Velvet Longhorn Beetle: I found this Velvet Longhorn Beetle on my recent walkabout. I brought it back for a focus stacking session and I find the shape of their eyes to be quite...

sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri

I found this Velvet Longhorn Beetle on my recent walkabout. I brought it back for a focus stacking session and I find the shape of their eyes to be quite interesting.

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Mark Sturtevant Loc: Grand Blanc, MI

Very nice. Many longhorns have this feature where their eyes wrap around their antennae.

sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri

Mark Sturtevant wrote:

Very nice. Many longhorns have this feature where their eyes wrap around their antennae.

Thanks, Mark. Each time that I do a session I seem to learn something new.

newtoyou Loc: Eastport

sippyjug104 wrote:

I found this Velvet Longhorn Beetle on my recent walkabout. I brought it back for a focus stacking session and I find the shape of their eyes to be quite interesting.

Emarginate is the term, I believe.
This is beautiful.
I knew a lady, Elaine Hodges, look her up. Well worth the look at her work.
A scientific illustrator.
Her PhD Husband was (both gone now)an expert in moths, Dr. Ronald Hodges.
I met them at Maryland Entomology Society member meetings.
Once upon a time it took an illustrator to produce this clarity.
Tiny hairs and pits could not be photographed with enough definition. It was a time consuming art.
Your photos now fill the bill.
Ever think of a second career?(joke). I never. Enjoy retirement.
One of your best efforts.
Now, hope this is not Trochoferus campestris (field dweller, ??).
An invasive that likes apple, cherry, and peach trees amongst others.
If it is, the authorities might like to know. Post a full body photo.
I would like to know, too.
Hope things are settling into your new routine.
Say hello to your house guest for me, Gary.
Bill

kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

Excellent. The eyes look like the headlamps on modern cars.

sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri

newtoyou wrote:

Emarginate is the term, I believe. br This is bea... (show quote)

Thanks, Bill. Will do. I've moved three relatives within the last two weeks. My daughter and her dogs have taken over my basement studio (bedroom) and we have two+ homes worth of furniture here so it has been an interruption to my regular routine of posting work and I have yet to get started on the addition of your collection of specimens.

Your mentoring and sharing your vast knowledge has helped me more that I could ever express. I'm processing a side view now of the ground beetle that I posted its face view of and I'll have it for you in a post in an hour or so. I'll also do a full body view of this one as well.

sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri

kpmac wrote:

Excellent. The eyes look like the headlamps on modern cars.

Thanks, Kpmac. Hope things are going well for you down there. It's been hot and steamy here so I imagine it's quite the same for you there.

newtoyou Loc: Eastport

sippyjug104 wrote:

Thanks, Bill. Will do. I've moved three relative... (show quote)

May have asked before, but did you consider using the RV as a lab? Or is it being used for storage?
You and Bud give the others more room.
The ground beetle has me stumped.That is a group with many lookalikes.
Boring Black Beetles is my nickname for them.
Like "Little brown mushrooms" would be another, or "boring bland mushrooms"
Bill.

sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri

newtoyou wrote:

May have asked before, but did you consider using the RV as a lab? Or is it being used for storage?
You and Bud give the others more room.
The ground beetle has me stumped.That is a group with many lookalikes.
Boring Black Beetles is my nickname for them.
Like "Little brown mushrooms" would be another, or "boring bland mushrooms"
Bill.

Bill, the RV would be a workable and comfortable escape for Bud and I. Storing anything in it other than our RV Stuff is off-limits. A guy has to have some lines that can't be crossed. Our dog kennel building is full and we moved our car out of the garage to accommodate her stuff and she has the basement and the bedroom (my studio) for her use.

If there is a merciful God, I will be granted finding her a home of her own quickly. We've looked at a few already so the game is afoot.

newtoyou Loc: Eastport

sippyjug104 wrote:

Bill, the RV would be a workable and comfortable escape for Bud and I. Storing anything in it other than our RV Stuff is off-limits. A guy has to have some lines that can't be crossed. Our dog kennel building is full and we moved our car out of the garage to accommodate her stuff and she has the basement and the bedroom (my studio) for her use.

If there is a merciful God, I will be granted finding her a home of her own quickly. We've looked at a few already so the game is afoot.

Good hunting, Holmes.
Deduction and inference.
Bill

raymondh Loc: Walker, MI

JeffDavidson Loc: Originally Detroit Now Los Angeles

Excellent; beautiful lighting; great detail and sharpness. Also, fascinating!

sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri

raymondh wrote:

Thanks for the feedback.

sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri

JeffDavidson wrote:

Excellent; beautiful lighting; great detail and sharpness. Also, fascinating!

Thanks, I appreciate your viewing and the reply.