Ruby, Pt. 2 - _TNY_9599
On the second trip of 2024 to the Mjällådalen Nature Reserve, 25 km / 15 miles west of Härnösand, Sweden. I was accompanied by my son who yet again proved to be an awesome peacock beetle wrangler so I could capture some shots. The species here is the green-socks peacock beetle (Elaphrus riparius) - but the red colour form which from what I understand isn't common at all even though I have seen several of them at this location.
This time we started a bit further to the south, walked through the forest on some surprisingly narrow ridges and then walked along the river back to the starting point at the Jällviksbron bridge.
This one had an injury on the left side of the elytra, but appeared to be otherwise ok .
This is a really small beetle at 7 mm / .27" so the gravel it is standing on here is actually sand. I took a short video of the sand bank we found this one on here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53917055759/
Part 1 was taken at greater magnification (3:1 instead of this 2:1), which means a shorter depth of field here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53917096405/
Ruby, Pt. 2 - _TNY_9599
On the second trip of 2024 to the Mjällådalen Nature Reserve, 25 km / 15 miles west of Härnösand, Sweden. I was accompanied by my son who yet again proved to be an awesome peacock beetle wrangler so I could capture some shots. The species here is the green-socks peacock beetle (Elaphrus riparius) - but the red colour form which from what I understand isn't common at all even though I have seen several of them at this location.
This time we started a bit further to the south, walked through the forest on some surprisingly narrow ridges and then walked along the river back to the starting point at the Jällviksbron bridge.
This one had an injury on the left side of the elytra, but appeared to be otherwise ok .
This is a really small beetle at 7 mm / .27" so the gravel it is standing on here is actually sand. I took a short video of the sand bank we found this one on here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53917055759/
Part 1 was taken at greater magnification (3:1 instead of this 2:1), which means a shorter depth of field here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53917096405/