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Posted: 26 Jun 2013

Taken: 25 Jun 2013

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1/100 • f/7.1 • 100.0 mm • ISO 200 •

Canon EOS 5D Mark II

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Keywords

longhorn beetle •
Tetraopes tetrophthalmus •
red milkweed beetle •
Canon 100mm 2.8L •
Janet Brien •
Canon 5D Mark II •
Pacific Northwest •
Oregon •
Narrowleaf Milkweed •
Asclepias fascicularis •
Mexican whorled milkweed •

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Back View of a Red Milkweed Beetle

Back View of a Red Milkweed Beetle
HAH! I finally got a view of this beetle's back! Isn't it pretty? If you can believe it, this beetle's carapace appears perfectly smooth with the naked eye, but with a macro lens, it looks like it's covered with velvet! AMAZING!!!

By the way, the two small eyes you see on its head are called ocelli, and are a second pair of simple eyes which detect light and movement. Not all beetles possess these extra eyes, but did you know that spiders have 4 pairs of ocelli, and do not have compound eyes like most insects?

If you would like to know more about ocelli, wiki has a great page here!
Wikipedia: Ocelli

Martyn Gavan, askyog, , and 9 other people have particularly liked this photo

Comments
 sasithorn_s
sasithorn_s
Superb macro! Amazing colors, textures and detail! Thanks for the interesting info. Janet:)
10 years ago.
 sasithorn_s
sasithorn_s
:))

Seen in : Insect Macros
10 years ago.
 sunlight
sunlight club
Super Foto !
10 years ago.
 askyog
askyog
:) super cool
10 years ago.

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