The fine velvety hairs on this Lutrochus travertine beetle trap air like a little bug scuba tank to help it breathe underwater. Arizona.
Neville Park
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it's #WeevilWednesday, here's Acanthoscelidius acephala which I find on evening primrose. I'm obsessed with how their faces look like "^|^" from a certain angle when they have their heads tucked in!!
#bugstodon #insects #beetles#weevils#Coleoptera #Curculionidae#Ceutorhynchinae
The weevil even more uncurled, flailing its clawed feet. (I put it back on the plant after this, don't worry)
The weevil in my palm, on its back, just uncurling from playing dead and reaching out one back foot to right itself. The way its head tucks into its thorax makes its face look like "^|^"
One of the same kind of weevil sitting on my fingertip, for scale. It's like 4mm long, tops.
A very plump-looking mottled light brown weevil with a long snout inside the leaves of a primrose plant.
it's #WeevilWednesday, here's Acanthoscelidius acephala which I find on evening primrose. I'm obsessed with how their faces look like "^|^" from a certain angle when they have their heads tucked in!!
#bugstodon #insects #beetles#weevils#Coleoptera #Curculionidae#Ceutorhynchinae
The weevil even more uncurled, flailing its clawed feet. (I put it back on the plant after this, don't worry)
The weevil in my palm, on its back, just uncurling from playing dead and reaching out one back foot to right itself. The way its head tucks into its thorax makes its face look like "^|^"
One of the same kind of weevil sitting on my fingertip, for scale. It's like 4mm long, tops.
A very plump-looking mottled light brown weevil with a long snout inside the leaves of a primrose plant.
Neville Park
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It's #WeevilWednesday, post 'em if you got 'em!
These little bluish-black weevils were all over the cosmos in a park. Not sure if #Curculionidae or #Brentidae, subfamily #Apioninae.
#bugstodon #insects #beetles#weevils#Coleoptera#Curculionoidea
Side view of the same kind of weevil on a cosmos stem, so you can see the full length of its snout. It has a grooved carapace with a blue sheen.
A head-on view of the weevil. It has large eyes and looks ridiculous.
A blue-black beetle with a long snout which is mostly sunk into the stem of a cosmos just below a flower, held in my fingers.
It's #WeevilWednesday, post 'em if you got 'em!
These little bluish-black weevils were all over the cosmos in a park. Not sure if #Curculionidae or #Brentidae, subfamily #Apioninae.
#bugstodon #insects #beetles#weevils#Coleoptera#Curculionoidea
Side view of the same kind of weevil on a cosmos stem, so you can see the full length of its snout. It has a grooved carapace with a blue sheen.
A head-on view of the weevil. It has large eyes and looks ridiculous.
A blue-black beetle with a long snout which is mostly sunk into the stem of a cosmos just below a flower, held in my fingers.
The Japanese beetle, an aggressively invasive insect species, has been detected for the first time in France, authorities in the east of the country said Tuesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/07/09/wildlife/france-japan-beetles/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #wildlife #beetles #france #environment
Alex, the Hearth Fire
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Black firefly (𝘓𝘶𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘰𝘵𝘢 𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘢) at Thompson Park:
Black firefly (𝘓𝘶𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘰𝘵𝘢 𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘢) at Thompson Park:
Alex, the Hearth Fire
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Björn Brembs
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Marie Dacke, professor of sensory biology at Lund University:
"How does a dung beetle find its way around?" In the dark, and while pushing a giant ball of dung.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4La-SpQsk84
Marie Dacke, professor of sensory biology at Lund University:
"How does a dung beetle find its way around?" In the dark, and while pushing a giant ball of dung.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4La-SpQsk84
“It’s like, how much more green could this be? And the answer is none. None more green.”
Six-spotted Green Tiger Beetle
