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mike_c

(36,281 posts) Mon Nov 25, 2019, 12:01 AM Nov 2019

a couple more insect photos

These are two recent insect photos from the Humboldt State University teaching collection. I shot both of these with a Tokina AT X Pro D Macro 100mm f/2.8. The blister beetle photo had a Raynox 150 added to the macro lens.

Ulochaetes leoninus, the long horned lion beetle. Trinity Co. California, 2019.

Lytta nuttalli, Nuttall's blister beetle. McKenzie Co. North Dakota, 2003.

I hope you like them. Full resolution images are at https://mcamann.smugmug.com/Insect-macro-photography .

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a couple more insect photos (Original Post) mike_c Nov 2019 OP

I sure do like them, Mike! They are gorgeous. CaliforniaPeggy Nov 2019 #1

Thank you. I love iridescence. mike_c Nov 2019 #4

These and your other posted photos are extraordinary. Amazing. Hoyt Nov 2019 #2

Thanks! mike_c Nov 2019 #5

Wow, that sure looks like bumblebee mimicry ! eppur_se_muova Nov 2019 #3

Yep. Here's another... mike_c Nov 2019 #6

CaliforniaPeggy

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1. I sure do like them, Mike! They are gorgeous.

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Mon Nov 25, 2019, 12:22 AM

Nov 2019

These are excellent macros. Full of details and great colors.

I can even see the mane on the first one, and I love the iridescent colors of the second one.

Thank you!