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Beetle, anterior - Melanophila atropurpurea
Copyright © 2020 Edward L. Ruden

Beetle, anterior - Melanophila atropurpurea
Gila National Forest, Catron County, New Mexico, USA
August 16, 2019
Size: 7.6 mm Body Length
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This image is from a Helicon Focus processed stack of 275 images with a 7.7 µm step taken with a Mitutoyo M Plan APO 10×/0.28 ∞/0 mm microscope objective + Nikon 135 mm F2.8 AIS telephoto lens + Nikon D810 camera (magnification 6.75×; technique described here).

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Beetle, dorsal - Melanophila atropurpurea Beetle, dorsal - Melanophila atropurpurea Beetle, ventral - Melanophila atropurpurea Beetle, ventral close-up of left mesocoxa and infrared receptor - Melanophila atropurpurea Beetle, anterior - Melanophila atropurpurea
Contributed by Edward L. Ruden on 14 February, 2020 - 6:32pm

Moved
Moved from Melanophila.
… Edward L. Ruden, 14 February, 2020 - 6:36pm

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