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Spotted cucumber beetle

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted July 18, 201291 views6 comments

Coneflowers sure seem to attract all kinds of visitors! Found this spotted cucumber beetle taking a break from feeding to groom his antennae.

Interestingly, it looks like he has some sort of "dent" on his body.

Canon Rebel T1i. 180mm macro lens. F/7.1 for 1/100 sec. ISO 400. Tripod mounted, natural lighting.

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6 comments

Comment posted by scott lanz on July 18, 2012 at 9:36 PM

Nice find and image, Carolyn. Excellent POV. I like the head scratching behavior (his head, not mine) and the wide variety of beautiful colors.

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Comment posted by John Tobias on July 19, 2012 at 8:25 PM

Nice colors, it almost looks like it is floating over the flower! Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on July 19, 2012 at 9:54 PM

These are cool little beetles, haven't tried to shoot one in a long time. As I remember they were a pain because they just won't sit still very long. I had to catch em' early when it was cooler to get stills..
I like the opposing diagonals of the cone flower Carolyn, it's a neat view of the little guy navigating the tops of those spikes too

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Comment posted by Wayne Jones on July 20, 2012 at 10:49 PM

Cool shot, Carolyn. I like the 3-D quality, DOF and plane of focus to show us both the beetle and the flower.

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Comment posted by Roger Leekam on July 21, 2012 at 6:00 PM

Lovely color & detail, Carolyn. My taste would have been more DOF to get both antennae & his back end in focus. Really like the Background.

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Comment posted by Rick Turner on July 24, 2012 at 11:35 PM

Very well done comp.

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