Turquoise Longhorn Beetle Print oil painting but close enough to see

but close enough to see its elegant stride as it cautiously winded its way through fields of green — illustrated here with coast live oak

and a whole lot of anxiety about who knows what

these tiny birds bring more than their weight in joy

and its beautifully patterned wings are genuinely jaw-dropping

Turquoise Longhorn Beetle Print oil painting but close enough to seeHand drawn colored pencil illustration. Giclee printed on 100% cotton fibre, 290 gsm acid free, conservation grade, Italian milled fine art paper. This longhorn beetle (Sternotomis callais) is part of the "Oh My" insect collection in the entomology department at the California Academy of Sciences a series of drawers containing some of our most amazing specimens. Many insects in this collection dazzle with iridescence, but not this one. This particular