Kim Taylor / Red-tipped Flower Beetle (Malachius bipustulatus) taking off from a Brome grass head. Surrey, UK

Nick Upton / Common malachite / Red-tipped flower beetle (Malachius bipustulatus) preparing to take off from Common Hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) Wiltshire, UK, May.

PREMAPHOTOS / Beetle female (Malachius bipustulatus) feeding on excitator on male's head during courtship, England

Premaphotos / Red-tipped grass beetle (Malachius bipustulatus) feeding on grass pollen, UK

Premaphotos / Red-tipped grass beetle (Malachius bipustulatus) female (right) about to contact the male and feed on the excitators on his antennae, UK

Premaphotos / Soft wing flower beetles (Malachius coccineus) The female on the right is feeding on excitators produced by glands on the male's face, Israel

Andy Sands / Common malachite beetle (Malachius bipustulatus) roosting in very early morning covered in dew. Hertfordshire, England, UK. June. Focus Stacked.

Andy Sands / Common malachite beetle (Malachius bipustulatus) sitting on petals of Oxeye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare). Buckinghamshire, England, UK. May. Focus Stacked.

Neil Challis / Green malachite beetle (Malachius bipustulatus) feeding on grass pollen, Finemere Wood, Buckinghamshire, UK, May. Macro.

Andy Sands / Green malachite beetle (Malachius bipustulatus) basking on a leaf, Hertfordshire, England, UK, April - Focus Stacked

Rod Williams / Common Malachite Beetle (Malachius bipustulatus) Feeding on dandelion Hutchinson's Bank,New Addington May 2015