UK 2018 RSB Photographer of the Year Shortlist

Suckers on leg of dytiscus beetle by Steve Lowry. Taken in Portstewart, Northern Ireland, UK. Describe what is pictured? Polarised light micrograph of elaborate suckers found on the tarsus of the foreleg of male great diving beetles. They are used to attach the male to the female during mating. How does this image fit with the theme of the competition? The detailed pattern of this elaborate structure is revealed using microscopy. (Photo by Steve Lowry/Royal Society of Biology)
UK 2018 RSB Photographer of the Year Shortlist
   
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