pogomcl, to random
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Fourteen-spot Ladybird, Coccinula quatuordecimpustulata Canon 7D EF 100 2.8 f/4.5 1/200 iso: 240 Milovice, Czech Republic 7/9/2017 #ladybirds #ladybugs #Coccinellidae #Coleoptera #insects #invertebrates #macro #grasslands #Macro

pogomcl, to random
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European Stag Beetle, Lucanus cervus Canon 7D EFS 60 2.8 f/3.5 1/320 iso: 500 Srbsko, Czech Republic 6/21/2019
#StagBeetles #Coleoptera #beetles #AmazingBeetles #macro #insects #invertebrates #woodlands

ASleepyWanderer, to random

@bugid #bugstodon #insects
Posting this for a friend - any idea what this is? Taken in Poland (Wroclaw) at 1am last night, and it's about the size of a guitar pick. I thought it looked like a bit like a potato beetle, but this doesn't seem quite right.

NatureMC,
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@ASleepyWanderer @bugid BTW, it is a #beetle in your photo, not a #bug. In everyday language, it is often mixed. For identification, the difference is important: https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/blog/2023/06/difference-between-bugs-and-beetles/ #beetles #coleoptera #entomology

pogomcl, to random
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Cardinal Beetle, Pyrochroa coccinea Canon 400D EFs 60 2.8 Srbsko, Czech Republic 5/23/2013 #Beetles #Coleoptera #insects, #invertebrates #macro #insectphotography

pogomcl, to random
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Sulphur Beetle, Cteniopus sulphureus Canon 7D EFS 60 2.8 f/3.2 1/320 iso: 320 Srbsko, Czech Republic 7/11/2019 #beetles #coleoptera #tenebrionidae #insects #invertebrates #macro #insects #Invertebrates #Macro

alexwild, to random
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Calosoma scrutator, the fiery searcher, is among North America's most attractive native insects. Illinois.

#Insects #Calosoma #Coleoptera #Beetles #Color

nev, to random

"Onward, noble steed!"

A long-legged velvet mite scrambling around the lakeside boardwalk ended up climbing onto this placid weevil several times.

sohkamyung, to nature

A small Leaf Beetle, genus Trichochrysea, spotted at Chestnut Nature Park, Singapore, on 15 March 2023. This beetle is shiny, and covered in a layer of hairs.

On iNaturalist [ https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/151199689 ]

#iNaturalist #Nature #Singapore #Photography #Insects #Beetles #Coleoptera

Same description as first image.
Same description as first image.
Same description as first image.

sohkamyung, to nature

An unusual looking Longhorn Beetle, genus Gnoma, spotted at Chestnut Nature Park, Singapore, on 15 March 2023. Its long neck gives it the appearance of a giraffe or sauropod dinosaur.

On iNaturalist [ https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/151199681 ]

#iNaturalist #Nature #Singapore #Photography #Insects #Beetles #Coleoptera

blahttodea, to random
mattfossen, to photography
catselbow, to photography
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A milkweed beetle (Tetraopes tetrophthalmus) on - what else? - a milkweed plant.

The latin name comes from the fact that its compound eyes are split in two by its antennae, making it four-eyed.

These guys spend their whole lives on and in milkweed plants.

#insects #coleoptera #arthropods #photography #nature #milkweed

alexwild, to random
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Anyone have any idea what this is? I'm stumped. I haven't been this stumped by an insect for years. I'm pretty sure it's a beetle, from the elytra, but beyond that?

Location: El Yunque, Puerto Rico
Length: about 4mm

#Insects #MysteryBug #Coleoptera #Entomology

jgpausas, to nature

What a nice creature! What a surprise!
#Calosoma sycophanta (I guess) in a #Cork oak tree (#Quercus suber), near Breda (Girona, NE Spain)

#Coleoptera #Carabidae @nature @biodiversity @conservation #entomology

catselbow, to photography
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A tiny weevil pauses.

Weevils are funny. They're sometimes willing to pose, but when alarmed they roll and drop to the ground. I guess that's not a bad strategy for getting away from predators. Let gravity do all the work.

pogomcl, to random
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Shining Flower Jewel Beetles, Anthaxia nitidula Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 f/4.5 1/400 iso: 200 Milovice, Czech Republic May 27, 2012 #Beetles #jewelbeetles #Bupresitidae #Coleoptera #insects #invetebrates #macro

Sifolinia, to random

Lots of lovely new #wasps this year, but still many more left to describe. Surely they are the most species rich #insect order (sorry #coleoptera).

Also, I love the idea of a wasp small enough to parasitize a #thrips egg.

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/dec/30/natural-history-museum-names-85-wasps-among-351-new-species

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