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A very odd fellow.
Tom K.
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Lord Vetinari
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What a wonderful capture- assume it's a beetle of some kind with those antennae.
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Nice Capture but kinda odd.
I can't even idenify this guy!
Can't find it in my field guide....real odd!
Maybe it's a bad hair day beetle?
Or a Radar Bug?
SERIOUSLY this one has me stumped!
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assasin bug?
it looks like some type of assassin bug-they kill and eat wasps etc,but i could be wrong- nice photo by the way
Latitude: 37° 52'South
Longitude: 145° 08'East
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John Mueller
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Odd,but a cool capture
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Tom K.
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edited November 24, 2005
I believe it a
Macrosiagon limbata. See this link for info:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/8009
Here's another view.
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ChrisJ
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edited November 24, 2005
Wow, very nice.. your shot is much better than BugGuide.net's!
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brian V.
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I can't even idenify this guy!
Can't find it in my field guide....real odd!
Maybe it's a bad hair day beetle?
Or a Radar Bug?
SERIOUSLY this one has me stumped!
Manfrotto Mono | Bag- LowePro Slingshot 100AW
http://www.graphyfotoz.smugmug.com/
it looks like some type of assassin bug-they kill and eat wasps etc,but i could be wrong- nice photo by the way
Longitude: 145° 08'East
Canon 20d,EFS-60mm Macro,Canon 85mm/1.8. Pentax Spotmatic SP,Pentax Super Takumars 50/1.4 &135/3.5,Pentax Super-Multi-Coated Takumars 200/4 ,300/4,400/5.6,Sigma 600/8.
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