Pretty beetle

[millicat]

With a tiny bit of the wobbles I managed to get this pretty beetle on my Hibiscus. I have good intel (from Herby) that this is a Ellipsidion humerale aka Bush Cockroach nymph.
1/200sec F8 ISO 400


268 of 365 by ladymilli's stuff, on Flickr

[Isac]

When I saw this, I thought someone had pinched MY photo! I took a photo of this little fella's brother just last week on our orange tree. Lovely photo, colours are spot on and lovely DOF. Composition is great too. Well done.

[millicat]

Thnx for the comments .. .. nope didn't grab your photo but I might go for a look to see if I can find it on here (if it's on the forum). This is an improvement on my Slater Beetle so I'm happy about that.

[tanz]

Cool looking beetle, I love those markings on his back

[Isac]

Hi Anna,
It wasn't on the forum.

[millicat]

Oh good. I tried a front shot but was too blurred from me moving lol. Yours is fully orange on that first head plate. We WA-ers have pretty bugs

[Isac]

Thanks Anna. Everything in WA is pretty, (especially down your way) not just the bugs. But SSSHHH don't tell those Easterners, or they'll all want to come over here!!

[millicat]

I've lived in NSW, Qld, NT and now WA and I am the most settled here in WA. I usually get itchy feet after 3yrs and want to move but this is our 4th and although it's inevitable that we will due to hubbys job, I will be shell shocked when it happens.

btw we can't have the peeps from the East over here as it will ruin the whole English thing we've got going on.