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Greg Shchepanek

Greg Shchepanek

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I have been blessed to meet some of the most Endangered Species on my travels throughout North America. Have you met any of your own? Please post your experiences here, I would love to see what you have come across in that big world of ours.
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The Ghost Tiger Beetle (Ellipsoptera lepida) Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Conservation Status: imperiled (N2N3) in Canada (NatureServe).
The story of this little guy in North America: https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.109488/Ellipsoptera_lepida
This photo has been published to examine the plight of this marvellous little insect. And is a feature image on the Encyclopedia of Life site: https://eol.org/pages/46893714
It is always such a pleasure to come across this little creature in the wild. I know of only two locations in Ontario that he is found.
 
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In the United States, it was a great joy to run into this old wise character while in the American Desert:
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Mojave Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) Kelso Sand Dunes • Mojave National Preserve, California, United States. Listed as vulnerable: www.iucnredlist.org/details/9400/0 Conservation Status: imperiled (S2) in California, US (NatureServe). A story of a tortoise that lives in only four States and is restricted to the desert: https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.102027/Gopherus_agassizii
 
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Another location of the Ghost Tiger Beetle (Ellipsoptera lepida) Larose Forest, Limoges, Ontario, Canada. Conservation Status: imperiled (N2N3) in Canada (NatureServe).
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Canon PowerShot G7 X • 8.8-36.8mm • ƒ/4.5 8.8 mm 1/1250 125 Flash (off, did not fire)
The travel cams are good for shooting these beetles because they are so fast & flying all the time and you have to move fast to get them...that is why I when with the Canon Mirrorless...I am constantly moving to capture my subjects of interest.
 
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