A Bloody-Nosed Beetle on the march

If ever a beetle gave the impression of being a wind-up clockwork toy, it’s the Bloody-Nosed Beetle, Timarcha tenebricosa.

Today they are on the march across the warm flat floodplain of the River Teign in Devon.

One in every five species on Earth is a beetle.

This couple are busy making more beetles for next year:

I think I’ll leave them to it.