Beetles...

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 1:11 pm

Flower Beetle...I think

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

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

Bruce Williams · Post by **Bruce Williams** » Mon Jun 11, 2007 4:26 pm

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

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 7:30 pm

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

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 3:37 am

Thanks guys

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.

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 3:38 pm

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