Scott with baby Penelope
My nails didn't see a lot of nail polish the past days due to me being busy baking a special cake. I'm always afraid the nail polish will...
"Who needs a godmother when you have a gbig?" Big, Little, Dphie, Delta, Phi, Epsilon, Sorority, Craft, Canvas, Gbig, Cinderella
A tiny brentid beetle (ca. 6mm, Brentidae, primitive weevils). Looks like a Curculionid, but the antenna are entirely beaded (no club-shaped basal segment). Attracted by camp lights in the miombo forests of Mikembo (DR Congo, Katanga, January 2013). Studio work with an ethanol preserved specimen, staged on a dried Ficus twig. Image based on 176 exposures, assembled in Zerene Stacker (images presized to 75%, a bit faster). Canon 5Dmkii, MP-E 65mm at 4x, ISO-100, f/5, 1/160sec, flash diffused with tracing paper.
Pinned specimen of a fairly large golden stag beetle!
Stag. I particularly like how elongated the mandibles are on this one
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One of our Giant African Fruit Beetles (Chelorrhina polyphemus). More information at www.meetthebeasts.com
Family: Curculionidae Size: 12.3 mm Distribution: Philippines Location: Philippines, Leyte, Hilusig, Mt. Balocaue, 750 m leg. D.Mohagan, 16.VIII.2012; det. U.Schmidt, 2015 Photo: U.Schmidt, 2015
