A long beetle with a greenish-gold iridescent body, blue iridescent legs, a bottle green head and long antennae with curls at the end stands on a wooden board. It's shadow is cast below. Eurasian Musk Beetle. Harmless, but apparently smelly if provoked.

Bug on the deck. Musk Beetle. #muskbeetle #bugphotography #pixel8aphonecamera

Musk beetle, Aromia moschata. In the lower part of the picture you can see part of the compound eye and in the upper part the joint of the antenna base.

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Musk beetle, Aromia moschata. In this section you can see part of the head below the eyes. These colors 🥰

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