photo sharing and upload picture albums photo forums search pictures popular photos photography help login
Mark Dreiling | all galleries >> Oklahoma Insects >> Beetles > American Carrion Beetle - Necrophila americana
previous | next
23-MAY-2008

American Carrion Beetle - Necrophila americana

Found around a decaying bird carcass.
It would crawl into the leaf litter below and rotate the yellow part perpendicular to its body when threatened.
About 20 mm
Ref: http://bugguide.net/node/view/6744

Nikon D200
1/250s f/18.0 at 180.0mm iso125 hide exif
Full EXIF Info
Date/Time23-May-2008 18:16:11
MakeNikon
ModelNIKON D200
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length180 mm
Exposure Time1/250 sec
Aperturef/18
ISO Equivalent125
Exposure Bias
White Balance
Metering Modemulti spot (3)
JPEG Quality
Exposure Programmanual (1)
Focus Distance

other sizes: small medium original auto
comment | share