Face off

The gorgeous green beetle is Oedemera Nobilis, or Swollen Thigh Beetle. Bless him - I know how he feels

[Diana]

Fabulous capture and detail, such a gorgeous beetle but what a name!

[Kitty Hawke]

Dear of him......such a lovely colour.

[Agnes]

Beautiful

[Karen]

lol, Lesley! But he’s beautiful, swollen thighs or not. I hope the face off didn’t blow up into a full-scale altercation!

[JackieR]

love your narrative, and isn't he gorgous. fab capture

[Susan Wakely]

Haha. And the winner was?

[carol white]

A lovely close up capture

[Margaret Brown]

A nice closeup of flowers and bugs

[KoalaGardens🐨]

ooooh neat

[Monica]

Cool bug!

[Pat Knowles]

Swollen thigh beetle…..well that is a name…poor beetle!

[Carole Sandford]

His lovely vivid green colour makes up for his leg problem, bless him!

[Beverley]

Wow… fantastic photo of him… very pretty flower too

[Rob Z]

Lol Lesley!! I had to both laugh, and identify with, your comment! Love your image of the marvellous thighs...

[Phil Howcroft]

he does shimmer in the sunlight

[Heather]

Lol, Lesley! A great capture of these two! And the green of the beetle, thighs and all, is really quite stunning! Fav

[Beryl Lloyd]

Super find and shot - such a lovely iridescent green bady - legs and all !!

[Glover Shearron, Jr.]

😊😊

[Delwyn Barnett]

Haha - wonder why he needs such massive thighs!

[Agnes]

Super shot

[Boxplayer]

Beautiful close-up

[Faye Turner]

Great shot

[Kathy A]

Very pretty