Sunday, May 10, 2009

Yet another macro


Am guessing this is some kind of beetle. In case you can identify this strange but colorful creature ...lemme know

6 comments:

  1. what ever kind of insect it is... the picture is damn neat :)

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  2. Anoop, Came thro Ashwathy's post. This is amazing man!! Crystal clear.

    As for as the name of the insect..In tamil they call it PONVANDU. I remember during my school days one of my classmate had and showing off!!!! you know what I mean.

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  3. @Maddy : Dont think its a lady bird...maybe its a different species of ladybird..i dont know..the ones i know are orange or red with black spots. :)

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  4. Nice :)
    I think it's a kind of jewel bug - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scutelleridae.

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  5. your photos are beautiful, im in love to this bettle, i love it, is just amazing!!!

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