Green Red Jewel Beetle

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Andrew Lamberson

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My dried bug restoration skills are improving! After I carefully removed the clear wrap package around the bug all of its legs and antennae were tucked under the body.
So:
  • Two 20-second sonic baths in the sonic cleaner to remove dust and dirt.
  • A 6-hour snooze in the relaxing chamber to relax the appendages. A modified snack container that had a bottom section with a paper towel soaked in a 50/50 mix of water and rubbing alcohol, and a modified top chamber drilled with small holes for the bug. The top is a seal clip-on.
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  • After 6 hours, Carefully pinned onto a piece of foam with the legs and antenna being held on either side in the correct position until they re-set (dried). Also carefully crazy glued a bent insect pin to the bottom of the abdomen.
  • 50 image stack using Focus Shift Shooting with my Nikon Z6II and Z105mm macro.
  • Zerene stacker
  • Adobe Photoshop touch-ups of a few pieces of dust and dog hair!
  • Start to finish: 9 hours!
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Relaxing is a long tedious procedure but it looks like things went well. That looks like a metallic wood borer, most species from that view normally show all six legs. In any case, ya done good! (y)
 
Very nice effort Andrew, you have come a long way in your macro work over the past few years and your dedication is now providing some great rewards.👍 I have been following Allan Walls on his channel which has been very worthwhile, and he has commented on the difficulties and "joys" of buying bugs. He has some great work in his videos.
Love your work!😁 Keep it up.
 
Thank you! As I have mentioned before....there is a lot to learn! Lucky for me we have winter here in Minnesota so I get lots of time to work on it!
 
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