sippyjug104 wrote:
This is a longhorn beetle that I acquired by the porch light the other night that I staged for a focus stacking session. The antenna are what gave it the name, "longhorn" for they are amazingly long for the size of the beetle with a body that is about 3/8-inch in length and antenna that are three-inches end to end.
The larvae are considered "wood bores" where they are a pest damaging trees. The adults are more beneficial for they munch on decaying woody plants and play an important part in enriching the woodlands.
This is a longhorn beetle that I acquired by the p... (
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Nicely done.