Iridescent Jewel, Video Version - TNY_20230709_135037
While I was indoors, processing a photo on the computer, my wife messaged me a photo of a beetle she had just found in the garden.
After looking at it, I came flying out of the house with the camera and was met by this rather large (~20 mm) female jewel beetle called Buprestis rustica walking around on a log, laying her eggs in cracks in it.
She was taking here time and I got several successful shots of her, but also this video where her egg-depositing is quite apparent.
Part 1 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53038616181
Part 2 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53114089994/
Part 3 (a 5-shot focus-stack) here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53180299809/
Iridescent Jewel, Video Version - TNY_20230709_135037
While I was indoors, processing a photo on the computer, my wife messaged me a photo of a beetle she had just found in the garden.
After looking at it, I came flying out of the house with the camera and was met by this rather large (~20 mm) female jewel beetle called Buprestis rustica walking around on a log, laying her eggs in cracks in it.
She was taking here time and I got several successful shots of her, but also this video where her egg-depositing is quite apparent.
Part 1 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53038616181
Part 2 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53114089994/
Part 3 (a 5-shot focus-stack) here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53180299809/