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Post by nomad on Nov 28, 2016 22:07:15 GMT
When Charles Darwin attended Christ's College Cambridge between 1828 and 1831 he was a very "keen" Beetle Hunter. I just admire what he wrote in a letter during 1846 to Leonard Jenyns at Cambridge. " A Cychrus rostratus once squirted into my eye & gave me extreme pain; & I must tell you what happened to me on the banks of the Cam in my early entomological days; under a piece of bark I found two carabi (I forget which) & caught one in each hand, when lo & behold I saw a sacred Panagæus crux major; I could not bear to give up either of my Carabi, & to lose Panagæus was out of the question, so that in despair I gently seized one of the carabi between my teeth, when to my unspeakable disgust & pain the little inconsiderate beast squirted his acid down my throat & I lost both Carabi & Panagæus".
A specimen of the very rare Panagæus crux major. Rediscovered in Cambridgeshire During 2005
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Post by mygos on Nov 29, 2016 7:12:20 GMT
Lovely picture A +, Michel
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steve
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Post by steve on Nov 29, 2016 8:03:41 GMT
I think we can all relate to that decision making process !
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Post by nomad on Nov 29, 2016 9:22:06 GMT
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Post by nomad on Nov 29, 2016 9:33:09 GMT
I think we can all relate to that decision making process ! In a way but I have never held a beetle between my teeth. Two in the hand is worth one in the bush.
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leon
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Post by leon on Dec 3, 2016 17:32:08 GMT
What a great story !
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