Blister beetle ( Meloe sp.) , female by larose forest photos

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12-MAY-2016	Christine Hanrahan

Blister beetle (Meloe sp.) , female

Mer Bleue area

The females are huge, the males considerably less so. As well, the males have a crook in each antenna which the females don't. This one looks as if reacting in horror (eeek!) at seeing me!

Panasonic LUMIX FZ200
1/160s f/5.0 at 4.5mm iso125 full exif

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Buz Kiefer		28-Jun-2016 18:53
This is great, Christine. Beautiful photography. Vote.

Ika Zinka Eferl		15-May-2016 11:21
Wow ... really great shot , Christine!V+++

Graeme		14-May-2016 18:06
Looks like he is just hanging around! V

globalgadabout		12-May-2016 21:02
totally arresting...what a rockin' encounter..

Don		12-May-2016 20:42
A superb and dramatic macro. Horror or surprise? Perhaps it is our horror, not hers. I could read 'inquisitive' into this.

hayl		12-May-2016 20:25
An amazing photo -he's ready for a sci-fi movie.

chris morton		12-May-2016 19:56
awesome; luckily probably not as big as it looks from this viewpoint

Tom Murray		12-May-2016 18:39
That's a perspective we don't usually see. It looks like one of those monster bugs in a sci-fi movie.

Jim Coffman		12-May-2016 17:32
Yikes, a martin!! Nice capture, Christine...

Helen Betts		12-May-2016 17:02
What a great capture, a portrait of a beetle! It does look a bit unhappy to see you so close, but maybe close enough to get you with one of those mean looking legs. V.

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