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Kaushik Balakumar
01-20-2008, 03:55 PM
Made this image near a lake in Duisburg - Germany.
I wondered as to why the female had a big abdomen - did she carry eggs? If she did, then is it normal that they mate while the insect is pregnant ... ?

http://www.pbase.com/bkaushik/image/91902232.jpg

Nikon D70s + Nikkor 105mm VR micro.
f16, 1/30, ISO200, Hand-held.

Views are welcome...

Regards,
Kaushik

Mike Moats
01-20-2008, 10:29 PM
Hey Kaushik, very interesting capture. Nice details and great colors.

John Cooper
01-20-2008, 11:54 PM
An interesting image Kaushik - Love the greens and iridescent colours of the beetle's wing casings. I would be interested to hear from an entomologist about this behaviour.

Arsdel Fluesmeier
01-21-2008, 04:19 PM
Fantastic image. The colors are very good.