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Jonathan Ashton
06-24-2019, 11:26 AM
Often called the May bug but they also fly in months other than May . Cockchaffer is an old English name for big beetle and beetles they are , i.e. they are not bugs.
I found it in my mini-meadow. After photographing it in the early hours of the morning I thought it was asleep but eventually I realised it was dead!

Image input equipment model : E-M1X
Lens focal length : 60 mm
Focal length in 35 mm film : 120.0mm
Exposure mode : Manual exposure
Photographic Sensitivity : 100
Exposure bias : 0 EV
Exposure time : 1/1.3 sec
F number : F8
Flash : ON (Fill-in)

ACR + PSCC

John Mack
06-24-2019, 07:01 PM
Pretty neat looking bettle here. The flash looks well balanced. Never would have though it was dead. Detail looks great.