photo sharing and upload picture albums photo forums search pictures popular photos photography help login
larose forest photos | all galleries >> INSECTS (INSECTA) (28 Galleries) >> Beetles (Coleoptera) (58 Galleries) >> Casebearing Leaf Beetles (Family: Chrysomelidae, Subfamily: Cryptocephalinae) > Leaf beetle (Cryptocephalus sp.)
previous | next
30-JUN-2012 Christine Hanrahan

Leaf beetle (Cryptocephalus sp.)

A small Chrysomelid (leaf-eating) beetle with a rather odd shape. The name comes from the Greek for hidden head! And as you can see, the head is hidden.

Canon PowerShot SX20 IS
1/160s f/2.8 at 5.0mm iso100 hide exif
Full EXIF Info
Date/Time30-Jun-2012 13:05:39
MakeCanon
ModelCanon PowerShot SX20 IS
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length5 mm
Exposure Time1/159 sec
Aperturef/2.8
ISO Equivalent100
Exposure Bias
White Balance
Metering Mode
JPEG Quality
Exposure Program
Focus Distance0.120 m

other sizes: small medium original auto
Karen Stuebing04-Jul-2012 22:22
He looks like an extraterrestrial creature. Love his shiny head. V.
Commenting on this page requires a PBase account.
Please login or register.