Saturday
Jun012013
Beetles
Sat 2013-06-01 
Two malachite beetles, Malachius bipustulatus (Coleopera: Melyridae) on a thistle. They were mating but separated when I disturbed them. The female is to the left, the male to the right.
Photos taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2013-05-26.
