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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cleroidea » Soft-winged Flower Beetles (Melyridae) » Dasytinae » Listrini » Listrus
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Tiny beetle - buprestid maybe? - Listrus
Copyright © 2006 Ron Hemberger

Tiny beetle - buprestid maybe? - Listrus
Irvine Park, Orange, Orange County, California, USA
November 13, 2006
Size: ~5mm

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Tiny beetle - Listrus Tiny beetle - buprestid maybe? - Listrus
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Contributed by Ron Hemberger on 13 November, 2006 - 7:28pm
Last updated 5 January, 2008 - 1:50pm

Melyridae>>Listrus
Compare.
… Jim McClarin, 13 November, 2006 - 7:55pm login or register to post comments

 
Oh! I said. (No lie; that actually happened.)
That was a startling comparison, plus the other poster shared my buprestid guess.

Thanks, Jim. I'm starting to dig around under bark and intrigued by what's happening so far.
… Ron Hemberger, 13 November, 2006 - 7:57pm login or register to post comments

 
I used to ignore the tiny ones.
Now that I have my super-duper, free, adapted closeup lens ripped out of a defunct photocopier, plus Canon Ringlight flash attachment, I tend to get most excited about the tiniest subjects.
… Jim McClarin, 13 November, 2006 - 8:04pm login or register to post comments

 
I have my limits
One is self-imposed: I don't take prisoners. But I'm learning I may have to, as there are things I want to shoot that are near impossible to image in the wild.

The other is vision. I can barely resolve some of the small things I'm seeing now. Guess the answer for that is a magnifying glass.

I have a 50mm lens I can reverse on my 105mm macro, but haven't used it yet. There's a good chance I'll need focusing rails first, as I ain't all that steady and depth of field is non-existant.
… Ron Hemberger, 13 November, 2006 - 8:26pm login or register to post comments

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