Banded Longhorn Beetle

A couple more nature photos I took last summer and didn't get around to posting before.


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This critter is a Banded Longhorn Beetle in my Queen of the Prairie.

Maybe I didn't post these originally because I hadn't managed to get a good shot of the beetle. But looking at them on a gloomy December day, it isn't the out-of-focus beetle that draws my eye — it's the vivid pink of the blossoms in the abundant sunlight. It is amazing to think that there was ever so much light and color in the world.