This lovely little round insect is called a pill beetle. Why is that, you ask?
Check this out:
Retractile legs!
photo details: Canon MP-E 65mm 1-5x macro lens on a Canon EOS 20D
ISO 100, f/13, 1/250 sec, twin flash diffused through tracing paper
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What a neat little guy. And all this time I thought that they were called pill beetles because of their bad attitudes! You know, “Don’t be such a….never mind.
Clay
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OH Neat…great photos…thanks..I am loving all the buggies here…
That is so cool. Thanks!
Hey, I didn’t know that is why they are called “pill beetles”. Interesting! I wonder if the beetle I photographed in Nicaragua last month was a pill beetle too. Its legs fit nicely in its underside as well.