Comments on: Tiger Beetles

by: Ted C. MacRae

Sun, 04 Jan 2009 05:28:39 +0000

Karthik–those are some wonderful tiger beetle photos. Your Indian species are quite colorful! I began photographing our U.S. species this past season and have been successful with 19 of our 100+ species so far.
best regards–ted

by: Deepa Mohan

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:22:57 +0000

Thanks for the info about the tiger beetles; will keep a lookout for them. You need to be a yoga expert to get such eye-level shots of such creatures I guess!

by: Karthik

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:49:38 +0000

Beetles, are believed to make up at least quarter of the animal kingdom. Beetles are the largest group of animals, representing a fifth of all known living organisms and a fourth of all animals. It is believed that the number of species of beetles range from approximately 250,000 to 350,000. This number would greatly vary as there are new species that are being described from time to time.

by: Nanda Ramesh

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:39:05 +0000

Karthik, Great to know about tiger beetles. Hopefully I can also identify tiger beetles from your tips. The first one you got standing upright is a wonderfull shot! You said that beetles make up 1/4th of all species on earth. What is the estimated total number as of now? thanks.

by: Uma

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:10:57 +0000

Fantastic photos and a great write-up! It is so good to get to read about creatures that other people would not even notice!

by: Karthik

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:35:09 +0000

Thanks Aditya. The tiger beetles occur in a variety of situations. I have seen them in good forests, scrub jungles and also on stream/river banks.

by: Aditya K

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:07:30 +0000

Wow! Great photographs of the tiger beetle. In what type of surroundinds are they usually found?