Caption

May beetle, wood cockchafer (Melolontha hippocastani), male, with spread wings, on a branch covered with lichen, about to fly off, close-up, Wilnsdorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Date

Jun 20, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Burkhard Sauskojus

Reference

BRK25G54_340

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

108.7Mb (10.4Mb) / 25.2in x 16.8in / 7550 x 5033 (300dpi)

Keywords

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