Oxythyrea funesta

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Oxythyrea funesta

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Scarab beetle balancig on the onion flower. :D

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Camera model Olympus SP-320
Date/time 20.06.2006/12:38:01
Exposure time 1/640 s
F-number f/2.8
ISO 64
Focal length 8 mm

Beetle Juice recipe

INGREDIENTS:
3 oz gin
2 oz sweet vermouth
1 oz sweet and sour mix
1 oz Sprite® soda
2 oz cranberry juice

DIRECTIONS:
Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker over ice. Close the shaker and shake briskly two or three times. Strain into a large (9-oz) martini or cocktail glass, and serve.

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Hey nothing like a cocktail to to with your scarab huh Nikola. :lol: I know a few of my own but I don't think our editor Tom, would appreciate me mentioning them on the site and besides I refrain from the consumption of spirits nowadays. :wink: Anyway a really nice beetle photo, can't say as I have ever seen one like this. :D
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Hey Ken, I do not drink. I only collect recipes. :wink: :lol:
This beetle is typical for the Europe (warmer places, usually 8 - 12 mm long), the Asia Minor and the Middle East. :D

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Another great beetle shot Nikola. Looks like he had a beetle Juice before he flew home :roll:
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Beetleman wrote:Another great beetle shot Nikola. Looks like he had a beetle Juice before he flew home :roll:
He just looked to the bottom of the glass. :lol:

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