Oiceoptoma thoracicum - Aaskever

Found this very common Red-breasted Carrion Beetle strolling over rotting mushrooms and excrements (14mm long, Oiceoptoma thoracicum, Silphidae) in a mixed forest in Valmiera (northern Latvia, August 2015).

 

Studio work with a cleaned specimen staged on a rotting polypore (Ganoderma). Focus stack based on 152 images, assembled in Zerene Stacker (Pmax & Dmap).

 

Canon 5Dmkii, MP-E 65mm at 2x, ISO-100, f/5.6, 1/160sec; 1 flash, diffused with tracing paper all around the subject.

Done