Photography by Dan Quinn

2011 Ants with Insect Parts, Winged Ants, & Beetle

Taken 12-Jul-11

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Dimensions4288 x 2848

Original file size3.35 MB

Image typeJPEG

Color spacesRGB

Date taken13-Jul-11 07:56

Date modified21-Jan-12 17:27

Shooting Conditions

Camera makeNIKON CORPORATION

Camera modelNIKON D5000

Focal length105 mm

Focal length (35mm)157 mm

Max lens aperturef/4

Exposure1/125 at f/22

FlashNot fired

Exposure bias0 EV

Exposure modeAuto

Exposure prog.Normal

ISO speedISO 1600

Metering modePattern

Digital zoom1x

Approaching Beetle

Bob Dodge identified a similar beetle as as a California Broad-necked Darkling Beetle; on BugGuide.net I find a California Broad-necked Darkling Beetle (Coelocnemis californica -- or californicus). This looks like it. NOT Bombardier Beetle (Brachinus spp.)