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Little Patient Bug

Little Patient Bug

This little fellow just loves feeding off sun-drenched Iceland Poppy flowers and can be seen jumping between them every May - August. Well, this year we had a r...
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This little fellow just loves feeding off sun-drenched Iceland Poppy flowers and can be seen jumping between them every May - August. Well, this year we had a real bad spell of wind and rain whilst the developing flowers battled to stay upright and many of them got damaged. Here, the little beetle appears to be waiting for one of the weather's damaged survivors to open up after the bad weather claimed the other meals.
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