Friday Beetle Blogging: Leconte’s Jewel Scarab

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Friday Beetle Blogging: Leconte’s Jewel Scarab

February 20, 2009 by myrmecos

Chrysina lecontei, Arizona.

Jewel scarabs emerge during Arizona’s summer monsoon, and collectors from around the world descend on the region with their blacklights and mercury vapor lamps to attract the beetles. Chrysina lecontei is the smallest and rarest of the three Arizona species.

Chrysina leconte, Arizona.

photo details (both photos): Canon 100mm f2.8 macro lens on a Canon EOS 20D
ISO 100, 1/250 sec, f/18, indirect strobe in white box

Posted in arizona, beetles | Tagged chrysina, Insects, plusiotis, scarabs | 4 Comments

4 Responses

on February 20, 2009 at 9:50 am Modulator

Friday Ark #231…

We’ll post links to sites that have Friday (plus or minus a few days) photos of their chosen animals (photoshops at our discretion and humans only in supporting roles). Watch the Exception category for rocks, beer, coffee cups, and….? Visit all the …
on February 20, 2009 at 8:52 pm Henry W. Robison

The pictures are absolutely beautiful. What is a”white box” that you used an indirect strobe in?
on February 21, 2009 at 4:09 pm myrmecos

Thanks, Henry. A white box is a big cardboard box, open on one side, that is colored white on the inside. It serves as a miniature studio for insects. An off-camera flash pointed to the top of the box and away from the insect produces an even white lighting when the light bounces off the walls of the box.
on September 3, 2009 at 4:18 pm Anonymous

this has been a great help