It is not clear why he persistently tried to hide: the photographer or the heavy rain accompanied by hail that followed ~15 minutes later.đ
June 9, 2023
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A Dalmatian beetle? Probably asleep and not feeling photogenic, shame as the yellow flowers might have given some pics
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Looks like a white spotted rose beetle (Oxythyrea funesta). Typical representative of the Mediterranean region.
In recent years global warming lets them spread way north. -
The insect was not asleep and persistently tried to retreat to the right, to be covered by the yellow flowers.đ
