I have been spending lots of outdoors time lately doing activities with the kiddos. I am not much of a photo guy but I think I'll start taking pics and blog about them to spice things a bit
We even do some treasure hunting these days with a metal detecting pointer although we haven't found anything cool yet!
Anyways, here's a critter we stumbled upon today! It's nothing super fancy but it did pique my interest cause it's the first time I encountered it:
Here's a zoomed photo
A few years ago identifying an insect would take plenty of google searches...Nowadays just a click and Google lens takes care of everything.
The answer is:
Cicindela campestris
Commonly known as the green tiger beetle, it turns out it's a pretty common beetle in Europe measuring about 12–15 mm.
Nothing special to say about them other than that they fast little buggers, speed—running up to 60 cm per second. Oh, and if you ever see one keep some distance. They have a painful bite :D
But let's be honest, you have that bite coming if you pet this angry looking fella:
Public Domain
Here are two vids of the species for your viewing pleasure
And here's a link to Wikipedia if you'd like to learn more!
Ok friends this is it for today!
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