I don't remember ever seeing this beetle in the UK. A bit strange, as I love insects. Makes me wonder how many other tiny wonders I've missed- and am still missing probably!
I love bugs with this kind of metallic sheen. Today, I was watching a few moths with a similar shimmer and emerald-green rose chafer beetles that occasionally flash gold. Nature is amazing.
I love Green Tiger Beetles, but I didn't know most of those things about them! I see them in the New Forest on the heaths - they are indeed very fast. Thanks for sharing.
Around where I live, in Groningen, the Netherlands, I see northern dune tiger beetles very often. Often sand or dune areas will have lots of them.
Wow! They seem so versatile. And are they sand coloured?
Green or brownish with yellow blotches. Sonething like this: https://dynamicdunescapes.co.uk/species/northern-dune-tiger-beetle/
I don't remember ever seeing this beetle in the UK. A bit strange, as I love insects. Makes me wonder how many other tiny wonders I've missed- and am still missing probably!
I love bugs with this kind of metallic sheen. Today, I was watching a few moths with a similar shimmer and emerald-green rose chafer beetles that occasionally flash gold. Nature is amazing.
Insects rule! It’s a small mercy we humans are bigger…
This is so interesting!!Thank you. Love, Virg
I love Green Tiger Beetles, but I didn't know most of those things about them! I see them in the New Forest on the heaths - they are indeed very fast. Thanks for sharing.
Always a pleasure to nature walk with you, through your photos and words.
So not at all sand coloured. Too bad ass to worry about camouflage, I guess.
Ha! Yes. They look so cool in their different colours. I’ll have to look out on the coastline here.