Photographs by Will Cook, mostly taken in North Carolina. Equipment: Nikon CoolPix 995 (8/2001-5/2005), Nikon CoolPix 8800 (4/2005-8/2007), Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ50 (8/2007-present). I use the Nikon 4T (5/2005-8/2007) or Sony VCL-M3358 (8/2007-present) close-up lens for almost all my macro photos.
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Buprestidae
Sculptured Pine Borer (Chalcophora virginiensis) - Granville Co., NC 4/26/09
beetle 7466 (Buprestidae) - Orange Co., NC 6/15/06
beetle 2297 (Buprestidae) - Carroll Co., VA 9/23/06
Carabidae
Black Caterpillar Hunter (Calosoma sayi) adult (Carabidae) - Jordan Lake, Chatham Co., NC 9/15/07.
Black Caterpillar Hunter (Calosoma sayi) larva (Carabidae) - Jordan Lake, Chatham Co., NC 9/15/07.
Black Caterpillar Hunter (Calosoma sayi) larva (Carabidae) - Jordan Lake, Chatham Co., NC 9/17/07.
Six-spotted Tiger Beetle (Cicindela sexguttata) (Carabidae) - Orange Co., NC 4/3/05.
Six-spotted Tiger Beetle (Cicindela sexguttata) (Carabidae) - Pender Co., NC 4/19/08.
Common Shore Tiger Beetle (Cicindela repanda) (Carabidae) - Wake Co., NC 6/4/05
Pasimachus marginatus (Carabidae) - Richmond Co., NC 4/20/05
Tiger Beetle 5543 (Carabidae) - Alleghany Co., NC 4/14/06
Tiger beetle sp. 6278 (Carabidae) - Clay Co., NC 5/12/06
Tiger beetle sp. 90469 (Carabidae) - New Hanover Co., NC 8/30/08
Whitish Tiger Beetle (Cicindela gratiosa) (Carabidae) - New Hanover Co., NC 8/30/08
Tiger beetle sp. 90520 (Carabidae) - New Hanover Co., NC 8/30/08
Cerambycidae
Red Milkweed Beetle (Tetraopes tetraophthalmus) (Cerambycidae) - Orange Co., NC 6/15/06
Chrysomelidae
Dogbane Beetle (Chrysochus auratus) (Chrysomelidae)
Cleridae
Velvet-ant mimic beetle (Enoclerus ichneumoneus) (Cleridae) - Orange Co., NC 4/12/08
Elateridae
Eyed Click Beetle (Alaus oculatus) (Elateridae) - Durham Co., NC 8/18/03
Lucanidae
Reddish-brown Stag Beetle (Lucanus capreolus) (Lucanidae) - Durham, NC 7/21/06
Meloidae
Blister Beetle (Lytta polita) (Meloidae) - Moore Co., NC 3/22/08
Oil Beetle (Meloe sp.) (Meloidae) - Alleghany Co., NC 9/25/04.
Passalidae
Bess Beetle (Odontotaenius disjunctus) (Passalidae) - Wake Co., NC 6/4/05
Scarabaeidae
Green June Beetle (Cotinis nitida) (Scarabaeidae) - Pulaski Co., VA 7/13/07. Commonly called Junebug.
Green June Beetle (Cotinis nitida) (Scarabaeidae) - Pulaski Co., VA 7/13/07.
Grapevine Beetle (Pelidnota punctata) (Scarabaeidae) - Chapel Hill, NC 7/14/06
Grapevine Beetle (Pelidnota punctata) (Scarabaeidae) - Durham, NC 7/12/09
Japanese Beetle (Popillia japonica) (Scarabaeidae) - Durham Co., NC 6/24/07
Rhinoceros Beetle (Xyloryctes jamaciensis) (Scarabaeidae) - Carroll Co., VA 7/1/06.
Unidentified
beetle 7619 - Carroll Co., VA 6/17/06.
beetle 7682 - Carroll Co., VA 6/17/06.
beetle 7683 - Carroll Co., VA 6/17/06.
beetle 7733 - Carroll Co., VA 6/17/06.
beetle 7652 - Carroll Co., VA 6/17/06.
beetle 8385 - Alleghany Co., NC 7/1/06. White stripes, long horns.
beetle 8464 - Carroll Co., VA 7/1/06.
beetle 8733 - Carroll Co., VA 7/1/06.
beetle 9372 - Chapel Hill, NC 7/10/06
beetle 9496 - Carroll Co., VA 7/22/06
beetle 9591 - Durham, NC 7/27/06
beetle 5605 - Durham, NC 5/16/07. A long-horned beetle of some sort.
beetle 5944 - Durham, NC 5/21/07. A very-long-horned beetle of some sort.
beetle 7393 - Carroll Co., VA 6/9/07. Big brown buzzy beetle.
beetle 7841 - Durham, NC 6/19/07. Resembles a cricket.
beetle 7897 - Durham, NC 6/19/07
beetle 8710 - Carroll Co., VA 7/4/07. A long-horned beetle.
beetle 8711 - Carroll Co., VA 7/4/07. Same beetle.
beetle 9211 - Carroll Co., VA 7/7/07
beetle 9264 - Carroll Co., VA 7/7/07
beetle 9309 - Durham, NC 7/10/07
beetle 9358 - Durham, NC 7/11/07
beetle 9787 - Carroll Co., VA 7/14/07
beetle 9796 - Carroll Co., VA 7/14/07
beetle 0246 - Orange Co., NC 7/20/07
beetle 00399 - Durham, NC 9/11/07
beetle 00828 - Person Co., NC 9/20/07
beetle 40276 - Durham, NC 4/10/08
beetle 40279 - Durham, NC 4/10/08
beetle 40314 - Durham, NC 4/10/08
beetle 40409 - Orange Co., NC 4/12/08
hole-digging beetle - Orange Co., NC 4/12/08
hole-digging beetle - Orange Co., NC 4/12/08
dung beetle 40554 - Pender Co., NC 4/19/08
beetle 70111 - Durham, NC 5/27/08
dung beetle & fly 70732 - Wilkes Co., NC 6/15/08
beetle 80660 - Durham, NC 8/4/08. Nice jaws!
beetle 80690 - Durham, NC 8/4/08. Same individual.
click beetle 80701 - Durham, NC 8/5/08
click beetle 80701 - Durham, NC 8/5/08
beetle 80333 - Durham, NC 7/22/08
beetle 80339 - Durham, NC 7/22/08. Same individual.
click beetle 80328 - Durham, NC 7/22/08
beetle 80385 - Carroll Co., VA 8/2/08
beetle 80403 - Carroll Co., VA 8/2/08
beetle 90280 - Orange Co., NC 8/24/08
click beetle 90348 - Durham, NC 8/29/08
beetle 130688 - Pender Co., NC 4/19/09
beetle 140023 - Durham, NC 4/29/09
beetle 140451 - Carroll Co., VA 5/10/09
beetle 1210134 - New Hanover Co., NC 8/29/09
beetle 1200915 - Orange Co., NC 8/23/09
beetle 1210649 - Durham, NC 9/24/09
beetle 1210718 - Robeson Co., NC 10/3/09
Comments? Questions? E-mail me at cwcook@duke.edu
All photographs and text ©2010 by Will Cook, unless otherwise noted.
