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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

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

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

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

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

Unofficial Wimbledon Rose-chafer, Protaetia cuprea Canon 7D EFS 60 2.8 f/3.2 1/160 iso: 400 Srbsko, Czech Republic 8/4/2021 #Chafers #Cockchafers #Scarabs #Scarabidae #Coleoptera #beetles #insects #invertebrates #macro #grasslands

Orgy of Oxythyrea funesta Canon 7D EFA 60 2.8 f/3.6 1/320 iso: 250 Celakovice-Jirina, Czech Republic 5/12/2024 #Scarabidae #Scarabs #Chafers #Cockchafers #Beetles #Coleoptera #insects #invertebrates #macro #grasslands

Forest or Chestnut Chockchafer, Melolontha hippocastani Canon 400D EfF 100 2.8 f/3.2 1/160 iso: 400 Celakovice-Jirina, Czech Republic 5/22/2011 #Chafers #Cockchafers #Scarabs #Scarabidae #Coleoptera #insects #invertebrates #macro #Woodlands

Oxythyrea funesta, Flower chafer Canon 7D EF 100 2.8 f/4.5 1/250 iso: 320 Celakovice-Jirina, Czech Republic 5/8/2016 #Scarabidae #scarabs #Chafers #Beetles #Coleoptera #insects #invertebrates #macro #grasslands #pests

Forest or Chestnut Chockchafer, Melolontha hippocastani Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 f/3.5 1/200 iso: 400 Celakovice-Jirina, Czech Republic 5/22/2011 #Coleoptera #Scarabidae #Scarabs #Cockchafer #Chafer #beetles #insects #invertebrates #macro #woodlands

Forest or Chestnut Chockchafer, Melolontha hippocastani Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 f/3.5 1/200 iso: 400 Celakovice-Jirina, Czech Republic 5/22/2011 #chafers #Cockchafers #beetles #Scarabs #Scarabidae #Coleoptera #insects #invertebrates #macro #woodlands

Apple Blossom Beetle, Tropinota hirta Cnon 7d EFS 60 2.8 f/6.2 1/320 iso: 160 Milovice, Czech Republic 4/14/2024 #Chafers #Cockchafer #Coleoptera #Scarabidae #insects #invertebrates #Macro #grasslands #pests #invasivePests
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Common Cockchafer, Melolontha melolontha Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 f/ 4.5 1/200 iso: 400 Srbsko, Czech Republic 5/11/2012 #Beetles #Scarabidae #Scarabs #Chafers #Ciockchafer #Coleoptera #insects #invertebrates #macro #woodlands

Forest or Chestnut Chockchafer, Melolontha hippocastani
Canon 5D2 EF 100 2.8 f/3.5 1/320 iso: 600 Celakovice-Jirina, Czech Republic 5/27/2019 #Chafers #Scarabs #Scarabidae #Cockchafer #Coleoptera #insects #beetles #invertebrates #macro #Woodlands

Garden Foliage Beetle, Phyllopertha horticola Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 f/3.5 1/80 iso: 400 #betles #AmazingBeetles #Chafer #Scarabidae #scarabs #Coleoptera #insects #invertebrates #Macro