Photo of an unidentified beetle from Borneo crawling on a young flower pod.
Related posts:
* Tropical Orange Blister Beetle - Nemognatha
* Black Blister Beetle | Nemognatha Photo
* Tropical Luminous Bug
* Wild Sex - Leave Beetle Mating
Another photo series on wild sex (or insect pornography). These are photo of flea beetles or leave beetles. Watch out for the couple circle in red. It was quite a challenging shot due to the fact that the beetle couple keep on moving !
Leave beetle couple
Closer shot: Leave beetle mating
Leave beetle mating
Zero macro: Leave beetle mating silhouette
Related insect-porn posts:
* Wild Sex - Photo Of Mating Green Bugs
* Wild sex - Mating moths photo
* Wild weevil sex
* Green tropical bugs mating
* Housefly Sex, Series #2
* Adventure of two flies (Fi and Fo)
Below are photos of tropical black blister beetle (Nemognatha), I think. On closer look, it purplish.
Boy, the subject of photo is a tough and mobile creature. It was extremely difficult to take close up shot when it just won't stop moving. For a macro shot, the subject must be still.
So what I did was to put it on a stick and let the beetle crawl from one end to the other. I positioned my lens at the end of the stick, hoping that the beetle will slow down to make a U-turn so that I can take the shot. Yup, the trick works.
Black beetle turning at a dead-end
It's Beetle Shit! Caught on camera. Zoom and see the things coming out from its end.
Actual size of the black purplish beetle. No bigger than my nail.
DID YOU KNOW: The photo above show a beetle crawling on my fingers. It's actually not. I pinched down it's legs using my left hand to keep it steady and my right for taking the shot.
For more hi-resolution tropical beetle, check out my Flickr Gallery Beetle
Photo of a tiny tropical luminous beetle. Notice the glittering colour on the lower part of the beetle shell ?
Luminous beetle hiding under a leave.
A tropical orange blister beetle (Nemognatha) perched on an orchid petal. This orange beetle in this photo have orange feelers. Some orange beetle in fact have black feelers.
Orange blister beetle - Nemognatha
Orange blister beetle - Nemognatha
Blister Beetle adults feed on leaves in the tops of a plant but are especially attracted to flowers where they feed on nectar and pollen.
For more hi-resolution tropical beetle, check out my Flickr Gallery Beetle
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