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Now finally our wild roses full of critters. The Lachnaia leaf beetles really maim the flowers when they come in masses but that's ok, there's enough for everyone.

The rose chafers do less damage and only harvest pollen. This is a rare species whatever it is, not the common Cetonia aurata. It's probably  Protaetia cuprea but there's several species that almost look the same unless you dissect them. These beetles reflect left circularly polarized light which gives them their shiny green metallic color. When viewed through a right circular polarizer, the beetle appears black. I'll show you some other time.

The crab spider had caught a beetle but dropped it before host could take the photo. This is one of few spiders that can also eat pollen if insects are rare. They can also change color to match their flower and catch prey many times larger than themselves like butterflies.

There, you learned something from  a tupper. We take education very seriously on /tulpa/