luisfpeixoto
Lymexylidae
This is a Lymexylidae beetle, one of the most amazing beatle families. This guys have a fairly reduced elytra, and very large eyes. That together with the long slender body make them hardly indentifeied as a beatle by untrained eyes.
Specimen was found dead, rehydrated, cleaned, mounted, dried and then photographed (hence the eye damage). This is a stack of nearly 30 shots, at around 5x magnification. Focus rail is my trusty and funky homemade one. Shots were lit using two flash, and a stryrofoam cup difuser atached to the lens, surrounding the insect.
Found at Reserva Biológica de Poço das Antas, RJ, Brasil
Lymexylidae
This is a Lymexylidae beetle, one of the most amazing beatle families. This guys have a fairly reduced elytra, and very large eyes. That together with the long slender body make them hardly indentifeied as a beatle by untrained eyes.
Specimen was found dead, rehydrated, cleaned, mounted, dried and then photographed (hence the eye damage). This is a stack of nearly 30 shots, at around 5x magnification. Focus rail is my trusty and funky homemade one. Shots were lit using two flash, and a stryrofoam cup difuser atached to the lens, surrounding the insect.
Found at Reserva Biológica de Poço das Antas, RJ, Brasil