up to 29 mm?? that's BIG!! i've never seen a living specimen of this species! his size must make him a cumbersome flyer. and his buzz must be quite impressive! i'm always amazed at those huge beetles. one humid may night last year we had a few june bugs in our garden, tipsy with love and always landing on our heads and arms – strange wondrous creatures… a great find and capture, vera! its shell-like metallic green body is beautiful!! greetings, sabine.
melkart (pepe jaime) 08/06/2011 10:19
Excelente collage Vera y muy buena la documentación que acompaña a la foto. Un besoUwe K.W.Bender 08/06/2011 10:02
Interessant und Informativ , gute Arbeit.Gruß Uwe
KHMFotografie 08/06/2011 9:58
.... so einen habe ich noch nie gesehen!..... eine klasse Aufnahme!.... sehr gut fotografiert+++++LG. aus Goslar, kalle
s. sabine krause 08/06/2011 9:22
up to 29 mm?? that's BIG!! i've never seen a living specimen of this species! his size must make him a cumbersome flyer. and his buzz must be quite impressive! i'm always amazed at those huge beetles. one humid may night last year we had a few june bugs in our garden, tipsy with love and always landing on our heads and arms – strange wondrous creatures… a great find and capture, vera! its shell-like metallic green body is beautiful!! greetings, sabine.Mark Billiau. 08/06/2011 9:04
A species totally unknown to me.Very interesting to see pictures of this beetle.
Thanks for sharing.
Mark
Celia N. 08/06/2011 9:04
Na sag mal, hast Du den armen Käfer einfach umgeworfen ? :))Ich glaube von unten habe ich den noch gar nicht gesehen !
LG
Celia
Sigrun Pfeifer 08/06/2011 8:52
Interessant ! Gefällt mir sehr. Super gelungen. LG SigrunGerlinde Kaltenmeier 08/06/2011 8:27
Herrlich eingefangen, ich hatte auch mal das Glück, aber leider alles überstrahlt.Gruss
Gerlinde
Barbara Sch. 08/06/2011 8:27
With its metallic color, it really looks like a little gem :-)I can inspire me for this little miracle of nature!
rgds Barbara
Majid mehraban 08/06/2011 8:21
++Gisèle W. 08/06/2011 7:35
wonderful composition of this beetle. Colours and sharpness are excellent. Good work, Vera !!Many hugs, Gisèle
Emilio Sirletti 08/06/2011 7:34
Interesting macro with very informative captions.Ciao, Emilio
Markus 4 08/06/2011 7:17
well seencheers
Markus
Mick-el-Angelo 08/06/2011 7:16
Eine sehr sehenswerte Seltenheit hast du da aufgespürt.LG Michael
Ruth Hutsteiner 08/06/2011 7:06
What a nice beetle with brillant colours.Greetings
Ruth