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27-JUL-2003 Roxy Triebel

Texas Longhorn

Austin, Texas

Unretouched. Longhorn -what-? I'm not really sure - some kind of wood borer maybe? I found this inch-long beetle by my front door and thought it might make an interesting test of the camera's close-focusing abilities. It hung around by my front door for at least two days - must've liked having its portrait made. ;-)

Update August 19, 2005: While exploring at www.whatsthatbug.com, I came across a photo of a similar beetle and I now believe that this is a Cottonwood Borer (Plectrodera scalator).

Canon PowerShot G3
1/60s f/3.0 at 28.8mm with Flash full exif

other sizes: small medium large original auto
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