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09-SEP-2016 Christine Hanrahan

Pleasing fungus beetle (Triplax sp.)

Conroy Pit

A cluster of mushrooms was riddled with these small, pretty beetles.

Panasonic LUMIX FZ200
1/60s f/2.8 at 6.3mm iso320 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
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Buz Kiefer17-Mar-2017 20:48
Attractive little guy. Nice details and highlights. V
Carl Carbone17-Mar-2017 13:55
Cool find. It's amazing the diversity out there.
globalgadabout16-Mar-2017 22:29
superb shot, and yes a pleasingly attractive little mushroom muncher.
laine16-Mar-2017 21:20
I wonder what about a mushroom would entice this beetle
Jim Coffman16-Mar-2017 20:47
A very sharp capture of this little bug..
Stephanie16-Mar-2017 20:23
Excellent capture of this beetle Christine, but are you sure it's safe to be holding it? I'll bet it's got some really sharp teeth! ;) V
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