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Friday Beetle Blogging: Ceruchus Stag Beetle

By awild on February 6, 2009.
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Ceruchus piceus - Stag Beetle - New York

photo details: Canon MP-E 65mm 1-5x macro lens on a Canon EOS D60

ISO 100, 1/200 sec, f/13, flash diffused through tracing paper

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