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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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#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.

© #StefanFWirth #Berlin, August 2026

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© S.F.Wirth, Berlin #Blankenfelde, August 2026

#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.

© #StefanFWirth #Berlin, August 2026

please support my work https://ko-fi.com/sfwirth

#photos:
© S.F.Wirth, Berlin #Blankenfelde, August 2026

#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.

© #StefanFWirth #Berlin, August 2026

please support my work https://ko-fi.com/sfwirth

#photos:
© S.F.Wirth, Berlin #Blankenfelde, August 2026

#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.

© #StefanFWirth #Berlin, August 2026

please support my work https://ko-fi.com/sfwirth

#photos:
© 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
© StefanFWirth

Reference
Ming-Zhi Zhao (2026)
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5822.1.1

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
© StefanFWirth

Reference
Ming-Zhi Zhao (2026)
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5822.1.1

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
© StefanFWirth

Reference
Ming-Zhi Zhao (2026)
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5822.1.1

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
© StefanFWirth

Reference
Ming-Zhi Zhao (2026)
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5822.1.1

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
© StefanFWirth

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

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

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

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

Rainbow triceratops*

*scarab. Phanaeus difformis collected in Texas, in 2002.

#NaturalHistoryCollections
#CollectionCorner
#FocusStacking
#Scarabaeidae
#Coleoptera
#WIRC

Rainbow triceratops*

*scarab. Phanaeus difformis collected in Texas, in 2002.

#NaturalHistoryCollections
#CollectionCorner
#FocusStacking
#Scarabaeidae
#Coleoptera
#WIRC

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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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

I depend on your kind support for my work
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YouTube video:
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©S. F. Wirth, based on my video frames

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

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©S. F. Wirth, based on my video frames

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

I depend on your kind support for my work
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YouTube video:
https://youtu.be/QPO5ftCGeOw?is=LFM-YitbLSwXsk5n

Photos
©S. F. Wirth, based on my video frames

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

I depend on your kind support for my work
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YouTube video:
https://youtu.be/QPO5ftCGeOw?is=LFM-YitbLSwXsk5n

Photos
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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

https://www.europesays.com/ie/192803/ Pelodera: cosmopolitan phoretic saprotrophs and neglected models for origins of nematode parasitism | Parasites & Vectors #Beetle #Dauer #Decay #decomposition #Éire #Entomology #IE #InfectiousDiseases #Ireland #Necromeny #Parasitology #Phoresy #Scarabaeidae #Science #SoilHealth #TropicalMedicine #VeterinaryMedicine/VeterinaryScience #Virology

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

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

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

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

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

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

#bugstodon #insects #beetles #Coleoptera #Scarabaeidae

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

#bugstodon #insects #beetles #Coleoptera #Scarabaeidae

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

#bugstodon #insects #beetles #Coleoptera #Scarabaeidae

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

#bugstodon #insects #beetles #Coleoptera #Scarabaeidae

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

#bugstodon #insects #beetles #Coleoptera #Scarabaeidae

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Female (left) and male ox beetles, Arizona. #insects #beetles #Scarabaeidae

Female (left) and male ox beetles, Arizona. #insects #beetles #Scarabaeidae

Female (left) and male ox beetles, Arizona. #insects #beetles #Scarabaeidae

Female (left) and male ox beetles, Arizona. #insects #beetles #Scarabaeidae

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

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

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