Jackpot, Pt. 3 - _TNY_8307
So it is early September (of 2020), which around Stockholm Sweden means autumn has arrived and the number of insects out and about have dropped significantly.
On a walk out in the forest near our home together with my family I still naturally brought the camera - as you never know.
Apart from a few spiders and not much else, the trip was coming to an end without anything really interesting, plus the weather looked like it was gonna take a serious turn for the worse with dark clouds looming.
And that's when I saw the familiar green glisten of a green tiger beetle (Cicindela campestris) on the path in front of us!
The usual crawling and walking on my knees followed - but this one wonderfully enough decided to pause and pose a little bit for me and I ended up with this shot which quite possibly is my favourite of 2020 (along with Pt. 1 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/50573784107/ and Pt. 2 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/50926158808/)!
Oh, and we got back just as the heavens opened with a massive rain.
Jackpot, Pt. 3 - _TNY_8307
So it is early September (of 2020), which around Stockholm Sweden means autumn has arrived and the number of insects out and about have dropped significantly.
On a walk out in the forest near our home together with my family I still naturally brought the camera - as you never know.
Apart from a few spiders and not much else, the trip was coming to an end without anything really interesting, plus the weather looked like it was gonna take a serious turn for the worse with dark clouds looming.
And that's when I saw the familiar green glisten of a green tiger beetle (Cicindela campestris) on the path in front of us!
The usual crawling and walking on my knees followed - but this one wonderfully enough decided to pause and pose a little bit for me and I ended up with this shot which quite possibly is my favourite of 2020 (along with Pt. 1 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/50573784107/ and Pt. 2 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/50926158808/)!
Oh, and we got back just as the heavens opened with a massive rain.