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Scaphinotus viduus - female
Copyright © 2006 Frank Guarnieri

Scaphinotus viduus - Female
7 km east of Paw Paw, 39.5230, -78.3632, Morgan County, West Virginia, USA
August 26, 2000
Size: 30 mm
Collected late at night in wooded ravine, on the trunk of a Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum), eating a hairy caterpillar.

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Contributed by Frank Guarnieri on 11 April, 2006 - 2:17am
Last updated 14 March, 2023 - 7:35pm

Olympus c4000 vs c2000
This is the same beetle as in image #43835. As much as I loved my old c2000, I have to admit the c4000 takes better pictures. You have to trust me as I have the actual specimen, but the c4000 better depicts what the beetle really looks like.
… Frank Guarnieri, 11 April, 2006 - 2:22am login or register to post comments

 
Anonymous changes?
Actually I ended up trashing the old C2000 image and replacing with higher resolution image using the C4000 (funny, now that just a few years have passed and even that latter camera with only 4 mega pixels is like something from the stone age). Thus, image #43835 is now the exact same image as the one on this page but with my original blue background. I don't mind so much that someone edited this photo but I think it would be more courteous if these types of changes were not done anonymously.
… Frank Guarnieri, 24 May, 2011 - 7:30pm login or register to post comments

 
fantastic
if you take requests - the guide could really use a nice detailed shot of Trichiotinus affinis and piger, especially showing the elytra.
… Phillip Harpootlian, 11 April, 2006 - 2:45pm login or register to post comments

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