Pasimachus sp. ground beetle, Arizona
My apologies for the lack of blogging the past few days. I've been taking some time away from posting for the holidays, but I'll be back next week. In the meantime, here's a Pasimachus ground beetle...
photo details: Canon 100mm f2.8 macro lens on a Canon EOS 20D
ISO 100, f/18, 1/250 sec, indirect strobe in a white box
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Beetles are interesting, but everyone knows they cannot hold a candle to ants. :-)
(Just checking to see if my bannig was in effect yet.)
@Marvin- LOL!