Title: Classic beetle pose
Category: Traditional Close-Up
Description: Mallodon dasytomus (hardwood stump borer). det. M. Merchant. Collected March 8 2019 from fallen hackberry (Celtis sp.) in Hunt Co. TX. Emerged indoors 8/19/2019.
Equipment/technique: Taken of live specimen with Canon EOS 5D Mark II, f/20, 100 mm macro. The only digital manipulation was slight lightening of shadows.
Location: Hunt County, TX
Photographer: Mike Merchant
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