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Cantharidae - Soldier beetles


Ryewolf

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Alas I'm not able to tell you which as there are several very similar species which are all difficult to identify without microscopic identification...

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I couldn't decide which of the two images I preferred

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There's very little difference apart from the position of the feet and the back of its body.  I think #2 is the better pose and it's also marginally sharper.
Have you thought about rotating the image?

It looks a bit like something out of "Starship Troopers".  How big is it in real life?

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Thanks Gareth, I did like the poses in both images, I did sorta prefer image 2. I did think about rotating the images, but when it comes to macro photography I prefer to post them as they were caught in camera.

7 minutes ago, Hatter said:

It looks a bit like something out of "Starship Troopers".  How big is it in real life?

About a 12-15mm long, it was also moving about. They also fly... I missed several doing this. It's also a bug rather than a beetle (despite it's name), beetles have a hard covering over their wings (think ladybirds etc) bugs only have a half covering over their wings. I bet you thought bugs and beetles were all the same thing....

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