This photo is about a year old. At the end of a long bushwalking and shooting session at a park I saw this beetle in some foliage, I wanted a better shot where I could see its face clearly but as we were about to leave, this was the best I could manage while it played hide and seek. Shot on my...
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...
@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
We call "Caballito" - little horse - to this insect.
Magnification 3X
ISO 200, 1/4 sec. LED lights, homemade diffusers
Lomo 3,7X microscope lens + 160 mm extension tubes
Manual micrometric rail
Stacked in Helicon Focus, method C
Photoshop