Shining tarsus -- whose is it?

rjlittlefield · Post by **rjlittlefield** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 11:50 pm

Sure, it's just a tarsus.

But whose tarsus is it?

I'm hoping that this one is a tad more difficult than the cicada face, but you never know...

--Rik

Canon Digital Rebel, Olympus 38mm f/2.8 macro, stacked at 0.0005" focus step with Helicon Focus, manual intervention to remove halos and fix visibility errors.

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 3:26 am

This will be a hard one Rik...I`m going to say it is from a beetle and then I`ll guess "A ladyBird Beetle"?

or a bee???

rjlittlefield · Post by **rjlittlefield** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 4:39 pm

Beetleman, good guess -- it is indeed some kind of beetle, but not a LadyBird.

Any other ideas for what sort of gorgeous beetle might have such fancy footpads?

--Rik

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 5:46 pm

Rik said:

Any other ideas for what sort of gorgeous beetle might have such fancy footpads?

Ringo Starr!

Have no idea.

rjlittlefield · Post by **rjlittlefield** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 11:14 pm

OK, ok, too hard...

How about I give you a hint?

The face of this beast looks remarkably like a dragon!

--Rik

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 4:38 am

Very nice picture there Rik, I didn`t think Weevils would have such nice looking legs