So different, both beetles

[emkraak]

I read somewhere in a bookintroduction from an apparently famous professor entomologist whose name I forgot of course (quote translated): "If a God exist, God must have a special love for beetlespecies, as he made 100000s of 'em!"

Carabus granulatus

Clytus arietis

[CrispyBee]

I read somewhere in a bookintroduction from an apparently famous professor entomologist whose name I forgot of course (quote translated): "If a God exist, God must have a special love for beetlespecies, as he made 100000s of 'em!"


photomacrography_Kettingschallebijter - Carabus granulatus.jpg

Carabus granulatus


photomacrography_Kleine wespenboktor - Clytus arietis.jpg

Clytus arietis

Oh that's one of the best C. Granulatus images I've seen!! They're so difficult to get, always running around and active and always somewhere in the thicket - well captured!!

The differences are really interesting, kind of like the differences between mammals (for example bats vs giraffes)

[Pau]

If I remember well this sentence is attributed to Richard Dawkins

Nice pictures, BTW

[iconoclastica]

Internet says it was J. B. S. Haldane.

[Pau]

Yes, it was Haldane

[inekepineke]

.Beautiful pictures of these beetle species Egon.
see you are also from the Netherlands.
greetings Thomas Meijer .

[iconoclastica]

Shall we remain polite to the other forum members and not speak Dutch among us?

[Troels]

Nice pictures and well chosen backgrounds.

[inekepineke]

Beautiful pictures of these beetle species Egon.
see you are also from the Netherlands.
greetings Thomas Meijer .

[inekepineke]

Shall we remain polite to the other forum members and not speak Dutch among us?

and done, thanks.

[iconoclastica]

Shall we remain polite to the other forum members and not speak Dutch among us?

and done, thanks.

[MarkSturtevant]

Very nice.
The quote is from the British biologist J.B.S. Haldane. Although it may be only a rumor, it is said to have played out like this:

J.B.S. Haldane was with a group of church-goers, where he was asked what could be concluded about the nature of the Creator based on a study of His creation? Haldane is said to have answered: “An inordinate fondness for beetles.”