This flower reminds me of a fireworks starburst. Or maybe an inverted candelabra?

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All good points. Thanks

When these guys were larvae they attached themselves to, and ate, the undersides of the leaves of our Siberian elm trees. Now we have lots of thin brown leaves on our elm trees. The beetles seem to like the metal railing by the front steps. Note the false markings on the thorax. The eyes are way forward on the sides, not where they seem to be as dark dots in the yellow farther back. The one on the left seems to be damaged somehow in the rear.

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I intended to photograph the bugs (blurry orange things) on the solar sidewalk light. Unfortunately, the camera thought I wanted to record the reflection of the sky and elm branches above. It was so bright out I didn't notice where the camera had focused, just that it had. You would think that as smart as it is I would have gotten the picture I wanted. Of course I could have focused on the metal or used a multi-point focus so it isn't all the camera's fault.

Wrong picture

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Thanks for the explanation. I really wasn't aware of the distinction. I'm still down on the toe of the learning curve so I really appreciate your detailed comment.

I followed Matt Granger's youtube "bokeh on a budget" instructions with my kit 55-200mm lens. These are some snapdragons by our front steps. I cropped the pic a little and expanded black and white. His instructions worked pretty well, I thought.

Snapdragons

Nice presentation of neat scenery!