tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post8094064122017380256..comments2023-11-13T07:19:45.061+00:00Comments on CABINET OF CURIOSITIES: Stalking TigersUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-69165776671201466892010-05-18T13:03:16.098+00:002010-05-18T13:03:16.098+00:00Hi Threadspider, they can be really infuriating to...Hi Threadspider, they can be really infuriating to photograph - just when you are about to press the shutter release, they're gone!Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15609107148344256875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-33765467489078862662010-05-18T09:03:21.070+00:002010-05-18T09:03:21.070+00:00Great pictures-I noticed these for the first time ...Great pictures-I noticed these for the first time in my life on holiday on Chesil Beach in Dorset two weeks ago. Hard to photograph-they move really quickly.Threadspiderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06780634324037593398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-44130901617387698732010-05-16T15:40:21.202+00:002010-05-16T15:40:21.202+00:00Ho Toffeeapple, my daughter gave me a hand-painted...Ho Toffeeapple, my daughter gave me a hand-painted tie with tiger beetles on it for a birthday present ..... but the artist couldn't manage the iridescence..Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15609107148344256875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-80415797061945647232010-05-13T10:44:13.945+00:002010-05-13T10:44:13.945+00:00Gorgeous iridescence!Gorgeous iridescence!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-43250342287943966632010-05-11T08:55:44.248+00:002010-05-11T08:55:44.248+00:00Hi Lesley, no she hasn't gone into a scientifi...Hi Lesley, no she hasn't gone into a scientific career - although I don't think it was the beetle bite that deterred her!Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15609107148344256875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-4548882664042748712010-05-11T08:54:24.389+00:002010-05-11T08:54:24.389+00:00Hi Keith, apparently most beetles in this family a...Hi Keith, apparently most beetles in this family are tropical. .. and it's the sort of colour scheme you'd associate with a tropical insectPhilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15609107148344256875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-12506019408674707352010-05-11T08:52:34.934+00:002010-05-11T08:52:34.934+00:00Interesting thought Wilma, many insect eyes are se...Interesting thought Wilma, many insect eyes are sensitive to wavelengths we can see but I've never seen anything written on how they might peceive iridescence..Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15609107148344256875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-70237688135147324822010-05-11T08:51:10.553+00:002010-05-11T08:51:10.553+00:00Hi Rob., I'd never associated them with the co...Hi Rob., I'd never associated them with the coast before (mostly have seen them on moorland)...Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15609107148344256875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-71426449926686898432010-05-10T12:02:25.649+00:002010-05-10T12:02:25.649+00:00I don't think I've ever seen these before ...I don't think I've ever seen these before Phil.<br />Stunning colour.holdingmomentshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16455039696354576430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-3424488173509639042010-05-10T08:21:58.867+00:002010-05-10T08:21:58.867+00:00Beautiful, beautiful beetle! The Durham coast is ...Beautiful, beautiful beetle! The Durham coast is lovely. It's ironic that industrial pollution has played its part in the diversity of the wildlife there now. :)<br /><br />Has your daughter followed you into a career in Botany?Lesleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05908084484202064053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-22603568767115713712010-05-10T00:16:52.653+00:002010-05-10T00:16:52.653+00:00Lovely iridescence. I wonder how it appears to th...Lovely iridescence. I wonder how it appears to the tiger beetles?Wilmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14717012784233946753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-1256974374639347312010-05-09T22:34:12.942+00:002010-05-09T22:34:12.942+00:00Coincidence - I was looking at cliffs today too. D...Coincidence - I was looking at cliffs today too. Didn't see any of these though - great shots of eyecatching insects.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com