Nature's Valentine

For this day I took a photo through the eyepiece of my microscope of this little leaf-mining beetle. This is in the genus Leiopleura in the family Buprestidae. The heart shaped red markings seemed to fit the day, Happy Valentine's Day to all. Maybe 2mm long, the larva develops between the upper and lower surfaces of its host leaf.

[Amy Evans]

Wow now that is beauty in nature right there! Those colors are tremendous!

[Brad Johnson]

Amazingly cool. Perfect Valentine's shot for your project.

[Robin]

Absolutely exquisite, Robert. Happy Valentine's Day to you.

[Nicole]

Awesome!!!!!

[Pankaj Sharma]

Absolutely stunning Robert..

[Cherrill]

So much beauty in something so tiny, beautiful shot.

[*lacey*]

One of the most amazing things I've seen on this site. Wonderful shot!

[Geertje K.]

What a cool macro! I love this for Valentine's, it almost looks like jewellery!

[Roe Jan]

Amazing creature! How wonderful that you could photograph it through a microscope!

[Henriette Sparkes]

What a fabulous Valentine shot, those colours are just brilliant!

[Kerri]

That is beautiful

[Kimmi]

Beautiful.....Theme it

[Autumn Eden]

Neat!!!

[Moray]

Great shot, lovely colours!

[molizard]

nice micro macro! Wonderful color in something so small.

[Karin DeCollibus]

This is amazing!!!

[Madisyn Masatani]

Wow!

[FaerieMoon]

Oh, awesome! One of the best Valentine's I've seen! I remember one Valentine's day my husband got me Madagascar hissing cockroaches, Romeo and Juliet. Yeah, you can guess how that ended up....thank goodness for Entomology departments and their million babies fostering programs, lol

[Ross Wilson]

Very nice shot Rob. Colors are just great and the lighting is nice too - well done.

[Emme]

very interesting!! great shot!!

[Jill (Emeraldboots)]

Fabulous and something different! Hope you had a good day.

[Jill (Emeraldboots)]

@clarissajohal wow...what an interesting gift! LOL.

[FaerieMoon]

@emeraldboots Ha--I guess so. I'm not a jewelry and chocolates girl, for sure