As I was checking out the cattails that are growing like crazy at my local marsh, I spotted this little beetle chewing on the soft insides of a broken cattail. I immediately recognized him as a Spotted Cucumber beetle (Diabrotica undecimpunctata), a species that I encountered numerous times last summer when photographing flowers.
I really like the texture of the immature cattail, both on the outside as well as on the inside, and the bold design of the beetle. I think that those elements and the varied shades of green make for a cool, graphic image.
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That’s an amazing shot! It should be in a magazine.
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Such an image, reality is greater than anything I can imagine.
Interesting shot, Mike. Cattails have a really unique internal structure that I certainly never saw before. Thanks.
That is a beautiful composition.
The world is definitely opened up when you get in closer.
Indeed. It’s a whole different world when you reduce your field of view to what is within a foot of two of you.
One word….Excellent!
Thanks. The image turned out a whole lot better than I had imagined when I was shooting it.
Every picture I looked at showed God’s immense creative power. They are all beautiful pictures.
Thanks.