Melasis buprestoides (Linnaeus, 1761)
a false click beetle
Melasis buprestoides(Linnaeus, 1761) - a false click beetle, Female - in situ - postero-dorsal view - highly enlarged

Image 0004: Female - in situ - postero-dorsal view - highly enlarged

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Magnification macro-photographmacro-photograph
Equipment used Canon EOS400D dSLR with Tamron SP AF Di 90mm Macro 1:1 lens
Magnification ratio (film/sensor to subject) 1:1.5
Extension tubes 68mm ext
Photographer Malcolm Storey
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Image Reference P68738
Found as Imago
Date 20 May 2007
OS grid ref TL88
Lat/Lon 52° 20' N, 0° 40' E
Location West Norfolk, VC28, England
Voucher 20 May 2007[J]
Record summary Several emerging from (or ovipositing in?) dead, decorticate patch on oak trunk
Associated organism on decorticate wood of Quercus
Return to Record page Melasis buprestoides on 20 May 2007 at TL88 in West Norfolk
Return to Taxon page Melasis buprestoides
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