I took this photo a week or so ago. I have no idea what these two bugs are doing on my sunburnt roses – then I thought the bigger one was eating a bee. Ideas?
Category Archives: Bees & Bugs
Insect on gum leaf
Sent from my Nokia
Added later: A beetle looking over the edge of the leaf, perhaps? Are they antennae or the front legs?
Found the answer …
Wikipedia
The Lycidae are a family in the beetle order Coleoptera, members of which are commonly called net-winged beetles.
and from John Tann, Flickr
‘Net-winged Beetle, possibly a species of Porrostoma, family Lycidae. Como NSW Australia, November 2011. ‘ [later identified as a Red Shoulder Lycid beetle]
We did something unheard of, for a while – cleaned shopfront windows on a Saturday! Actually, we didn’t realise the Post Office was open Saturday mornings, and we went today so we could clean four panes of glass – doors and windows – in the entrance. Anyway, we cleaned two real estate offices nearby while we waited for it to close. Then afterwards, I said we may as well do the chemists a week early as it was filthy. So we did. Now Mr R is out cutting the grass before he comes in to watch his football team get beat. I’m playing his fantasy teams in grand finals, too – on both AFL Fantasy and Supercoach. I’ll probably get beat. Have a good day. ❤
Photos taken on my walk this morning.
bees on hawthorn blossom
Christine R 
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