Red monster

摘要

THIS spectacular but terrifying close-up of a red palm weevil exposes every detail of the insect's rusty-coloured exterior, which is usually hard to spot by eye. Mofeed Abu Shalwa, who took the image, says he began photographing insects partly as a way to overcome his childhood fear of them. He spotted this weevil (Rhynchophorus ferrugineus) next to a date palm tree in the forests of Qatif in eastern Saudi Arabia. The image won him Luminar Bug Photographer of the Year 2020 in the inaugural Luminar Bug Photography Awards.