Destruction on its way

to eat the roses. These white spotted fruit chafers are a real pest and start eating the buds as soon as they open. I have to constantly spray to keep my roses blooming.

[Issi Bannerman]

Great image. The fruit chafers I've never heard of, but they're big and I guess very harmful. They're quite photogenic too though!

[Valerie Chesney]

Oh! I do love these gorgeous open roses.

[winghong_ho]

Lovely capture of such beautiful flower.

[Beryl Lloyd]

Such a lovely rose , but not so lovely pest that destroys the buds before opening !

[Kathy A]

Greedy little pest

[Susan Wakely]

Lovely rose but a shame about the bugs.

[Peter]

Such a pretty rose beautifully captured image Diana, we all seem to have pests that eat the roses and try to keep on top of:)

[Brian]

Pesky pests. Lovely rose

[katy]

Such a shame, but what an interesting looking bug and of course the rose is gorgeous

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

Lovely capture fv!

[Mags]

Pretty capture and processing. Too bad about the bugs.

[PhotoCrazy]

Nice!

[Merrelyn]

Hmm, that reminds me - my roses need spraying again .

[Bucktree]

Lovely rose.

[Christine Sztukowski]

Delightfully simple

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Lovely shot.

[Beverley]

It’s not a bug that can hide itself!

[Danette Thompson]

Beautiful rose

[Olwynne]

The rose is stunning

[Carole Sandford]

Beautiful rose.

[Lisa Brown]

a beautiful shot of the rose and her tormenter.

[Corinne C]

So poetic

[LManning (Laura)]

Well spotted and captured.

[Heather]

A beautiful capture of this white rose, but YIKES to the black fruit chafer! (Lovely background, too, Diana!) Fav

[Diana]

@jamibann @happysnaps @wh2021 @beryl @kjarn @wakelys @pcoulson @briaan @grammyn @ziggy77 @marlboromaam @photographycrazy @merrelyn @dkellogg @365projectorgchristine @mittens @beverley365 @danette @ollyfran @carole_sandford @lisab514 @corinnec @ljmanning @365projectorgheatherb Thanks for the lovely comments and favs, they are very much appreciated :-)