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  1. Israel.pov

    Your opinion? Small Carpet Beetle having a snack on some pollen

    This Second photo, I stacked 6 images, wasn't perfect being handheld, but i'll take it
  2. Neka Osorio

    Your opinion? Impaled leaf and other first photos

    Mi favorita, capturada en un sendero en un parque del sur de Chile. Y otras.
  3. ChanPaul

    Want critique Tiger Beetle

    Tiger Beetles are a large group of beetles from the Cicindeliane subfamily and is known for their aggressive predatory habits and running speed The fastest known species of tiger beetle, Cicindela Hudsoni can run at a speed of 9 km/h (5.6 mph; 2.5 m/s), or about 125 body lengths per second -...
  4. Desc1234

    Your opinion? Ladybug mating

  5. Greg Shchepanek

    Your opinion? Tiger Beetle Love

    I am always so fascinated by the mating of insects. Here a beautiful couple in the throws of passion are Eastern Sand Tiger Beetles (Cicindela formosa ssp. generosa) Merivale Gardens, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Taken on May 21, 2018. From the Archive. #love #February #mating #TigerBeetles #insects...
  6. Ashok Kallagunta

    Your opinion? The Flower Chafer beetle.

    The Flower Chafer is a beautiful, shiny, emerald green, and quite large beetle. Flower chafers are small, stocky beetles that come in shimmering bright colors. They look like round little dumplings. The most popular are the emerald green flower chafer, the pachnoda marginata and the Derby's...
  7. rcorteschile

    Your opinion? Tiny beetle (Calymmaderus sp.)

    Tiny Beetle (Calymmaderus sp.) Lomo 3.7X microscope lens, plus extension tubes 160mm. 67 images stacked in Helicon Focus. Retouched in Photoshop. 2 Flash & homemade diffuser.
  8. Greg Shchepanek

    Making Love in the Woods: Winter Fireflies

    Winter Fireflies (Ellychnia corrusca) mating Alleyn-et-Cawood, Québec, Canada. Olympus FE47,X43 • ƒ/4.0 7.7 mm 1/40 400 Flash (off, did not fire)
  9. Greg Shchepanek

    Making Love: Eastern Sand Tiger Beetles

    Eastern Sand Tiger Beetles (Cicindela formosa ssp. generosa) are at play throughout the Pinhey Sand Dune Complex, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Canon EOS M100 • EF-M28mm f/3.5 MACRO IS STM • ƒ/9.0 28.0 mm 1/400 100 Flash (off, did not fire)
  10. Greg Shchepanek

    The Beautiful World of Beetles: Welcome to Coleoptera

    The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 species, is the largest of all orders, constituting almost 40% of described insects and 25% of all known animal life-forms; new species are discovered frequently. Will first feature Blister/Oil Beetles: Oil beetles exude an oily substance from the joints of the...
  11. Greg Shchepanek

    Others The Beautiful World of Beetles

    @Jack & @Shan Can I get this thread deleted it double posted on me, thank you. Dark Blister Beetle (Epicauta murina) on Virgin's Bower (Clematis virginiana) Alleyn-et-Cawood, Québec, Canada. Longhorns Tiger Beetles LadyBugs Fireflies Blister/Oil Beetles