Six-spotted Tiger Beetle, 1.2 Gigapixel Macro Photograph

Cicindela sexguttata (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Cicindelinae) – Six-spotted tiger beetle from Pennsylvania.

Specimens and identifications provided by Dr. John E. Rawlins and his staff from the research collections of the Section of Invertebrate Zoology, Carnegie Museum of Natural History.

This 1.2 gigapixel macro photograph was created from over 58,000 individual photographs.
Click and drag in the photograph below to explore the specimen.




Capture Matrix: 12 images width x 26 height Each focus stack: 187 images Total Images: 58,344 Lens: 10x nikon objective

Beetle Dimensions: (unprepared specimen) 22mm x 26mm 3.5mm depth

Capture Time: 29 hours CPU Post-Processing Time: 75 hours Specimen provided courtesy of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, John Rawlins

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