{"id":8858,"date":"2016-06-01T08:13:34","date_gmt":"2016-06-01T12:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/p4td.lightshedder.com\/?p=8858"},"modified":"2016-06-01T08:13:34","modified_gmt":"2016-06-01T12:13:34","slug":"six-spotted-tiger-beetle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=8858","title":{"rendered":"Six-spotted Tiger Beetle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- This default template simple inserts each image with the correct width and height --><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 2010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/DSC02637-1.jpg?resize=904%2C603\" width=\"904\" height=\"603\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Six-spotted Tiger Beetle, Emmon&#8217;s Preserve, Kennebunkport Maine<\/p><\/div>\n<p>While looking for River Jewelwings the other day, I happened to look down at the moss beneath me, and saw this bright metallic green beetle. A closer look showed the six white spots on the black margins of the elytra (hard shell). It was easy to google this morning: &#8220;metallic green beetle with white spots&#8221; brought up lots of pages about the Six-spotted Tiger Beetle&#8230;evidently a common forest beetle across much of the north eastern part of the continent. I don&#8217;t remember ever seeing one before. It was small, about 1\/2 inch, but the bright green is hard to miss. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Sony RX10iii at 1200mm (Smart Digital Tel-converter in-camera crop to 5mp). I used Direct Manual Focus to fine tune the auto focus to separate the bug from the moss. 1\/800th @ ISO 100 @ f4. 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