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Jewel bug

Koh Samui, Thailand

Species in the family Scutelleridae are know as Jewel Bugs or Shield Backed Bugs. Bugs in this
family are usually colourful with metallic colour of spots. They are medium to large size. The head
is triangular, antenna are 3-5 segmented.

Nikon D300 ,Vivitar Series 1 90mm F2.5 macrolens
1/1600s f/4.0 at 90.0mm iso200 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
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Chad Ramsey19-May-2010 14:29
Ah! This one is superb! Fantastic work and I'm guessing you had to be patient for this shot! V