Cockchafer beetle - 55% crop - 10184

Cockchafer or 'Maybug' (Melolontha melolontha)
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera (beetles)
Family: Scarabaeidae (dung beetles)

55% crop from original image.

Location: Surrey, UK.

Leica - Leitz Wetzlar Macro-Elmarit-R 1:2.8/60, 60mm F/2.8 lens on Canon 400D DSLR.

Shot settings: F/11, 1/200s, iso 200, flash lighting.