Caption

Cockchafer, forest cockchafer (Melolontha hippocastani), male with spread-out elytra, on a branch covered in lichen, about to take flight, close-up, Wilnsdorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Date

Jun 19, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/Burkhard Sauskojus

Reference

BRK26I27_399

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

48.2Mb (16.1Mb) / 11.2in x 16.8in / 3352 x 5028 (300dpi)

Keywords

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