Lacinius horridus (Panzer, 1794)

I recently shared some images of a closely related species to this one, Lacinius dentiger (C. L. Koch, 1847).

 

This one here is a more common species, but doesn't appear to be photographed as often. I think they are crazy looking, all those little spikes just look awesome.

 

I found this one together with @grunamanda when we were out searching a couple days ago. I knew this species was presentat that location, but I had never found them before. So very lucky that we found one the first time we specifically went out to look for them.

 

These guys are only present as adults between August and December, so it's the perfect time to go out and look for them.

 

Magnification: 2x

Handheld stacked image of 154 frames

ISO 200, f8, 1/50s

 

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🔎 M.Zuiko Digital ED 90mm F3.5 Macro IS PRO

⚡ Godox V860o-III @godoxlighting

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