Travel Bug Dog Tag Jewel Beetle TB

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Owner:
Daihlo Send Message to Owner Message this owner
Released:
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Origin:
Georgia, United States
Recently Spotted:
In the hands of Easter3.

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Current Goal

Move from Cache to Cache as often as possible. Please dont keep me out too long - I love to travel on my beautiful wings of green. I came from Thailand so I love international travel and would love to get back to Asia if possible.

About This Item

jewelbeetle

I am a Travel Bug attached to a key chain with a Jewel Beetle from Thailand embedded in Lucite.

Im not really a green color - I just only reflect green light waves back to your eyes. Thats why my colors shift as you look at me from different angles.

"Jewel beetles" are widely known for their glossy external skeletons that appear to change colors as the angle of view changes. Now they may be known for something else--providing a blueprint for materials that reflect light rather than absorbing it to produce colors.

Scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta recently discovered jewel beetles change color because of the light-reflecting properties of the cells that make up their external skeletons, not because of unique, light-absorbing properties in their pigment. They say the finding could be important for industries such as car manufacturers that look to reflective light paints for automobiles.

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Tracking History (4858.2mi) View Map

Visited 4/30/2011 halemeister took it to How do you Write your Logs? Illinois - 1.18 miles  Visit Log
Visited 4/30/2011 halemeister took it to Cache for a Kid: Secret Message Illinois - 76.9 miles  Visit Log
Visited 4/22/2011 halemeister took it to Deerfield Park Series: Savannah Park Wisconsin - .37 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 4/22/2011 halemeister retrieved it from Beaner's Travel Bug Hotel Wisconsin   Visit Log

Grabbed this little guy while out on a 57 find cache-a-palooza today. I'll move him soon, per the request. Thanks for sharing.
Dropped Off 4/17/2011 Hearty Soles placed it in Beaner's Travel Bug Hotel Wisconsin - 128.39 miles  Visit Log
Discovered It 4/17/2011 JoPeg HD Riders discovered it   Visit Log

Discovered while caching with WI_pattymel & Heartysoles... Thanks!!
Retrieve It from a Cache 4/4/2011 Hearty Soles retrieved it from Camocahe#2 Wisconsin   Visit Log

will drop in another cache along the way.

This entry was edited by Hearty Soles on Friday, 08 April 2011 at 15:00:01 UTC.
Dropped Off 4/4/2011 Lacknothing placed it in Camocahe#2 Wisconsin - 81.56 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 3/28/2011 Lacknothing retrieved it from WSQ Prairie Wisconsin   Visit Log

This little TB is in need of repair. The tag is off. We will fix it before moving it on.
Dropped Off 11/19/2010 ImCking placed it in WSQ Prairie Wisconsin - 14.32 miles  Visit Log
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