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Frisky Pollenators

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I learned two unrelated facts from taking this photo. First, I determined that I am allergic to this flowering plant. Second, only when I zoomed in and cropped this picture did I realize that I had captured more than just insects pollenating a plant.

I have no idea what this plant is called, or what species of beetle I have photographed. If anyone knows, please tell me. This was photographed on a sage brush field in Oregon.

Have I created a new genre? What do I call it? Insect Porn? Bugnography? Beetlemania?

photo (c) John P. Alexander
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1188x536px 336.04 KB
Make
NIKON
Model
COOLPIX S6500
Shutter Speed
10/2000 second
Aperture
F/6.5
Focal Length
54 mm
ISO Speed
125
Date Taken
Aug 19, 2014, 1:23:44 PM
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The-Dude-L-Bug's avatar
Mating Longhorns (likely P. grandis) and an audience of little brown ants. 
Your sensitivity to the plant is unusual. They have been used by certain native cultures for producing a yellow dye and more recently for a hypoallergenic latex substitute. 
Rubber Rabbitbush is a very tough plant. They've thrive in very low water content areas & been documented as surviving in soil contaminated by nuclear waste in Los Alamos. The plants there exhibited no visible signs of distress, but contained well over a quarter of million times the level of Strontium90.