A jewel crossing the road

ocrdu (71)in #photography • 7 years ago

The other day, we spotted this spectacular bug crossing the road. It was about 3cm (2.2") long, quite large as Dutch bugs go:

^{Olympus Stylus 1s, 200mm, ISO800, f5.6, 1/25s}

It then hid and moved about in the grass, as if it didn't want to be photographed, so the photos aren't great:

^{Olympus Stylus 1s, 42mm, ISO800, f5.6, 1/20s}

I think it is a Carabus auronitens, goudglanzende schallebijter in Dutch, or one of its close cousins. I couldn't find a common English name for this one.

It looks roughly similar to this one I found two months ago in a peat bog, could be related:

^{Olympus Stylus 1s, 300mm, ISO200, f5.6, 1/20os}

That last one I think is a Carabus clathratus, moerasschallebijter or getraliede schallebijter in Dutch.

Thanks for watching!

#nature #bugs #anotheronecrossingaroad

7 years ago in #photography by ocrdu (71)

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elviento (66) 7 years ago

Nice bug, olympus can do attractive colors

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heriadi (78) 7 years ago

@Ocrdu amazing, I loved it

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impressions (60) 7 years ago

omg this is incredibly awesome post! I think you work hard for it

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countryinspired (68) 7 years ago

Nice find! My son, who is five, going on six, is at the age where he is fascinated by bugs. He loves to bring his "bug box" outside and have me catch anything we can find in the yard so he can keep it for a night or two. We caught a wooly worm caterpillar the other day who spun a cocoon in his bug box, so we will see if it survives.

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ocrdu (71) 7 years ago (edited)

A much nicer fascination than video games! I hope he doesn't pick up the ones in the photos; they can bite really hard.

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countryinspired (68) 7 years ago

He always asks me before picking up an insect. I showed him how to handle a beetle with large mandibles in such a way so that it cannot bite, but he was too afraid to try it.

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