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• Janice (18648)
• [2005-06-18 5:57]

What beautiful colours, so bright and irridescent Christos. Well captured and good composition. Nice and sharp and I like it, well done.

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• ellis49 (30807)
• [2005-06-18 6:56]

Nice macro, Christos.
Very colourful beetle may little high contrast.
Good details, well composed and nice POV.
Well done.

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• sandpiper2 (14121)
• [2005-06-18 7:45]

Beutiful bettle, well captured.

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• LordPotty (12035)
• [2005-06-18 8:22]

An amazing metallic sheen to this insect.Looks like some kind of longhorn beetle.
Nicely captured Christos.
Well done.

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• ddg (5111)
• [2005-06-18 12:42]

Hello Christos, sorry but I can not help you about the name of this bug! Toutefois je puis vous féliciter pour la macro aux couleurs chatoyantes et le bon piqué. TFS Didier.

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• puciu (2603)
• [2005-06-18 12:50]

Hi. Fantastic beetle, thanks for show.
Robert.

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• wallhalla15 (13829)
• [2005-06-19 4:58]

Nice shot Christos, good macro, I like the details, sharpness and DOF. Good work! Thanks for sharing

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• PDP (11769)
• [2005-06-27 10:54]

Hi Christos, beautiful beetle. I don't know what it is I'm afraid. I will see if I can find anything in my books. Nice shot, the composition is great and very nice details too. Well done.

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• Xalkida (257)
• [2005-07-15 7:40]

Δυστυχώς από σκαθάρια δεν έχω γνώσεις, ωστόσο αυτό που βλέπω είναι εκπληκτικό: πολύ όμορφα και ζωντανά χρώματα. Όμορφη macro λήψη!

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• TAZ (10926)
• [2005-08-07 4:25]

Wooow ! What a superb insect that you have well captured ! Composition, metalic colors, details and sharpness are very good ! Thanks for sharing Christos.

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• peter_stoeckl (10219)
• [2006-02-26 8:33]

Great capture, Christos.

Wel composed, beautiful and naturalistic colours, details quite good for a strong close up.

ID: I think it is

"Lytta flavovittata", Family: Meloidae

http://www.zin.ru/Animalia/Coleoptera/rus/biol2.htm

That species is closely related to Lytta vesicatoria, the poisonous Spanish fly, that has been or is still collected to be used as a drug in medicine.

Best regards,
Peter

P.S.: Just seen the other two pictures from your useful links. They show the species very well, too, particularly your "adults only" shot for a free air sex movie :)
By the way, Cantharidine, the substance derived from Lytta vesicatoria, in the old days served as an aphrodisiacum.
Better not try.

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• a_christoforos (190)
• [2007-04-23 11:03]

Εδώ έπιασες πολύ ωραία χρώματα.