xoxoxoBruce Friday Nov 17 12:15 AMNov 17th, 2017 : Macrophotography
Francesco Bagnato is a talented photographer and illustrator from Milan, Italy.
Using a Canon EOS 6D camera, he has taken an outstanding picture series of beetles.
The pictures I've copied here are only 1/5 the size displayed at Behance.
There are about 30 pictures, each 20 x 30 inches.
With those bright shiny skins, how do they not get eaten?
Yeah, I know bright colors are often a warning to predators of poison or bad taste... or a bluff.
But those iridescent colors seem awfully risky just to get laid.
I mean we humans wouldn't consider doing risky stuff for sex. Right guys... Bueller... anyone?
Undertoad Friday Nov 17 09:04 AM
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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce
With those bright shiny skins, how do they not get eaten?
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Y'all know shellac as something you put on wood to seal it and make it shiny and pretty.
It's the secretion of the lac beetle.
Sometimes it's not called shellac; sometimes it's called "confectioner's glaze". It's used to create a shiny coating on candy, like junior mints and candy corn and jelly beans.
Diaphone Jim Friday Nov 17 01:01 PMBy coincidence (I hope) I got this sent to me yesterday:
http://i.imgur.com/77beSl9.jpg
Gravdigr Saturday Nov 18 04:54 PMHa! Didn't see that coming. Should have, should have.
What he got sent to him:
Attachment 62414
tombstone Saturday Nov 18 06:53 PMDiaphone Jim
Ah! A humbug!
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