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Red lilly beetle

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Posted by Mike Smith on May 8, 2013 at 3:30 AM
Red lilly beetle
not sure my wife will like this one - these little blighters cause havoc to our pot lillies, and now they seem to be enjoying the snakes head fritillaries too :rolleyes:

Red lilly beetle on snakes head fritillary emerging seed pod.

Olympus E-3, 150mm F2 plus extension tube, iso 200, 1/80s at F4, tripod, cropped for presentation. Would welcome thoughts on whether to clean up the OOF Frit. stem. to right (I have removed an intruding in focus stem which was to the left)
Posted by Neil Burton on May 8, 2013 at 5:28 AM
Would be nice to see some head Mike but the red on green works well. :toast:
Posted by keith mitchell on May 8, 2013 at 3:28 PM
Mike I agree with Neil about the head but what you have got looks good.

Keith. :smile:
Posted by Nick Mckeown on May 9, 2013 at 2:46 AM
The oof stem is a little intrusive Mike but would not be too dificult to clean up. I assume the beetle is scoffing the plant hence no head?

Nick. :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :smile: :wavey:
Posted by Mike Smith on May 9, 2013 at 3:55 AM
Thanks all

These beasties are quite small headed, the eye is visible at the base of the antennae, and the mouthparts are tucked into the seedpod depression :mad:
Posted by Bob Johnson on May 9, 2013 at 12:51 PM
A bit more head would be nice :wink:

Bob :smile: