Longhorn Beetle, Aristobia Horridula

[antoniuni]

In my garden in khlong Samwa, Bangkok

 

14 photo's

[chiang mai]

Outstanding, scary but outstanding.

[antoniuni]

Thanks very much chiang mai! Yeah, scary for sure!

 

[antoniuni]

17 minutes ago, antoniuni said:

Thanks very much chiang mai! Yeah, scary for sure!

 

I just found this video: 

 

[guzzi850m2]

Very nicely captured. Care to share which gear you used and settings, thanks.

[antoniuni]

9 hours ago, guzzi850m2 said:

Very nicely captured. Care to share which gear you used and settings, thanks.

Thank you guzzi! Although the insect looks very scary it's not and very, very slow! I took it with my camera Konica Minolta with a focal length  of 42.9 mm.

 

Unfortunately there was a very lousy service in BKK and I had to switch-over to a Canon. (I worked 10 years for Minolta Camera in Holland) 

[JetsetBkk]

I had some of them in the back of my pickup:

 

...and in my garden:

 

But when I looked closer at what they were doing, it was obvious they were stripping the fresh green off the tree branches:

...which turned this tree:

 

...into this:

 

So now I forget the camera, reach for the pruning shears and slice and dice them ASAP.