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Scarites for Iowa - Scarites
Copyright © 2007 Joe, Entomologist (in training)

Scarites for Iowa - Scarites
Ames, Story County, Iowa, USA
May 1, 2007
Size: 15 mm or so
This was one lucky Scarites... had I not already had his ilk in my collection he would be on a pin right now... another data point for the map here
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Contributed by Joe, Entomologist (in training) on 1 May, 2007 - 2:20pm
Last updated 18 November, 2009 - 9:52pm

Nice find!
Sometimes it's tough to know where to focus. If you get another of these, try the mandibles, based on what happened in this shot. (It's sorta like human portraiture, where you go for the eyes.) About 1/3 of depth of field is in front of where you focus and 2/3 in back.
… Ron Hemberger, 1 May, 2007 - 9:06pm login or register to post comments

 
I actually find it easier to
I actually find it easier to photograph the smaller stuff with my camera... I've got a Canon Powershot S2 and whenever I try and use the supermacro mode on it I get shadows on what I shoot... and when I try using my macro lens I can't fit the whole specimen in frame... I need to get a REAL camera
… Joe, Entomologist (in training), 1 May, 2007 - 9:59pm login or register to post comments

 
Real Camera - Amen!
:-)
… Ron Hemberger, 1 May, 2007 - 10:56pm login or register to post comments

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