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Maybug in a land of his chocolate
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| Photo Information |
| Copyright: Paulius Briedis (ptah) (8) |
| Genre: Animals |
| Medium: Color |
| Date Taken: 2004-06-04 |
| Categories: Insects |
| Camera: Canon Powershot A100 |
| Exposure: f/2.8, 1/400 seconds |
| Photo Version: Original Version |
| Date Submitted: 2005-09-03 8:21 |
| Viewed: 1111 |
| Points: 2 |
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
This is the sharpest picture of this beetle, I have managed to get with my lo-fi camera, therefore I am quite proud with it :) .All the body parts are visible! You can see his 'nose' - the antennas, used to find the couple (by the way, I think this is a female beetle (professional scientists please correct me if I'm wrong), I think so because these antennas are quite small as males have them bigger, just like deer male has bigger horns.
I like how nails turned out here. These hooks, helping him move quickly from leave to leave, branch to branch, to find more food and hide are well seen and you can imagine how helpful they are.
And of course, shiny armor could not left unnoticed. These extra light chitin elytons functions exactly like elerons in a plane
Few facts about the maybug(cockchafer):
Lives underground 3 years as a grub and a year as chrysalis then becomes an adult bug and eats young leaves of oaks, birchs, asps etc..
Has strong wings so can travel long distances.
It has smaller 'brains' than bees or ants have.
maybug in the air (part 2 of the serie) |
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Hello Paulius!
Very nice close up.I liked composition very much.Wellcome to TN!Thanks for sharing.
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