Ruby, Pt. 3 - _TNY_9604S6
On the second trip of 2024 to the Mjällådalen Nature Reserve, 25 km / 15 miles west of Härnösand, Sweden. I was accompanied by my son who yet again proved to be an awesome peacock beetle wrangler so I could capture some shots. Here, it somehow stayed still for long enough for me to take six shots which I have focus stacked using Zerene Stacker for more depth of field. The stack isn't at all perfect, but I am still happy with the end result.
The species here is the green-socks peacock beetle (Elaphrus riparius) - but the red colour form which from what I understand isn't common at all even though I have seen several of them at this location.
This time we started a bit further to the south, walked through the forest on some surprisingly narrow ridges and then walked along the river back to the starting point at the Jällviksbron bridge.
Unfortunately, mr.or mrs. Red here had an injury on the left side of the elytra, but appeared to be otherwise ok. The added DoF from the focus stacking means we can see part of the the actual wings through the hole in the elytra.
This is a really small beetle at 7 mm / .27" so the gravel it is standing on here is actually sand. I took a short video of the sand bank we found this one on here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53917055759/
Part 1 was taken at the same 3:1 magnification here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53917096405/
Part 2 is a little less mag (2:1) here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53968977488/
Ruby, Pt. 3 - _TNY_9604S6
On the second trip of 2024 to the Mjällådalen Nature Reserve, 25 km / 15 miles west of Härnösand, Sweden. I was accompanied by my son who yet again proved to be an awesome peacock beetle wrangler so I could capture some shots. Here, it somehow stayed still for long enough for me to take six shots which I have focus stacked using Zerene Stacker for more depth of field. The stack isn't at all perfect, but I am still happy with the end result.
The species here is the green-socks peacock beetle (Elaphrus riparius) - but the red colour form which from what I understand isn't common at all even though I have seen several of them at this location.
This time we started a bit further to the south, walked through the forest on some surprisingly narrow ridges and then walked along the river back to the starting point at the Jällviksbron bridge.
Unfortunately, mr.or mrs. Red here had an injury on the left side of the elytra, but appeared to be otherwise ok. The added DoF from the focus stacking means we can see part of the the actual wings through the hole in the elytra.
This is a really small beetle at 7 mm / .27" so the gravel it is standing on here is actually sand. I took a short video of the sand bank we found this one on here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53917055759/
Part 1 was taken at the same 3:1 magnification here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53917096405/
Part 2 is a little less mag (2:1) here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53968977488/