A photo of an orange beetle hanging on to some light painted wood siding with it's first and second pairs of legs. The Beetle's head is a darker shade of orange than the body and has large shiny dark eyes and bifurcated club-shaped antennae. Its legs are tipped with 2 claws and the thighs of the front pair are bluntly spiny. The beetle's pronotum, the area just behind the head is a deep glowy orange, and it's elytra, the armored forewings are in shadow at the bottom of the frame.

Hang on everyone, you've almost made it through #Monday!

Southern Masked Chafer #Beetle, #Cyclocephala lurida

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A photo of the front quarter of the beetle. It's wings are a mottled light brown, while its pronotum (the shield like area behind the head) is a light golden brown. The head of the beetle is black.

A side photo of the beetle's head showing it's small antennae and triangular shaped head and mouthparts.

Today's #invertefest / macro year in review offering is this handsome Masked Chafer #beetle ( #Cyclocephala ) which are very common night time visitors to the porch lights here in South #Georgia

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