Lightning McQueen - _TNY_0941
This sleek beetle with the nice metallic paintjob is a rainbow greenclock beetle (Poecilus versicolor). Like most ground beetles, this species relies on its speed, but for hunting and for getting out of trouble so getting it to stay still for a couple of photos wasn't super easy, but in the end we got a couple of workable snaps.
Like the species name "versicolor" indicates, this one doesn't always have the same colour. Here is a shot of one taken about a kilometer east of this one a couple of years earlier: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53427082058/
Lightning McQueen - _TNY_0941
This sleek beetle with the nice metallic paintjob is a rainbow greenclock beetle (Poecilus versicolor). Like most ground beetles, this species relies on its speed, but for hunting and for getting out of trouble so getting it to stay still for a couple of photos wasn't super easy, but in the end we got a couple of workable snaps.
Like the species name "versicolor" indicates, this one doesn't always have the same colour. Here is a shot of one taken about a kilometer east of this one a couple of years earlier: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53427082058/