Manual focus only, unfortunely my camera does not allow hosting of third party softwares.
Hopefully the lense is easy to use (SEL90M).
However live subjects need to remain still; some are "sleeping" early morning, some others (like this Curculio) stay "frozen" for a while when they feel in danger.
For very small insects, I use another lense (MP-E 65 mm) but it is much more difficult to use.
Anyway I use a tripod for all cases, I'm not able to shoot a single good photo free hand...
I just realise a problem with this image due to the stacker, his left probitia overlaps its left antenna; I should have selected less photos to avoid this aberration, pity !
Thank you for these details.
Actually I've been lucky to determine my photo properly because I did it mosly based on the colour !
The distribution helped me also because it seems that B. ochraceus is much more common in France than B. tomentosus.
I've got the answer from a specialist, the correct name for this beetle is Dorcadion (Cribridorcadion) vincenzae Pesarini & Sabbadini, 2007
See the publication "Ricerche sui Dorcadiini di Grecia. II. Le specie della Grecia centromeridionale e quelle del gruppo Dorcadion kozanii (Coleoptera Cerambycidae)" available here: http://www.cerambycoidea.com/papersEl.asp?Id=&Lett=P&NPag=2
These back Tenebrionidae look all same at first glance but if we look in details, this family shows so many genus and species that I didn't find the same species twice during my walks in Greece.
Hopefully the lense is easy to use (SEL90M).
However live subjects need to remain still; some are "sleeping" early morning, some others (like this Curculio) stay "frozen" for a while when they feel in danger.
For very small insects, I use another lense (MP-E 65 mm) but it is much more difficult to use.
Anyway I use a tripod for all cases, I'm not able to shoot a single good photo free hand...
Actually I've been lucky to determine my photo properly because I did it mosly based on the colour !
The distribution helped me also because it seems that B. ochraceus is much more common in France than B. tomentosus.
Hope this year I'll be more lucky...
See the publication "Ricerche sui Dorcadiini di Grecia. II. Le specie della Grecia centromeridionale e quelle del gruppo Dorcadion kozanii (Coleoptera Cerambycidae)" available here:
http://www.cerambycoidea.com/papersEl.asp?Id=&Lett=P&NPag=2