Thick-legged Flower Beetle
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Thick-legged Flower Beetle
Image: © Peter Whitcomb Taken: 24 Jun 2011
Very common at this time of the year around all nectar plants on chalk grassland. This was photographed on Sulphur Cinquefoil in the new reserve at Hollingbury Industrial Estate, where there is much of interest in butterflies and plants.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.866647
Longitude
-0.122019