Things that look like ants but aren't (Part 1)

By awild on December 1, 2007.

Colliuris sp. long-necked ground beetle, Arizona

details: Canon MP-E 65mm 1-5x macro lens on a Canon 20D

beetle on plain white paper

f/13, 1/250 sec, ISO 100

MT-24EX twin flash diffused through tracing paper

levels adjusted in Photoshop

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