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I found this pretty green beetle sitting on a blooming cactus!

Potato Beetles mating on a Datura flower.

Plant: Datura wrightii
Insect: Three Lined Potato Beetle, Lema daturaphila

These beetles feed on toxic plants from the nightshade family. They are mating on a poisonous Datura plant.

The inside of a cactus flower blooming in the desert.

Cactus blooming in the desert.

Ladybug shot in Phoenix, AZ

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