Thanasismus formicarius by durleybeachbum
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Description
The ant beetle, also known as European Red-bellied Clerid,
It feeds on bark-beetle grubs.
This was at Arne reserve before I messed up the size setting on my camera!
Comments (23)
Juliette.Gribnau
what a beauty !!!!
Juliette.Gribnau
ps, your title lacks an M ..Thanasismus formicarius
durleybeachbum
Thankyou for pointing that out! I famously spelt the word 'was' as woz all the way through my A level English exam.....
CavalierLady
What an unusual and unique creature... I learn so much from your images!
bebopdlx
Cool photo.
pat40
Very good pic Andrea
miwi
Super macro,excellent captured!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
woodywoo
Awesome capture
rto3d
fabulous shot
jayfar
Excellent capture and a 'pertty' bug
kgb224
Amazing capture Andrea. God bless.
Adobe_One_Kenobi
A little bit of whispering eh? Nice one, and a cute looking little beetle.
jendellas
What a colourful chappie!!!
MrsRatbag
What a wonderful closeup! Pretty little guy!
mickuk50
All these beetles are quite alike. I have never come across one of these
wysiwig
What a colorful fellow. A fantastic macro. Was it looking for grubs on your arm?
ichtvan
Nice shot !!!
kaward
That's a show stopper in such bold colours! The scale of this bugs life is given clearly from the skin texture.Great find and shot! Latin titles nearly always leave me guessing at what's to come. The "formic" bit made my think ant straight away, not beetle, so half right?
Faemike55
Very cool capture colourful bug
Glendaw
Awesome macro shot of this colorful dude Andrea.
auntietk
Lovely creature! I like the hand-woven look.
jocko500
very good micro
Mark-David-Rogers
A real colourful little fellow.... nature is often the greatest artist of all, we can learn so much from it.
danapommet
A very colorful bugger and is that your arm?
ia-du-lin
beautiful beetle, beautiful shot