Quick Beetle - Neorthopleura thoracica - Alexandria, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA July 4, 2009
This guy was moving around so much and flying and settling and flying and settling, but even in the dark, I could tell he was interesting - I could see the flash of red at his neck. I got off this one shot, which, thankfully, was almost focused, but was very dark, so this is the result of some post processing to bring the details out. He wasn't very big, and kind of skinny. Maybe .5"? Never seen one like this before.
Getting all kinds of good visitors at my patio tonight!
Contributed by Ashley Bradford on 5 July, 2009 - 12:39am Last updated 19 June, 2011 - 9:56pm |