Onthophagus gazella
Gazelle Scarab, Arizona
Gazelle Scarab, Arizona
At my current rate of once-a-week Beetle Blogging, I’ll need 10,000 years to cover every living species.
Wish me luck.
photo details: Beetle attracted to UV light
Canon MP-E 65mm 1-5x macro lens on a Canon 20D
f/13, 1/250 sec, ISO 100
flash diffused through tracing paper
levels adjusted in Photoshop; slight lateral crop
flash diffused through tracing paper
levels adjusted in Photoshop; slight lateral crop
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Hummmmm. I’m not sure if you and I will be around for another 10,000 years. Perhaps you should consider twice per week beetle posts and cut it down to 5,000.
Nice shot of the scarab.
That’s one way to defer death.
10,000 years? I don’t think I’m going to last that long!
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[...] while back I noted that, at a rate of one beetle per week, I’d need about 10,000 years to get through all the described species. Since I made that comment we’re getting closer to [...]
I write from Ecosystems Research Center of the National Autonomous University of
Mexico.
To request permission to use you photograph of the beetle: Onthophagus gazella
Its use will be for a brochure with the theme of birds, whose aim is only to spread
education and nonprofit. Off course we include you copyright note.
Thank you for your attention.
M.Sc. Héctor Leonardo Martínez Torres