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Dark-Raptor — Real jewel
Published: 2014-01-30 09:23:30 +0000 UTC; Views: 950; Favourites: 45; Downloads: 16
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Small (~5 mm) scarab beetle from Borneo.D700, reversed Takumar 28/2.8, extension tubes, SB-800&SB-900
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wow i love the detail shown on this scarab<3 it's pure gold
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Looks like a "monkey" beetle of some kind (tribe Hopliini). I'm basing this more on bodily proportions and (the long limbs and relatively small body) then anything really definitive, though.
(Does anyone know why in the world these insects are called "monkey" beetles???)
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Yes. I expected that it is close realtive of Hoplia beetles. I was trying to ID them, and found nothing. That's strange because they were relatively abundant in that area.
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I wonder if this bug was the inspiration for Edgar Allan Poe's "The Gold Bug"
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Amazing o see how some of his golden scales already are worn off.
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