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I'm Assuming This Flower was a Favourite - _TNY_6493S2

(Going to work one evening (I work nights) I saw this four-banded longhorn (Leptura quadrifasciata) which had parked for the night on an ox-eye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) on the lawn. Even though I was a little late, I just had to run and get the camera and snap a few shots, including this one. This is two exposures combined into one for increased depth of field using Zerene Stacker

 

To not be more late than I needed I put the camera in the car instead of returning it inside, so when I got back in the morning I still had the camera with me.

 

This proved quite fortunate as the beetle was still on the same flower - only now covered in dew drops! A shot of how that turned out can be found here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/50196426277/

 

This species is between 11 and 20 mm in length, but this one was probably a male as it was closer to the minimum size.)

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Uploaded on February 18, 2021
Taken on July 1, 2020