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An acacia lover - Gyascutus caelatus
Copyright © 2007 margarethe brummermann

An acacia lover - Gyascutus caelatus
Benson, French Joe Canyon, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
August 15, 2007
Size: A little over an inch
Not all of them held still for a portrait
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Contributed by margarethe brummermann on 16 August, 2007 - 4:15pm

Nice Shot
I'm amazed that any of them held still for a portrait. Not the easiest species to photograph.
… Doug Taron, 17 August, 2007 - 11:49am login or register to post comments

 
You are the one to thank for
You are the one to thank for the location tip for this one, via Eric. I was actually using a 50 mm macro and Eric still got the specimen. Yours looks so much wider than all the ones I photographed, I think I only got close to the males.
… margarethe brummermann, 17 August, 2007 - 12:23pm login or register to post comments

Awesome!
Images might really be better than specimens. All the scales rubbed off mine:-(
… Eric R. Eaton, 16 August, 2007 - 7:29pm login or register to post comments

 
Keeping the Yellow
Eric, I have found that by dispatching my specimens immediately upon collecting and then as quickly as possible papering them I can retain a lot of the yellow waxy substance on pinned specimens.
… Doug Taron, 26 October, 2007 - 3:11pm login or register to post comments

 
I'm not sure they are scales.
The giant neotropical Euch*roma gigante*us ecloses covered with a powdery yellow wax layer that rubs off in short order. I suspect some other bups have this trait as well.
… Jim McClarin, 17 August, 2007 - 8:56pm login or register to post comments

 
Sometimes it's better to have
Sometimes it's better to have both. I also like mine to have as natural a back ground as possible without beeing too distracting.
… margarethe brummermann, 17 August, 2007 - 1:02am login or register to post comments

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