THE COPPER PLATE BUG

The Bug with a Glittery Back. Photo by MK. ...................................................................................................... I am in the process of making my second collage on wood, and its working title is "Not All the Glitter is Gold". Today I found this intriguing looking bug that knows how to camouflage himself. He was sitting on H.'s laundry pile when I captured him. 30 minutes later I took him out by the canal to release him from the mason jar. When he was out in the sun, I noticed his shiny, glittering back - metallic looking plate in the shape of a leaf.