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Emotography – Week 49/2016

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Christmas

A little Christmas Beetle,
iridescent armour shining in the sun,
more beautiful than fairy lights,
or tinsel on the tree,
a living, breathing bauble,
and Festive was her name.

Claudette

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24 responses to “Emotography – Week 49/2016”

  1. bythebriny Avatar
    bythebriny

    She’s a beauty.

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    1. Claudette Avatar
      Claudette

      Glorious, love the metallic sheen of colours.

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  2. lindywhitton Avatar
    lindywhitton

    I recognise her. She does look festive!

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    1. Claudette Avatar
      Claudette

      I love those metallic colours, the bronze, green and blue/purple on the legs.

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  3. RuthsArc Avatar
    RuthsArc

    Very pretty.

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    1. Claudette Avatar
      Claudette

      Thanks Ruth.

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  4. Lily Avatar
    Lily

    For a insect so eww, this one is beautiful with it’s rainbow colours.

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    1. Claudette Avatar
      Claudette

      Yes. I’m not generally an insect kind of person, but these are nice. My Mum told me how they used to wear them as brooches when she was a child.

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      1. Lily Avatar
        Lily

        Really? Now that’s interesting. I wonder how that process worked. (imagines someone sticking a huge pin in beetle and fastening to dress) I could see why they wore them. The shape and colouring would make a lovely brooch.

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        1. Claudette Avatar
          Claudette

          Ha, their legs are spiky, and I suppose they used their mandibles to chomp the cloth too.

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  5. macmsue Avatar
    macmsue

    Aren’t they just gorgeous? I found one on its back the other day and am amazed how they just seem to appear at Christmas time.

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    1. Claudette Avatar
      Claudette

      I read an article, it is when they emerge from their immature state (or something like that). Was quite interesting reading about them.

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      1. macmsue Avatar
        macmsue

        You’ve inspired me to check out some info on them. 🙂

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  6. C. J. Hartwell Avatar
    C. J. Hartwell

    Wow, she/he is beautiful! I wonder if she/he is aware of it? They must be the supermodels of the beetle kingdom. 🙂

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    1. Claudette Avatar
      Claudette

      They have a short life span, so maybe they are just focussed on living – we could learn from that 😉

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  7. Daal Avatar
    Daal

    wow! neon!

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    1. Claudette Avatar
      Claudette

      They are colourful and shiny.

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      1. Daal Avatar
        Daal

        sorta like June bugs 🙂

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        1. Claudette Avatar
          Claudette

          Have to google them, being an Aussie I’m not sure what they are 🙂

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          1. Daal Avatar
            Daal

            oh – I’m in Los Angeles – they like to eat figs especially, so sometimes they’re called fig bugs – bright & shiny like a gas slick, but mostly moss greenish

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            1. Claudette Avatar
              Claudette

              Sounds like the could be related, perhaps they have a common beetle ancestor.

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              1. Daal Avatar
                Daal

                I love beetles – hate cockroaches!

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      2. Daal Avatar
        Daal

        do they sort of hover, rather than really fly, bump into things as if they’re blind? the way June bugs do?

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        1. Claudette Avatar
          Claudette

          I have only ever seen them crawling on the ground. Google says they are clumsy fliers.

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