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Posted: 15 Jul 2013

Taken: 13 Jul 2013

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1/60 • f/9.0 • 100.0 mm • ISO 100 •

Canon EOS 5D Mark II

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Ergates spiculatus •
Pine Sawyer Beetle •
Canon 100mm 2.8L •
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Canon 5D Mark II •
Pacific Northwest •
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Take a look at this guy!! WOW!!! All those prisms in its eyes are easy to see and you know, it was probably really getting tired of me blinding all of its zillions of prisms with my flash! By the way, compound eyes are composed of thousands of photoreceptors which are extremely sensitive to motion and fluctuation in light. (Did you know that spiders--which are also not insects--do not have compound eyes? They have simple eyes called "ocelli")

If you would like to know more about compound eyes, this page was very informative: Compound Eyes

ROL/Photo, , , and 8 other people have particularly liked this photo

6 comments - The latest ones
 Jim Boynton
Jim Boynton
Of the three, this one is the winner. Lovin' those eyes and the white specks all over it. Cool shots Janet!
11 years ago.
 tiabunna
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I'd agree with WJB, this would be my pick of the three shots also. What an interesting fellow to meet! Those eyes are really remarkable.
11 years ago.
 Puzzler4879
Puzzler4879
Totally outstanding, Janet, including the great background info. He's a handsome model, especially with that distinguished "Charlie Chaplin" mustache! Nice work.

That's Wild!!
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11 years ago.
 Pam J
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STUNNING !!!

But heck I am glad he is one of the Good Guys !!
11 years ago.
 Puzzler4879
Puzzler4879
Well Done!!
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Pond!!
11 years ago.
 ROL/Photo
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WAOuhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh another excellent macro.. Bravo.. Janet
9 years ago.

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