Author Jean and Fred Hort â—¦
As a child I spent many happy days with my brothers, sister and friends running to the top of sand hills and jumping off.
Yesterday, we experienced something that reminded me very much of my childhood fun.
Some large jewel beetles come together to feed and mate.
We spent a couple of hours watching and photographing as they came into the flowers. A couple were mating and many others tried to join them but when they realised they couldn’t, they climbed to the top of the flower spike and launched themselves into the blue skies.
We hope you enjoy these photos as much as we did photographing them!
Temognatha bruckii, Ioppolo Nature Reserve WA © Jean and Fred Hort
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