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Green bug

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Ossi Raimi

New member
I'm not a macro photographer, but one day I got this bug.....


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C&C welcome, Thanks for looking!
 
Asher Kelman

Asher Kelman

OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
How on earth did I mss this extraordinary green beetle? I guess that we assume we'll come back to things. I guess it feeds on the nectar or other insects that feed there! I think the former. However, that's one giant body it's has to provide for! I'm amazed that it can crawl upside down and feed on the delicate flowers. It would seem like it has to expend a lot of energy just walking upside down and gripping on the flowers. However, unlike the busy foraging bees, it does not have to fly....well I don't know do I? Maybe it does fly like a ladybug, does. That's a beetle too!

The iridescence is fascinating and reminds me of the metamerism in older pigment inks.

Asher

If you have more of this, we'd love to see them!
 
Asher Kelman

Asher Kelman

OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Ossi,

My best guess, for the moment, is that this is a "ground beetle"! They actually can be beneficial like the ladybug, as they eat a whole bunch of pests above and below the ground. They are known to climb plants to predate their prey!

Asher
 
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John Pecan

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Beautiful colors..I love findin' stuff like this and tryin' to capture it in a picture,,easier said than done..nice job
 
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