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Post by Bonobo on Jan 20, 2020 23:44:00 GMT 1
What is this bug?  |
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Post by Bonobo on Feb 6, 2020 14:11:36 GMT 1
And this?  |
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Post by naukowiec on Feb 9, 2020 10:50:06 GMT 1
Some type of diving beetle? Wasp spider |
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Post by Bonobo on Feb 9, 2020 22:54:38 GMT 1
Some type of diving beetle? Wasp spider Divine beetle? You mean scarab? No. Hint - look at its surroundings.  Yes, wasp spider. Nice name but Polish one sounds better - striped tigret. |
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Post by naukowiec on Feb 12, 2020 20:41:40 GMT 1
Divine beetle? You mean scarab? I said DIVING beetle, not divine! It appears to be underwater, |
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Post by Bonobo on Feb 13, 2020 14:23:03 GMT 1
Divine beetle? You mean scarab? I said DIVING beetle, not divine! It appears to be underwater, Yes! First I thought you said a general description but indeed, it is the name of the species. In Polish, yellow-rimmed swimmer. |
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Post by naukowiec on Feb 22, 2020 23:22:46 GMT 1
In Polish, yellow-rimmed swimmer. I can see a lot of thought went into that name  I like the eyes, it gives it a cartoonish look. |
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Post by pjotr on Feb 22, 2020 23:40:36 GMT 1
The great diving beetle (Dytiscus marginalis) is an aquatic diving beetle native to Europe and northern Asia, and is particularly common in England. The great diving beetle, true to its name, is a rather large insect. The larvae can grow up to 60 millimetres (2.4 in) in length, while the adults are generally 27–35 millimetres (1.1–1.4 in). en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_diving_beetle |
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Post by Bonobo on Feb 26, 2020 21:19:23 GMT 1
The great diving beetle (Dytiscus marginalis) is an aquatic diving beetle native to Europe and northern Asia, and is particularly common in England. The great diving beetle, true to its name, is a rather large insect. The larvae can grow up to 60 millimetres (2.4 in) in length, while the adults are generally 27–35 millimetres (1.1–1.4 in). en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_diving_beetleI have been fascinated with water wildlife since my childhood, have kept hundreds of creatures in several fish tanks, examined hundreds of ponds and lakes all over Poland but never spotted that beetle in its natural habitat. Strange. I can see a lot of thought went into that name It sounds and looks much better in Polish: pływak żółtobrzeżek. Isn`t it fascinating? |
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Post by naukowiec on Feb 29, 2020 22:57:59 GMT 1
It sounds and looks much better in Polish: pływak żółtobrzeżek. Isn`t it fascinating? Yes, it does sound better, more exotic somehow. It is indeed fascinating, I kept creatures in jars and tanks as a child too. Nature is amazing. |
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Post by Bonobo on Dec 31, 2020 15:23:15 GMT 1
I kept creatures in jars and tanks as a child too. Nature is amazing. Did you have a crayfish? It was my dream as a child but never fulfilled. I only read fascinating stories about keeping them. What about this one? One of the biggest, shares an important feature with the bug mentioned above.   |
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