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Black Butt - _TNY_4220S2

Soldier beetles (Cantharidae) are a large, cosmopolitan family of beetles with over 5000 described species. In Sweden, 49 of those have been found.

 

This particular one lacks a common English as well as Swedish name but the scientific one is Rhagonycha nigriventris.

 

That "nigriventis" part makes for an easy translation and is decriptive - it literally means "black butt".

 

This is a two-exposure focus stack compiled in Zerene Stacker for some added depth-of-field.

 

 

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Uploaded on August 4, 2023
Taken on July 2, 2023