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  1. 25th April 2015, 03:11 PM #1
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    Big brownish and beautiful and I am guessing some sort of beetle

    Honesty first: Myra took the shot.

    It was 22:30 and as I was getting ready for bed Choco started sniffing the window and trying to get out. I let him out and then I saw what had attracted his attention.

    He comes in, SWMBO and I head out with camera and flashlights. This shot has been cropped and scaled but other than that what you see is what we saw.

    I have no idea what he is other than Big, Brownish and Beautiful.

    Tomorrow when I am more awake I will make the shot a little better.


    Big brownish and beautiful and I am guessing some sort of beetle
    Last edited by JBW; 25th April 2015 at 03:14 PM. Reason: forgot to say that Myra took the shot.
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    Re: Big brownish and beautiful and I am guessing some sort of beetle

    Definitely a beetle, and I would guess a longhorn. I look forward to your update. It is an interesting pose as it is.

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    Re: Big brownish and beautiful and I am guessing some sort of beetle

    Wow, it looks like its half beetle half machine! The actual body looks chrome!
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    Re: Big brownish and beautiful and I am guessing some sort of beetle

    Wow.
    Brian try this site for ID.
    salagubang.net
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    Re: Big brownish and beautiful and I am guessing some sort of beetle

    Great capture B, I'm with John, thinking Longhorn Beetle but not 100%
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    Re: Big brownish and beautiful and I am guessing some sort of beetle

    This is a great capture, and a very interesting critter. I'd guess a beetle too, but that doesn't narrow it down very much. I vaguely recall reading years ago--I can't trust the memory at this point--that more than 40,000 species of beetles had been identified.
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    Re: Big brownish and beautiful and I am guessing some sort of beetle

    Looks like a robot. nice shot Brian.
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    Re: Big brownish and beautiful and I am guessing some sort of beetle

    Very cool critter and image!
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    Re: Big brownish and beautiful and I am guessing some sort of beetle

    It is beautiful Brian, looks like a critter from 'Star Wars'
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    Re: Big brownish and beautiful and I am guessing some sort of beetle

    Nice capture.
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    Re: Big brownish and beautiful and I am guessing some sort of beetle

    Quote Originally Posted by Jim B. View Post
    Wow.
    Brian try this site for ID.
    salagubang.net
    I did try the site and apparently this is a 'Lamiinae', otherwise known as a flat faced long horn beetle. thank-you very much!
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    Re: Big brownish and beautiful and I am guessing some sort of beetle

    Quote Originally Posted by JohnRostron View Post
    Definitely a beetle, and I would guess a longhorn. I look forward to your update. It is an interesting pose as it is.

    John
    it is a Lamiinae flat faced longhorn beetle
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    Re: Big brownish and beautiful and I am guessing some sort of beetle

    Quote Originally Posted by mknittle View Post
    Looks like a robot. nice shot Brian.
    make that 'nice shot Myra'. But the good looking hand belongs to me!
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    Re: Big brownish and beautiful and I am guessing some sort of beetle

    Quote Originally Posted by DanK View Post
    This is a great capture, and a very interesting critter. I'd guess a beetle too, but that doesn't narrow it down very much. I vaguely recall reading years ago--I can't trust the memory at this point--that more than 40,000 species of beetles had been identified.
    and according to wikipedia this subspecies is one of the largest. It is a flat faced long horn beetle.
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    Re: Big brownish and beautiful and I am guessing some sort of beetle

    Quote Originally Posted by Rebel View Post
    Wow, it looks like its half beetle half machine! The actual body looks chrome!
    yup it was an amazing result for a serendipitous shot. perfect timing.
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