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#Prosena #siberita (#Tachinidae, #Diptera) is a species of #fly native to #Europe, #Asia, and Australia; it has been present in the #USA as an introduced species (#neozoon) since around 1925, as its #larvae are #parasitoids of beetles of #Scarabaeidae and were used for the #biologicalcontrol of the Japanese beetle. The #adults feed on nectar.
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© S.F.Wirth, Berlin #Blankenfelde, August 2026
RE: https://mastodon.green/@plazi_species/117087159388395634
#Beetles of the genus #Callistethus (#Rutelinae, #Scarabaeidae) are mainly distributed across the #tropics and #subtropics of #Asia, as well as Central and South #America. Ming-Zhi Zhao (2026) described four #newspecies within the #Callistethus #auronitens species complex, assigned two species to the genus Callistethus, and elevated two subspecies to full species status. #Biodiversity
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Reference
Ming-Zhi Zhao (2026)
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5822.1.1
Beetles from the other day:
- Red milkweed beetle (_Tetraopes tetrophthalmus_)—the scientific name translates as "four-eyes four-eyes", note how the antenna divides the eye in two; on its host plant, common milkweed (_Asclepias syriaca_)
- _Valgus hemipterus_ on Queen Anne's Lace (_Daucus carota_)
- Grapevine beetle (_Pelidnota punctata_) on Virginia creeper (_Parthenocissus quinquefolia_)
- Hairy flower scarab (_Trichiotinus_ sp.) on some kind of spiraea
All scarabs (family Scarabaeidae) except for the milkweed beetle who is a longhorn beetle (family Cerambycidae).
#bugstodon #insects #beetles #LonghornBeetles #ScarabBeetles #Coleoptera #Cerambycidae #Scarabaeidae #Cetoniinae #Rutelinae
A nap ízeltlábúja a bogarak ganéjtúrófélék családjába tartozó pompás virágbogár - Protaetia speciosissima https://www.izeltlabuak.hu/faj/pompas-viragbogar/talalatok #pompásVirágbogár #ProtaetiaSpeciosissima #ganéjtúrófélék #Scarabaeidae #bogarak #Coleoptera #CitizenScience
Rainbow triceratops*
*scarab. Phanaeus difformis collected in Texas, in 2002.
#NaturalHistoryCollections
#CollectionCorner
#FocusStacking
#Scarabaeidae
#Coleoptera
#WIRC
Please also like my newest #YouTube #video, showing some #behaviors of the #beetle #Mimela #junii (#Scarabaeidae), which is a #neozoon in #CentralEurope and Germany. It originally is #native to the #Mediterranean region. My video shows #selfcleaning behavior, #locomotion, #flying ssprcts and response to threat (#thanatosis).
©#StefanFWirth 2026
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YouTube video:
https://youtu.be/QPO5ftCGeOw?is=LFM-YitbLSwXsk5n
Photos
©S. F. Wirth, based on my video frames
A nap ízeltlábúja a bogarak ganéjtúrófélék családjába tartozó tavaszeleji cserebogár - Holochelus aequinoctialis https://www.izeltlabuak.hu/faj/tavaszeleji-cserebogar/talalatok #tavaszelejiCserebogár #HolochelusAequinoctialis #ganéjtúrófélék #Scarabaeidae #bogarak #Coleoptera
A nap ízeltlábúja a bogarak ganéjtúrófélék családjába tartozó kerti szipoly - Phyllopertha horticola https://www.izeltlabuak.hu/faj/kerti-szipoly/talalatok #kertiSzipoly #PhylloperthaHorticola #ganéjtúrófélék #Scarabaeidae #bogarak #Coleoptera #CitizenScience #KözösségiTudomány
A nap ízeltlábúja a bogarak ganéjtúrófélék családjába tartozó sokpettyes virágbogár - Oxythyrea funesta https://www.izeltlabuak.hu/faj/sokpettyes-viragbogar/talalatok #sokpettyesVirágbogár #OxythyreaFunesta #ganéjtúrófélék #Scarabaeidae #bogarak #Coleoptera #CitizenScience
A nap ízeltlábúja a bogarak ganéjtúrófélék családjába tartozó halványfoltos trágyatúró - Euoniticellus fulvus https://www.izeltlabuak.hu/faj/halvanyfoltos-tragyaturo/talalatok #halványfoltosTrágyatúró #EuoniticellusFulvus #ganéjtúrófélék #Scarabaeidae #bogarak #Coleoptera
The #rosechafer #Cetonia #aurata (#Scarabaeidae) is distributed from Europe to Asia. The #saprophagous #larvae develop over about two years in Central Europe in #soil substrates often under #deadwood. According to R. Beaven et al. (2025), #rectalcomplexes as in C. autata (larvae only) are recycling systems of the #gutcontents and #evolved #independently within Scarabaeideae.
© #StefanFWirth #Berlin 2025
Ref
R. Beaven et al. (2025)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asd.2024.101406
#Photos
© S.F. Wirth 2025
A nap ízeltlábúja a bogarak ganéjtúrófélék családjába tartozó hegyi virágbogár - Gnorimus nobilis https://www.izeltlabuak.hu/faj/hegyi-viragbogar/talalatok #hegyiVirágbogár #GnorimusNobilis #ganéjtúrófélék #Scarabaeidae #bogarak #Coleoptera #CitizenScience #KözösségiTudomány
A nap ízeltlábúja a bogarak ganéjtúrófélék családjába tartozó májusi cserebogár - Melolontha melolontha https://www.izeltlabuak.hu/faj/majusi-cserebogar/talalatok #májusiCserebogár #MelolonthaMelolontha #ganéjtúrófélék #Scarabaeidae #bogarak #Coleoptera #CitizenScience
Last evening I stumbled across this big splendid pair of grapevine beetles (_Pelidnota punctata_) on a grapevine- and bittersweet nightshade-covered stretch of fence by the tracks. I saw one that was flying around come to rest on the vines, and that was when I saw the second one hidden in the leaves!
They seemed to nose at each other's butts, made more laborious because they were on a vine really too flimsy to hold both of them. When one of them mounted the other and everted clasper-like organs I was certain they were going to mate, but after more awkward manoeuvring they went their separate ways. Still, what a serendipitous encounter.
BugGuide: https://bugguide.net/node/view/3139
A nap ízeltlábúja a bogarak ganéjtúrófélék családjába tartozó suta virágbogár - Valgus hemipterus https://www.izeltlabuak.hu/faj/suta-viragbogar/talalatok #sutaVirágbogár #ValgusHemipterus #ganéjtúrófélék #Scarabaeidae #bogarak #Coleoptera #CitizenScience #KözösségiTudomány
The burrowing bees are so cute. They'll sit right at the entrance of their holes and, when you pass by, immediately retreat. However if you wait patiently they'll come back up again.
I thought I also saw immense bees buzzing around, but they turned out to be furry scarab beetles of some kind!
#InverteFest #bugstodon #insects #bees #beetles #Hymenoptera #Anthophila #Colletidae? #Coleoptera #Scarabaeidae
Melolontha melolontha (Linnaeus, 1758)
Snapped on Tuesday evening and published under #CC0 here https://flic.kr/p/2qZEBv5
#Coleoptera #Scarabaeidae #Melolonthinae #Melolonthini #Melolontha #Pentax #Macro #Beetle #Animal #Wildlife #Nature #Mywork #Photography
A nap ízeltlábúja a bogarak ganéjtúrófélék családjába tartozó olajzöld virágbogár - Protaetia cuprea obscura https://www.izeltlabuak.hu/faj/olajzold-viragbogar/talalatok #olajzöldVirágbogár #ProtaetiaCupreaObscura #ganéjtúrófélék #Scarabaeidae #bogarak #Coleoptera #CitizenScience
This female Rhinoceros Beetle was trapped by human infrastructure and artificial lights. When it was freed it made a loud hissing squeak by rubbing its wings against the abdomen. This (6 cm ) female has a shining black armour and golden fur on the belly. The males have huge horns and are said to be the strongest animal on the planet. They are able to lift up to 850 times their own body weight. The strong 'claws' did not want to let go of that hand. It is back in the bush now.
Rhinoceros Beetles
https://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_scarabs/R_Beetle.htm
https://www.lfwseq.org.au/star-wars-beetle-world/
#RhinocerosBeetle #invertebrates #beetle #scarabaeidae #Xylotrupes #mulch #LightPollution #NSW
A nap ízeltlábúja a bogarak ganéjtúrófélék családjába tartozó rajzos trágyabogár - Aphodius distinctus https://www.izeltlabuak.hu/faj/rajzos-tragyabogar/talalatok #rajzosTrágyabogár #AphodiusDistinctus #ganéjtúrófélék #Scarabaeidae #bogarak #Coleoptera #CitizenScience
Female (left) and male ox beetles, Arizona. #insects #beetles #Scarabaeidae
Trauer-Rosenkäfer / White spotted rose beetle / Cétoine grise
August 2020
https://archive.org/details/079933
Punkte Punkte Pünkte
sind schön und interessant
wie mich als Kind schon dünkte
#christofstahlin
Trauer-Rosenkäfer -> https://www.goehde.com/fotos/index.php?/category/46933
#CétoineGrise #OxythyreaFunesta #trauerrosenkäfer #animals #protostome #arthropod #insects #pterygota #beetles #scarabaeidae #video #foto #fotografie #photo #photography #slide #slideshow
Japanese beetle (𝘗𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘢 𝘫𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢) nestled in a red clover (𝘛𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘶𝘮 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦), from yesterday's hike:
#beetles #Scarabaeidae #scarab #insects #JapaneseBeetle #clover #BloomScrolling #BloomScrollingWithInsect
Oriental beetle (𝘈𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘢 𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴) on an ox-eye daisy (𝘓𝘦𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘶𝘮 sp.), from yesterday's hike:
#beetles #scarabs #insects #flowers #BloomScrolling #daisy #Scarabaeidae #coleoptera
Found this ENORMOUS grapevine beetle (_Pelidnota punctata_) on plants in someone's yard on my way to the grocery store yesterday!! I didn't even know beetles got this big here.
#bugstodon #InsectSaturday #InsektenSamstag #beetles #Coleoptera #Scarabaeidae
I'm not sure what these scarabaeid beetles are exactly (chafers of some sort?), but they're very clumsy fliers and, like weevils, their defense mechanism is to simply let go of whatever they're holding onto and drop like a rock. I was taking photos of this beetle the other night when it did just that and fell onto my messenger bag.
Beetles for a free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊
Anomala orientalis is an Asian ruteline scarab that's been introduced to eastern North America. Gatlinburg, Tennessee.
Beide haben den milden Winter im Hochbeet überstanden: der Goldglänzende Rosenkäfer und der Sellerie, auf dem er sitzt.
Heute Nacht bleibt die Abdeckung auf dem Beet. Es soll unter 0° C kalt werden.
#Garten #Insekten #Fotografie #Natur #Frühling #Cetonia #Scarabaeidae #garden #insects #photography #nature #spring
Bonsoir Mastodon!
#faebruary jour 5 : les scarabées. J’ai choisi le cétoine doré mais j’ai galéré pour réussir à avoir un rendu qui rappelle sa carapace irisée.
#DrawingOfTheDay #DigitalArt #beetle #Scarabaeidae #FaerieArt #DrawingChallenge
It was clearly #Beetle Night here in #Canberra last night. Here's the view from my Automated #Moth Trap just after midnight. There were enormous numbers of the small scarab Phyllotocus macleayi. This shot also includes two, maybe three, different #mantisfly species.
#AMT #Coleoptera #Scarabaeidae #Neuroptera #Mantispidae #Lepidoptera #entomology
A gallery of scarab beetles and relatives.
#Coleoptera #Scarabaeidae #Beetles
https://www.alexanderwild.com/Insects/Coleoptera-Beetles/Scarabaeoidea/