Sahara Desert, scarab beetle by Helen Betts

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10-APR-2015

Sahara Desert, scarab beetle

Morocco

The camel handler stopped to pick up this scarab beetle to show us. This was one reason why I wanted a tent with a bed, where I didn’t have to sleep on the sand ;-). Well, I couldn't have slept!

Our private Berber tent, posted earlier:

Nikon D810 ,Nikkor AF-S 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
1/200s f/8.0 at 55.0mm iso100 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto

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carol j. phipps		13-Jun-2018 02:27
Oh my! Best reason for a bed.

Julie Oldfield		12-Jun-2015 01:39
I wouldn't want to sleep on the ground either! I have seen jewelry made in their likeness.

pkocinski		11-Jun-2015 22:20
I hope you didn't see this before you went to bed :-)

Alexander Kazakov		11-Jun-2015 20:13
Interesting shot! V

Carol Rollins		11-Jun-2015 13:42
I couldn't have slept either.

Patrick Goossens		10-Jun-2015 21:09
Wel, these scarab beetles can easely enter a tent!

Mairéad		10-Jun-2015 20:35
I'm not even sure if the bed would have kept me happy!

MarcViskens		10-Jun-2015 19:58
amazing that they still can live in the desert nice shots Helen

Isabel Cutler		10-Jun-2015 19:55
Beetles give me the creeps - don't think I'd ever pick one up (nor would I pick up a spider. I'm very picky about which insects I'd actually touch, but I sure love photographing them. (That is anything but a cockroach!)

globalgadabout		10-Jun-2015 19:19
a well-seized opportunity...scarab beetles figure so prominently in middle-eastern mythology..

Martin Lamoon		10-Jun-2015 19:18
Great closeup. don't think I could sleep with those around. v

Milan Vogrin		10-Jun-2015 18:54
Nice catch. No snakes? :-)

John Reynolds LRPS		10-Jun-2015 18:29
I wouldn't be keen on sleeping with those beetles around me, either.