How he hangs on!

A brown beetle with six spots was upside down on the steps the other day. I couldn't let it suffer there, so I picked it up, to put on a nearby plant.

He didn't want to let go.

I didn't fault him one bit.

Grapevine beetle

Found this fellow crawling on my grape vine, where else? The Internet tells me it's a Pelidnota punctata, common name Spotted June Beetle or Grapevine Beetle. He is large - over an inch (25mm) long which made him easy to spot among those large leaves. The hooks on the ends of his legs allow him to really, really hang on. My youngest let the beetle crawl on his arm for a bit, but was he found it very ticklish.