Velvet ant mimicking beetle
A velvet ant mimicking beetle with very long last antennal segment (ID?, Coleoptera). Found it in the miombo forest of Mikembo; attracted and disoriented by camp lights (DR Congo, Katanga, January 2015, ethanol preserved specimen).
Studio work, focus stack based on 76 images; assembled in Zerene Stacker (Dmap & Pmax). Canon 5Dmkii, MP-E 65mm at 2.5x, ISO-100, f/7.1, 1/160sec; single flash, diffused with tracing paper all around the subject.
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Velvet ant mimicking beetle
A velvet ant mimicking beetle with very long last antennal segment (ID?, Coleoptera). Found it in the miombo forest of Mikembo; attracted and disoriented by camp lights (DR Congo, Katanga, January 2015, ethanol preserved specimen).
Studio work, focus stack based on 76 images; assembled in Zerene Stacker (Dmap & Pmax). Canon 5Dmkii, MP-E 65mm at 2.5x, ISO-100, f/7.1, 1/160sec; single flash, diffused with tracing paper all around the subject.
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