Seven-spotted ladybug (𝘊𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘢), from the Wiley Trails:
Seven-spotted ladybug (𝘊𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘢), from the Wiley Trails:
I finally have a contribution of my own for #WeevilWednesday this year! This tiny ink-blue weevil was having a hard time scaling the dead leaf.
A handsome six-spotted tiger beetle. These guys are blindingly fast runners, and can take to the air. I was lucky that this one stood still long enough for a picture.
#NewSpecies!
New jewel beetle from #cambodia just glittered:
Anthaxia haraldi
Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B087A9-FFB0-3902-DDB4-A009FF7FFDD3
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5584.3.9
#Zootaxa #AnthaxiaHaraldi
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ok i know #WeevilWednesday was yesterday but LOOK. AT. THIS. CREATURE.
_Aegorhinus servillei_ spotted in Chile by mgargiulo on #iNaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/135627329
A tumbling flower beetle, Mordella sp., feeds from an aster at UT Austin's Stengl Lost Pines Field Station. #Beetles #Mordellidae #Coleoptera #Pollinators #Insects
Some comparative linguistics in entomology:
The word used for beetle wing covers differs between languages. I find it very fascinating. English uses the Greek word Elytra (which means cover), many languages adopt this word eg. In Bahasa Malaysia it is Elitra. In German it's Deckflügel (wing cover), in Dutch it's Dekschild, In Japanese it's Sayabane (Sheath wing).
Either way, its all various combinations of wings and covers.
#NewSpecies!
New endemic beetle from #southafrica just came in:
Stenomastigus mpumalanganus
Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EF87EE-FFDF-E45E-FF5C-FB10FACCC709
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5590.1.5
#Zootaxa #StenomastigusMpumalanganus
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Beetles beetles beetles beetles (Acmaeodera tubulus)
...they really liked this daisy fleabane flower!
Ellychnia corrusca, the winter firefly, recently befriended by granddaughter Penelope.
Stop what you're doing and admire this weevil from Yunnan Province, China. #inaturalist #beetle #coleoptera #insect #china #weevil #brentidae https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/268726578
#NewSpecies
New longhorn beetle from #ecuador just came in:
Nealcidion chloroxanthon
Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/892487AC-7602-FFE5-4FD1-D88EF1CAFE07
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5604.1.1
#Zootaxa #NealcidionChloroxanthon
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El Pachyderes apicalis es un escarabajo de Singapur caracterizado por los "cuernos" en el borde posterior del pronoto, un rasgo propio de su género y de sus antepasados del Cretácico medio. klearad #escarabajos #beetles #coleoptera #insectos #insects
Bloody-nosed Beetle today, near #Bath #Somerset #UK.
#Nature #Wildlife #UKWildlife #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #NatureCommunity #Beetle #Insects #Insect #Entomology #Coleoptera
So richtig fängt das Insekten-Frühjahr für mich erst an, wenn die Feld-Sandlaufkäfer (Cicindela campestris) wieder auf der Jagd sind.
#NewSpecies!
New darklingbeetle from #indonesia just snuck in:
Strongylium bidens
Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D6274B0C-AB77-FF92-FDB9-A1BF2C7FFBD5
Publication: https://doi.org/10.59893/bjc.24(1).002
#BalticJournalOfColeopterology #StrongyliumBidens
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El escarabajo diana dorada (Ischnocodia annulus) es una especie del neotrópico que puede encontrarse en plantas del género Cordia y el canelo (Ocotea veraguensis).Laurent Hesemans #escarabajos #beetles #coleoptera #insectos #insects