Friday Beetle Blogging: Cymatodera Checkered Beetle

The bumps/pits on the elytra - do they have a purpose like in the Stenocara sp. of Africa?

Hmm... looking at the photo details - "indirect stobe in a white box" ..you mean the strobe is in the whitebox or the beetle in a whitebox flash outside like traditionaly small product photography? Whatever the method the results are wonderful.

I have no idea about the elytral pits- I'd assume they help reinforce the rigidity of the elytra. Lots of different beetles have them.

I've got a large cardboard box, entirely white inside, that serves as a little bug photo studio. I fire the flash inside the box and I get an even white light, as for product photography. This isn't really a field technique...