2. Adesmia cothurnata (Forskaal,1775) by wildlifeuae

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23-Mar-2010

2. Adesmia cothurnata (Forskaal,1775)

Wadi Tarabat, Al Ain, UAE

ID by Wolfgang Schawaller, Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde, Stuttgart, Germany

"Many tenebrionids have a blue wax-layer on the cuticle against evaporation, which disappears after death, thus you see the different colours of Adesmia in the first 3 photographs." WS

Nikon D3
1/1000s f/3.5 at 185.0mm iso400 full exif

other sizes: small medium large original auto

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