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| Keywords: usgs science biology bugs insects beetle macro macros macrophotography bug bugs insect insects animal animals animalia arthropod arthropods arthropoda insecta beetle beetles coleoptera ground beetle groundbeetle adephaga ground beetles groundbeetles carabidae tiger beetle tigerbeetle tiger beetles tigerbeetles cicindelinae flashy tiger beetles flashytigerbeetles cicindelini common tiger beetles commontigerbeetles cicindela cicindela scutellaris cicindelascutellaris festive tiger beetle festivetigerbeetle taxonomy:binomial=cicindela scutellaris taxonomy:binomial=cicindelascutellaris usgs biml droege usgsbiml (Cicindela scutellaris) - the Festive Tiger Beetle, found on top of a butte in Badlands National Park that had ancient windblown sand at its crest, very different from the rest of the gumbo soils of the park. Here this sand specialist can build its long burrows up to 2 feet deep. They also have a very strong appetite for other insects. Photo: Sam Droege, USGS. (Cicindela scutellaris) - the Festive Tiger Beetle, found on top of a butte in Badlands National Park that had ancient windblown sand at its crest, very different from the rest of the gumbo soils of the park. Here this sand specialist can build its long burrows up to 2 feet deep. They also have a very strong appetite for other insects. Photo: Sam Droege, USGS. Cicindela scutellaris - the Festive Tiger Beetle, found on top of a butte in Badlands National Park that had ancient windblown sand at its crest, very different from the rest of the gumbo soils of the park. Here this sand specialist can build its long burrows. Experimenting with using Black Velvet as a background ... seems to gain me a few more black pixes as compared to Black Felt, also used a white card to reflect light back up on the underside of the specimen. Canon Mark II 5D, Zerene Stacker, 65mm Canon MP-E 1-5X macro lens, Twin Macro Flash, F5.0, ISO 100, Shutter Speed 200, link to a .pdf of our set up is located in our profil Cicindela scutellaris - the Festive Tiger Beetle, found on top of a butte in Badlands National Park that had ancient windblown sand at its crest, very different from the rest of the gumbo soils of the park. Here this sand specialist can build its long burrows. Experimenting with using Black Velvet as a background ... seems to gain me a few more black pixes as compared to Black Felt, also used a white card to reflect light back up on the underside of the specimen. Canon Mark II 5D, Zerene Stacker, 65mm Canon MP-E 1-5X macro lens, Twin Macro Flash, F5.0, ISO 100, Shutter Speed 200, link to a .pdf of our set up is located in our profil | ||||
