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Good Vibrations
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Good Vibrations

by Howard Cheek

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted June 22, 201592 views3 comments

I caught these Metallic Wood Boring Beetles mating this morning around 10:00am under partly cloudy skies.

They were shot using ISO 400, thought I was at 500. The higher ISO would've let me shoot a bit faster since there was flower sway from the air, and some movement from the beetles. (The male was just making entry, and doing some odd intermittent fast gyrations/shaking). I quess you'd call that 'Good Vibrations' in the bug worldsad

F/11, 1/125th, 5DM2, Sigma 150mm f/2.8 + 1.4x

Comments

3 comments
Comment posted by scott lanz on June 22, 2015 at 5:00 PM

Fine capture of the mating behavior, Howard. The tiny bit of movement captured in the male goes helps depict the action. devil

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on June 23, 2015 at 8:55 AM

Neat catch, Howard.  The only movement I see in the male are his antennae, I can count the hairs on the rest of his body. 

Registered on January 23, 2011, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments
Comment posted by Jim Zablotny on June 23, 2015 at 8:10 PM

Hi Howard,

 

Good job snagging these Acmaeodora doing their thing. Focus looks good  and a touch of motion blur on the male's antennae and am surprised that you did not get any of the eye facets to pop up...........................Jim 

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