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Ken Ramos
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Beetles...

Post by Ken Ramos »

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Flower Beetle...I think :-k
EOS 30D
Manual mode/hand held/IS off
1/125 sec. @ f/11 ISO 400
EF 28-135 mm Wide Angle Zoom @ 135mm close focus
430EX Speedlite @ 1/3
Deep forest shade

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Japanese Beetle, yes it is that time of year again.
f/18, all other data same as above :wink:

Bruce Williams
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Post by Bruce Williams »

Pic1 is very nicely done - I'm guessing that this is quite a small species - very atractively marked too.

Pic2 - well to be honest Ken, on my monitor the Japanese Beetle gets a little lost into the dark background.

Bruce :D

beetleman
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Post by beetleman »

Hay, I love beetles. Good shots Ken. I think the first one is this: http://bugguide.net/node/view/978
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Ken Ramos
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Post by Ken Ramos »

Thanks guys :D

Yes a long horned beetle of sorts. There are over a hundred species of them I think. Could be and probably wrong in my assumption though. :-k

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Post by beetleman »

Your not wrong Ken, they are listed under flower longhorn beetles :smt045
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