#coleoptera — Public Fediverse posts

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

went to the park and flipped a log which was in icy ankle-deep slush but still yielded the usuals.

#bugstodon #insects #springtails #beetles #mites #Mitestodon #Acari #Parasitiformes #Mesostigmata #Coleoptera #Staphylinidae #Collembola #Entomobryomorpha #Hymenoptera

I love you so much, it's unbeweevable! 💗

#TTMO #beetle #entomology #insectphotography #wildlife #nature #macro #insects #coleoptera #darklingbeetle #arthropod #photo #photography

is this anything

#WeevilWednesday #bugstodon #insects #beetles #weevils #Coleoptera #Curculionoidea #MastoArt #art

Halyzia sedecimguttata (Linnaeus, 1758)

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

#Coleoptera #Polyphaga #Cucujiformia #Coccinellidae #Halyzia #Pentax #Macro #Ladybird #Animal #Wildlife #Nature #Mywork #Photography

thinking about her (the hose-nose cycad seed weevil _Antliarhis zamiae_)

pics from #iNaturalist:
- colin25 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9620721
- bruceroestof https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/33581220
- cheekychew https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/50660600
- cheekychew https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/48812141
all :CreativeCommons: :cc_by: :cc_nc_us:

#WeevilWednesday #bugstodon #insects #beetles #weevils #Coleoptera #Curculionoidea #Brentidae

Identifying soil insect larvae is tricky sometimes. The next time I get a comment by a reviewer asking "Why only to family level?" I send him/her this photo. 😋

Left a Hydrophilidae larva (#Coleoptera), without legs...
Right a Scatopsidae larva (#Diptera)...

#entomology #SoilBiodiversity #insects

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

Goldenrod Soldier Beetle

📍 Como Park (St Paul, Minnesota)
📷 Olympus E-M10 Mark II (128mm, ƒ/5.6, 1/320s, ISO 1600)
📅 August 10th, 2025

#Photography #NaturePhotography #Nature #Insects #Wildlife #Macro #Beetle #Beetles #Coleoptera #MacroPhotography #InsectPhotography #CloseUpPhotography #WildlifePhotography #ComoPark #Minnesota #StPaul #SaintPaul #TwinCities #MSP #Olympus #EM10 #EM10MarkII #OMSystem

Got a chance to photograph one of North America's most beautiful dung beetles, Copris arizonensis, at the Bugshot course in Portal last month. The various textures and shapes on this animal are amazing.
#Coleoptera #Copris #DungBeetle #Insects

So far there is only one coneflower blooming in the garden. It has attracted hordes of 1) carpet beetles (which feed on pollen as adults); 2) thrips; and 3) minute pirate bugs and 4) whirligig mites, which both eat the thrips.

#bugstodon #insects #beetles #thrips #bugs #arachnids #mites #Coleoptera #Dermestidae #Thysanoptera #Heteroptera #Anthocoridae #Acari #Acariformes #Anystidae

Agriotes sputator (Linnaeus, 1758)

Snapped last week and published under #CC0 here https://flic.kr/p/2r2iP7X

#Coleoptera #Elateridae #Elaterinae #Agriotini #Agriotes #Pentax #Macro #ClickBeetle #Animal #Wildlife #Nature #Mywork #Photography

Orange Ladybird (Halyzia sedecimguttata)
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Orange_Ladybird_(Halyzia_sedecimguttata)_-_B%C3%A6rum,_Norway_2021-08-22.jpg

#LadyBeetle #Ladybug #Ladybird #Beetle #Coleoptera #ArtWithOpenSource #Darktable #CCBYSA #Insect #Insects #LadyBeetles #Ladybugs #Ladybirds #Beetles #Animal #Animals #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography #Nature #NaturePhotography #Photography

The #antbagbeetle #Clytra laeviuscula (#Chrysomelidae, #Coleoptera) is a #phytophagous #beetle #species widespread in Europe with a #myrmicophilic relationship of the #larvae and #pupae to #antnests of the genera #Formica, #Lasius and Camponotus. The larva lives mainly from the food of the ant larvae. It is protected from ant attacks by own dropping pieces (#skatoconches). Pupation also takes place in this protected manner. #evolution #biodiversity

© #StefanFWirth Berlin 2024

Here's a creepy critter photo dump. These critters were found by the back porch, except the beetle, which was on our raspberry vines.
1)Yellow-spotted Millipede (Harpaphe haydeniana)
2) Beetle (Helops laetus)
3) Western Carpet moth (Melanolophia imitata)
4) Crane fly (Genus Tricyphona)
#nature #naturephotography #photography #arthropods #millipedes #beetles #craneflies #moths #insects #GooglePixel #macro #macrophotography #Lepidoptera #Coleoptera #Diptera #Diplopoda

A Stolas tropical leaf beetle, photographed in Belize.

#Coleoptera #Chrysomelidae #Stolas #Insects

Spring in #Pembroke1347 #UK
A few observations among many, all within about 15 minutes of crouching down by a single flower bush, today.

Lispocephala brachialis fly, in brown-resdish and blue colours.
http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/201271797

Hairy-footed flower bee, Anthophora plumipes. A male, in gorgeous yellowish-orange fur.
http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/201272424

Ichneumonid parasitoid wasp, its antennae as long as its whole body.
http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/201272499

Oxytelus sp. rove beetle, its silky wings unfolded.
http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/201272638

#iNaturalist #Diptera #Hymenoptera #Coleoptera #nativebees #flies #bees #beetles #parasitoids

I've processed another week of #Malaise sample images from last year (2023-02-24 to 2023-03-03).

Small #wasp: #Megaspilidae sp.

Dusty-winged #lacewing: #Coniopterygidae sp.

Elephant #weevil: Orthorhinus cylindrirostris

#Ichneumon wasp: Diaparsis sp.

#entomology #Coleoptera #Hymenoptera #Neuroptera

https://stangeia.hobern.net/araba-bioscan-slam-24-february-to-3-march-2023/

Click beetle, Alaus melanops. #entomology #photography #InsectPhotography #insect #beetle #coleoptera #elateridae

Since I've been hearing cicadas, last night I went out to look for emerging ones on the big willows by the lake. I didn't find any, but it was a pretty good night for beetles. A big chonky scarab, a velvety-looking click beetle, and a bunch of the glossy red-brown pole borers that always make me think of candied pecans. I haven't given into the temptation to put one in my mouth…yet.

#insects #beetles #Coleoptera #Scarabaeidae #Elateridae #Cerambycidae

Anyone know whether this seven-spotted lady beetle has a fungal infection? One of the anterolateral spots on the pronotum is yellowed and seems to be surrounded by lesions. Or is it just ooze from a past victim? #fungus #fungi #disease #LadyBeetle #LadyBug #coccinellidae #beetle #coleoptera #aphids #insect #entomology #nature

Tonight I got a picture of a black vine weevil (_Otiorhynchus sulcatus_), on a vine. That is all.

#insects #beetles #weevils #Coleoptera #Curculionidae #Solanaceae

An encounter between competing males of one of the world's strongest animals, the dung beetle Onthophagus taurus.

#DungBeetle #Onthophagus #Coleoptera #Insects

A selection of #insects from the #SLAM #Malaise trap I run in #Canberra for the week 3-10 February 2023.

#Fly: Austrotephritis pumila #Diptera #Tephritidae

Darwin #wasp: Anacis sp. female #Hymenoptera #Ichneumonidae

Click #beetle: Conoderus sp. (probably C. exsul)

Small wasp: #Encyrtidae sp.

https://stangeia.hobern.net/araba-bioscan-slam-3-10-february-2023/

https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations?user_id=dhobern&on=2023-02-10&place_id=any&verifiable=any

#Entomology #Coleoptera #Elateridae #Hymenoptera #Ichneumonidae #Encyrtidae

This Onthophagus taurus dung beetle has a tremendous rack.

#Horns #Coleoptera #Onthophagus #Insects #DungBeetle #Photography

And a close-up of its face. It's cute, I suppose, in a way. #Insect #Entomology #Photography #InsectPhotography #Beetle #Coleoptera #Elateridae

Here's a click beetle (Aeolus livens) for your morning insect photo. #Insect #Entomology #Photography #InsectPhotography #Beetle #Coleoptera #Elateridae

Gorgeous #DungBeetle on my walk to #Moylegrove

#beetle #coleoptera

Wow that got the most likes of any of my pachy posts so far, and quickly! So let's keep it going.

Most of my observations are from my own garden in Brooklyn, NYC. #Harmonia axyridis, multi-colored lady #Beetle (#Coleoptera), is the 2nd most common species. This one is infected with a recently described host-specific #Fungus: Hesperomyces harmoniae.

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/120246696

#InverteFest2022 #iNaturalist #Macro #Photography #Insects #FlowerVisitors #Pollinators #Photos #InverteFest