Cantharis pellucida
Description
- Title:
- Cantharis pellucida
- Caption / Description:
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Cantharis pellucida is a common soldier beetle, found in the UK around late May to early June. They have a reddish orange body with dark grey wing cases.
They feed on the pollen of flowers such as hawthorn and members of the daisy and carrot families, and also eat other insects visiting the flowers.
- Tags / Keywords:
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- Biota
- Life
- Vitae
- Eukaryota
- Animalia
- Animals
- Arthropoda
- Arthropods
- Insecta
- Insects
- Cantharis pellucida
- Coleoptera
- Beetles
- Cantharidae
- Soldier beetles
- Cantharis
Admin
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- Rating:
- ☆☆
- Date this image added/last updated on website:
- Original File Dimensions:
- 3872px x 2592px
- File Type:
- JPEG
- Color Mode:
- RGB
- Original Image Color Profile:
- Nikon Adobe RGB 4.0.0.3000
Location
- Location Created:
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- Sublocation:
- City:
- Market Harborough
- Province/State:
- Leicestershire
- Country:
- United Kingdom
- World Region:
- Europe
- Geo-location:
Rights
- Copyright Status:
- Copyrighted
- Licensing Status:
- Rights Managed
- Available for Editorial Use:
- Yes
- Available for Commercial Use:
- Yes
- Copyright Notice:
- © 2008 Dave Kennard
Camera Data
- Date Digital Resource was created:
- Shutter speed:
- 1⁄200 s
- Aperture:
- f/0
- Camera Model:
- Nikon D200
- ISO:
- 100
- Exposure Compensation:
- 0
- Focal Length:
- Focal Length (35mm equiv.):
- Metering Mode:
- Center-weighted average
- Flash:
- Fired, Return not detected
- Exposure Mode:
- Manual
- White Balance:
- Manual
- Light Source:
- Cloudy
- Exposure Program:
- Manual
Additional shooting metadata
- Lens:
- Miranda 24mm F2.8 MC Macro
- Filters used:
- Additional Optics used:
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- Nikon BR-2A
- Setup:
- Flash: Wimberley F-2 Macro Bracket; Lens: Miranda 24mm f2.8 MC Macro; Nikon BR-2A; Reverse Mounted
Post Processing
- Image Modified:
- Software used:
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- Nikon Capture NX
- Post Processing: