A red longhorned beetle at RSPB Elmley Marshes, Kent. July.

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An adult male red long-horned beetle (Stictoleptura rubra) with its thorax covered in pollen grains, feeding on a thistle at Elmley Marshes National Nature Reserve, Kent. July.

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Size: 5100px × 3386px
Location: RSPB Elmley Marshes Isle of Sheppey Kent England UK United Kingdom Europe
Photo credit: © DP Wildlife Invertebrates / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: animal, beetle, ecology, environment, insect, invertebrate, longhorned, nature, red, rubra, stictoleptura, wildlife