tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519638191408360845.post8198797802942258120..comments2024-01-01T21:19:43.721+13:00Comments on THE LAST VISIBLE DOG: Tumbling Flower BeetlesKatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12453125929159161583noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519638191408360845.post-187019403379858512012-01-16T15:19:15.918+13:002012-01-16T15:19:15.918+13:00Yes Geeb. Me too!Yes Geeb. Me too!Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12453125929159161583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519638191408360845.post-2260206903605014682012-01-15T23:00:22.318+13:002012-01-15T23:00:22.318+13:00What a splendid fellow(ess). I've not seen on...What a splendid fellow(ess). I've not seen one before. Along with the several million other insect types I haven't seen!GBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10289400344300258872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519638191408360845.post-24858287820736274202012-01-10T10:29:37.343+13:002012-01-10T10:29:37.343+13:00Adrian - He IS super, isn't he? But not dead,...Adrian - He IS super, isn't he? But not dead, no, not at all. After he had posed for his shots (in one of them he showed how he can play possum) I let him go outside on the mandarin flowers. He shivered a few seconds to warm up and then flew away.<br /><br />Jay. Thank you. We have those two invertebrates you mentioned too. The click or jump phenomenon must be useful evolutionarily, as it has developed frequently. Even in Mammals. We used to play with click beetles when we were young. I always felt vaguely guilty when they ran out of 'click'.Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12453125929159161583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519638191408360845.post-86072377949715279382012-01-10T09:17:33.040+13:002012-01-10T09:17:33.040+13:00I think he's very sweet - and nicely photograp...I think he's very sweet - and nicely photographed, too!<br /><br />We have similar insects, from the tiny spring-tails to the large click beetles which can right themselves if they get cast upside down by somehow inserting a sticky-out bit of prosternum into a groove in the mesosternum. There's a click, they toss themselves into the air and come down right-side-up. They also use it to escape from predators.<br /><br />They're not half as pretty as your tumbler though!Jay at The Depp Effecthttp://www.thedeppeffect.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519638191408360845.post-18613597964563306122012-01-10T03:55:25.298+13:002012-01-10T03:55:25.298+13:00He is a super little beetle. I t does looks as if ...He is a super little beetle. I t does looks as if it's jumping days are over.ADRIANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07113961163396562781noreply@blogger.com