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Photo #26969: Apopestes phantasma

Female

Apopestes phantasma

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Base gallery. Lateral/Underside. Pinned specimen.

Photo: Alexander Belousov. Image without retouching at the website. Identified by: Alexandr Zhakov

Date and time, location shooting/catching: 2013-11-19 00:00:00, South Kazakhstan, Almaty region, Taldykorgan settlement. Suburban in a winter shelter.

Comments on this image

22.01.2014 15:57, Alexander Belousov

I try to shoot specimens in black and white backgrounds, include ruler not always. I've got as well these in the white background with no ruler.

22.01.2014 15:18, Alexandr Zhakov

Yeah, again. :(

22.01.2014 14:59, Vasiliy Feoktistov

Alexandr, was that you again, anonymous?

22.01.2014 14:55,

That looks ideal, the ruler doesn't impede anything, good quality, one con is that two sides of the moth are featured, Petr will notice that especially. :).
This species is illustrated with only these photos anywhere on the web, nothing to substitute with. I think such ruler as here makes photo more informative. Yet some authors might use wooden and plastic rulers, in an inaccurate manner or simply out of focus. Depends on situation, not in every shot. Photos as well happen to be quite poor which are blamed way more than a scarcely distinct ruler in ideal pic, that may be evenly bad or some art solution :)

22.01.2014 13:57, Vasiliy Feoktistov

The ruler are to be blamed :) Should be solved decisively if to include it or not. Congratulations with the first photo of the species!

22.01.2014 12:24, Alexandr Zhakov Corrected data.

Imago Female.

22.01.2014 12:23, Alexandr Zhakov Corrected data.

/ Belousov Alexander Apopestes phantasma / Alexandr Zhakov.

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