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This insect caught a ride with me into work on my backpack. It has apparently covered itself with detritus in an effort to cover and conceal itself. Though fearsome looking, it is less than 3/16 of an inch across.
What is it?
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The Butterfly
Been going back and reprocessing a number of my images this past week using MacPhun Intensify Pro and Focus 2 Pro
The broken shoulder stripes, forming exclamation points, are the key to identify this small damselfly. Ischnura posita, Coenagrionidae. Central IL, Summer 2013.
Taken with a Canon EF 70-300 USM zoom with extension tubes and flash. This has the advantage of giving a good amount of standoff from the subject which is less likely to be spooked. Lighting with flash allows a small aperture to be used.
Along the banks of Western Maryland streams the Bronzed Tiger Beetles and Twelve-spotted Tiger Beetles can be found in heathy numbers. Only in a couple very limited sections of shore can you also find the very rare and endangered Appalachian Tiger Beetle (Cicindela ancocisconensis) pictured above. The Appalachian Tiger Beetle is protected within Maryland and those few sites where it is known to occur are kept secret for fear of over collection. Undisclosed stream in Western Maryland.