15th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Vicious sicillian flower monster

When visiting the ‘Valley of the Temples’ on a warm summers day in Sicily, I was looking out some wildlife and came across this amazing insect. It was so large that at first glance I thought it was a mouse or rat, as it skittered across the floor, but to my amazement it was a beautiful, but vicious looking, entomological monster.

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Date Taken: 07.2016
Date Uploaded: 10.2017
Photo Location: Agrigento, Italy
Copyright: © Jamie Bojko