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1960s.

Elegant roundabout, in fairness.

Name those other jammers, anyone?

‘sup?

Jan Freedman tweetz:

Spotted a beautiful glow-worm. Not a worm, but a beetle. The juveniles look like this (above), and so do females. Male adult oneslook more like beetles.

Female glow-worms have bioluminescence in the bottom part of their bodies to attract males….

That old trick.

Volkspod – the twin fruit of a year long garage project by maker Brent Walter who combined front and rear VW Beetle wheel arches to form bizarre (and yet adorable) carapaces for two custom made scooter chassis.

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The VW Beetle and the Irish.

A Love story.

Cathal O’Rourke writes:

I am currently researching for a book on Volkswagen in Ireland which will cover the factory in Dublin, the staff, the dealer network and also the many owners around the country. I also want to show how the humble Beetle and its many siblings became part of Irish life, be that happy or sad.

If you have a beetle story to share, why not pop on to Beetle.ie and see some of the 400+ VWs uploaded to our census and also a selection of stories submitted by people….

Name those years from top above, anyone?

Beetle.ie


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A clever placement by Brazilian tattoo artist Menace with two related perspectives of the same beetle, depending on the position of the recipient’s elbow.

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A neatly mounted volkswagonis vulgaris  spotted by Redditor Muppaphone while visiting the Cleveland Museum of Natural History last week.

Apparantly, a gag beloved of natural history curators, if comments on the post are to be believed.

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