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Jon Sullivan @[email protected] · 2026-09-04 · 10:37 UTC

Here's a new long-horn beetle for our house and garden: the NZ endemic *Eburida quadriguttata*.

This one flew into our house yesterday evening and landed next to my computer, so I photographed it. I've been recording all the species in our garden for over 15 years and this is the first time I've seen this species.

It's also the 14th observation of this species from the Christchurch District on #iNaturalist (and those are all the observations from here on #GBIF ).

I'm not sure why it is seen so infrequently. I read that their larvae have been reared from a wide range of native plants, from Clematis and bush lawyer vines to beech and rātā trees. The grubs take two years to develop and emerge from late August, so this one's right on time.

Welcome to our home.

https://www.inaturalist.nz/observations/397135761

#insects #beetles #Coleoptera #nz #iNaturalistNZ #iNaturalist #Cerambycidae

#inaturalist #gbif #insects #beetles #coleoptera #nz

Jon Sullivan @[email protected] · 2026-09-04 · 10:37 UTC

Here's a new long-horn beetle for our house and garden: the NZ endemic *Eburida quadriguttata*.

This one flew into our house yesterday evening and landed next to my computer, so I photographed it. I've been recording all the species in our garden for over 15 years and this is the first time I've seen this species.

It's also the 14th observation of this species from the Christchurch District on #iNaturalist (and those are all the observations from here on #GBIF ).

I'm not sure why it is seen so infrequently. I read that their larvae have been reared from a wide range of native plants, from Clematis and bush lawyer vines to beech and rātā trees. The grubs take two years to develop and emerge from late August, so this one's right on time.

Welcome to our home.

https://www.inaturalist.nz/observations/397135761

#insects #beetles #Coleoptera #nz #iNaturalistNZ #iNaturalist #Cerambycidae

#inaturalist #gbif #insects #beetles #coleoptera #nz

Jon Sullivan @[email protected] · 2026-09-04 · 10:37 UTC

Here's a new long-horn beetle for our house and garden: the NZ endemic *Eburida quadriguttata*.

This one flew into our house yesterday evening and landed next to my computer, so I photographed it. I've been recording all the species in our garden for over 15 years and this is the first time I've seen this species.

It's also the 14th observation of this species from the Christchurch District on #iNaturalist (and those are all the observations from here on #GBIF ).

I'm not sure why it is seen so infrequently. I read that their larvae have been reared from a wide range of native plants, from Clematis and bush lawyer vines to beech and rātā trees. The grubs take two years to develop and emerge from late August, so this one's right on time.

Welcome to our home.

https://www.inaturalist.nz/observations/397135761

#insects #beetles #Coleoptera #nz #iNaturalistNZ #iNaturalist #Cerambycidae

#cerambycidae #inaturalistnz #nz #coleoptera #beetles #insects

Jon Sullivan @[email protected] · 2026-09-04 · 10:37 UTC

Here's a new long-horn beetle for our house and garden: the NZ endemic *Eburida quadriguttata*.

This one flew into our house yesterday evening and landed next to my computer, so I photographed it. I've been recording all the species in our garden for over 15 years and this is the first time I've seen this species.

It's also the 14th observation of this species from the Christchurch District on #iNaturalist (and those are all the observations from here on #GBIF ).

I'm not sure why it is seen so infrequently. I read that their larvae have been reared from a wide range of native plants, from Clematis and bush lawyer vines to beech and rātā trees. The grubs take two years to develop and emerge from late August, so this one's right on time.

Welcome to our home.

https://www.inaturalist.nz/observations/397135761

#insects #beetles #Coleoptera #nz #iNaturalistNZ #iNaturalist #Cerambycidae

#inaturalist #gbif #insects #beetles #coleoptera #nz

Jon Sullivan @[email protected] · 2026-09-04 · 10:37 UTC

Here's a new long-horn beetle for our house and garden: the NZ endemic *Eburida quadriguttata*.

This one flew into our house yesterday evening and landed next to my computer, so I photographed it. I've been recording all the species in our garden for over 15 years and this is the first time I've seen this species.

It's also the 14th observation of this species from the Christchurch District on #iNaturalist (and those are all the observations from here on #GBIF ).

I'm not sure why it is seen so infrequently. I read that their larvae have been reared from a wide range of native plants, from Clematis and bush lawyer vines to beech and rātā trees. The grubs take two years to develop and emerge from late August, so this one's right on time.

Welcome to our home.

https://www.inaturalist.nz/observations/397135761

#insects #beetles #Coleoptera #nz #iNaturalistNZ #iNaturalist #Cerambycidae

#inaturalist #gbif #insects #beetles #coleoptera #nz

Nico V @[email protected] · 2026-05-01 · 19:28 UTC

Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata (Linnaeus, 1758)

7 images stack. Quick pre-processing in DarkTable, stacking in Zerene Stacker, basic processing in GIMP, quick sharpening in Microsoft Photos.

Published under #CC0 here https://flic.kr/p/2saCEX5

#Coleoptera #Coccinellidae #Coccinellinae #Psyllobora #Pentax #Macro #Ladybird #Animal #Wildlife #Nature #Mywork #Stacking #FocusStack #ZereneStacker #GIMP #DarkTable #Photography

#cc0 #coleoptera #coccinellidae #coccinellinae #psyllobora #pentax

Donald Hobern @[email protected] · 2026-01-20 · 12:27 UTC

Four #insects from the weekend at #Gluepot Reserve in the #mallee in #SouthAustralia

#Grasshopper (#Orthoptera) in the genus Pardillana - https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/528093-Pardillana

Merimna atrata, a Jewel #Beetle (#Buprestidae, #Coleoptera)

#Antlion (#Myrmelontidae, #Neuroptera, perhaps Bandidus)

#OwlFly (#Ascalaphidae, Neuroptera) in the genus Suhpalacsa (which spells Ascalaphus backwards)

#entomology #Australia

#insects #gluepot #mallee #southaustralia #grasshopper #orthoptera

neville park @[email protected] · 2025-09-15 · 12:44 UTC

Anyway, #InternationalRockFlippingDay finds: a vine weevil (*Otiorhynchus* of some kind), and a bryobiine spider mite, see e.g. *Petrobia*.

#bugstodon #DailyMitePic #arachnids #mites #SpiderMites #insects #beetles #weevils #Coleoptera #Curculionidae #Entiminae #Acari #Acariformes #Prostigmata #Tetranychidae #Bryobiinae

#internationalrockflippingday #bugstodon #dailymitepic #arachnids #mites #spidermites

Resolviendo la incógnita 🌐 @[email protected] · 2025-06-19 · 19:03 UTC

Larva de babosilla del trigo (Oulema melanopus) con un escudo de heces y una larva, entre estas, de la avispa parasitoide Tetrastichus julis.📷Gilles San Martin #escarabajos #beetles #coleoptera #insectos #insects #parasitos #parasites

#escarabajos #beetles #coleoptera #insectos #insects #parasitos

Claire Motz Art @[email protected] · 2025-03-15 · 15:22 UTC

✨ Hello there ! 😊
Aujourd'hui le Méloé printanier ! Un insecte de la famille des coléoptères, dont les larves se développent en parasitant les colonies d' hyménoptères...
✨ Ici il s'agit d'une femelle, avec l'abdomen plus gros que celui du mâle !
✨ Connaissez-vous cet insecte ? 🥸
✨ Vous pouvez retrouver toutes mes illustrations disponibles ici : https://clairemotzart.etsy.com
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#coleoptera #insects #insecte #coléoptère #macro #photonature #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #natureendeuil #EspècesMenacées #entomology #entomologie #sciencesnaturelles #sciart #MastoArt #smallartist #naturaliste #pnr #parcnaturel #reservenaturelle

#coleoptera #insects #insecte #coleoptere #macro #photonature

Nico V @[email protected] · 2025-03-04 · 21:17 UTC

Cicindela hybrida Linnaeus, 1758

Snapped back in August 2024, Loire Atlantique, France

Published under #CC0 here https://flic.kr/p/2qhgmJt

#Coleoptera #Caraboidea #Carabidae #Cicindelinae #Cicindelini #Cicindela #Macro #Pentax #nature #photography #insect #wildlife #mywork #beetle

#cc0 #coleoptera #caraboidea #carabidae #cicindelinae #cicindelini

Nico V @[email protected] · 2025-02-02 · 20:01 UTC

Cicindela sylvicola Dejean, 1822

Specimen was captured in July 1996 in the Ardennes region, France.

I've used the focus-stack technique, DIY hardware only (a Raspberry HQ cam controlled by a Raspberry Pi 3, an old Pentax-m 50mm f1.7 lens, some extension tubes, and a $30 linear rail from Aliexpress)

Published under #CC0 here https://www.flickr.com/photos/101430615@N03/53071909547

#Coleoptera #Caraboidea #Carabidae #Cicindelinae #Cicindelini #Cicindela #FocusStack #Macro #Pentax #nature #photography #insect #wildlife

#cc0 #coleoptera #caraboidea #carabidae #cicindelinae #cicindelini

Albert Cardona @[email protected] · 2024-12-08 · 10:55 UTC

Fascinating thread of discovery and ethical conflict around the first sighting of living specimens of Aricerus eichhoffi, a bettle that bores into trees of the fig family:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/252961362
#iNaturalist #Coleoptera #bettles #figs