives (grön blombock) us "green flower longhorn". This particular one was muching pollen on a meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria).

 

When I closed in there were a whole bunch of flies, including several hoverflies around it, but they all soon left, leaving the beetle alone in front of the lens.

 

Part 1 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53114285445/

 

Part 2 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53608248040/

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Uploaded on June 13, 2024
Taken on August 12, 2023