Placed a piece of cantelope outside 4 days ago and different insects have been feasting. I was surprised to see this large beetle chomping away at the fruit.

This is a Jamaican News Bug [Gymnetis lanius].

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@Trilobyter higly appreciated - even more so in late autumn when there are not many flowers and colours left. 🙂🍁✨
@radiyan thanks, in SE TX we’ve had an unusually warm “autumn” so far (well it used to be unusual, now it’s becoming the norm) so there’s still blooming action in my garden beds, but particularly this Gregg’s mistflower - which spreads aggressively & now covers a good part of one end of the bed. Will have to cut back & root out most of it before next spring.
@Trilobyter wouldn‘t have expected any autumn in SE TX, at all. 🥹
@radiyan it’s a relative thing but really we just have two seasons, summer and not-summer.
@Trilobyter so, with climate-crisis unfolding you gonna have less not-summer.