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Rainbow Leaf Beetle (Spilopyra sumptuosa), family Chrysomelidae, SE QLD, Australia

photograph by Hongming Kan

via herpsandbirds

#photography
#insects
#beetles

A close up photograph of a Rainbow Leaf beetle. The beetle is perched on the edge of a dark green leaf with light green veins. The background is blurred, but appears as a solid color, the same hue as the veins of the leaf. The beetle's exoskeleton is astoundingly iridescent. Like anodized aluminum, or an oil slick on a shallow puddle of water. It seems more robot than insect. Truly a wonder.

earthling

@appassionato@mastodon.social · 4 days ago

Rainbow Leaf Beetle (Spilopyra sumptuosa), family Chrysomelidae, SE QLD, Australia

photograph by Hongming Kan

via herpsandbirds

#photography
#insects
#beetles

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🦅 🪿RKeller Photography🏳️‍🌈

@Rihilism@toot.community · 3 weeks ago

Locust borer beetle on goldenrod.

#PhotoHour #beetles #insects #InsectPhotography #nature #NaturePhotography #photography #AltText

Extreme closeup photograph of a locust borer beetle (likely Megacyllene robiniae) clinging to the side of a goldenrod inflorescence. The beetle is facing the goldenrod leaving its back, legs, and head visible. Locust borer beetles have black exoskeletons with bright yellow markings formed from fine yellow 'hairs. The beetle's head and thorax are black and yellow striped. Its wing covers have a unique pattern made up of stripes, triangular, and chevron markings. This species has large dark eyes, long brown segmented antennae, brown mandibles, and long brown segmented legs.

🦅 🪿RKeller Photography🏳️‍🌈

@Rihilism@toot.community · 3 weeks ago

Locust borer beetle on goldenrod.

#PhotoHour #beetles #insects #InsectPhotography #nature #NaturePhotography #photography #AltText

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Ryan Hodnett

@ryanhodnett@mastodon.world · last month

Golden Tortoise Beetle (Charidotella sexpunctata)

#Beetle #Coleoptera #ArtWithOpenSource #Darktable #CCBYSA #Insect #Insects #TortoiseBeetle #TortoiseBeetles #Beetles #Animal #Animals #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography #Nature #NaturePhotography #PicOfTheDay #PhotoOfTheDay #Photography

A photo of a golden tortoise beetle on the leaves of a plant.

Ryan Hodnett

@ryanhodnett@mastodon.world · last month

Golden Tortoise Beetle (Charidotella sexpunctata)

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@nev@flipping.rocks · last month

is this anything

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

A pen drawing in a notebook of a Nativity scene except they're all insects. Mary and Joseph are acorn weevils, and the baby in the manger is a fat grub. The three Wise Men are some kind of broad-nosed weevil, a spiny weevil, and a long skinny brentid weevil, and they are offering a nut, leaves, and a piece of wood. In the barn in the background are a few hanging chrysalises, a spider dangling from a small web, some aphids (one winged), and leaves in a sort of feeding trough. To the side are more aphids and their shepherds (Camponotus ants), and scattered around some isopods, springtails, a thrips, a red velvet mite, and a dung beetle couple with their dung ball. A very bright star shines above them.

neville park

@nev@flipping.rocks · last month

is this anything

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

Emma Davidson

@emmadavidson@aus.social · last month

All of the little Christmas #beetles of #Canberra are congregating in my bedroom where I have been wrapping presents with all the lights on, and some of them are attempting to take up residence in my hair.

In case you’re wondering why there’s no beetles at your house.

Jon Sullivan

@joncounts@mastodon.nz · 3 months ago

I found this handsome longhorn beetle on the outside of our house last night. My daughter likened it to a 1970s station wagon from the movies, complete with wooden trim.

It's an endemic NZ species commonly called a lemon tree borer, although its larvae bore into many native trees as well. Here in Ōtautahi-Christchurch they've mostly been seen on #iNaturalist in October–December, so it's right on time.

https://inaturalist.nz/observations/324028205

#Oemona_hirta #nz #beetles #cerambycidae #entomology #insects

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A close-up photo of the head of a beetle. It's brown with lots of small yellow hairs, especially around the eyes. The compound eyes are curved like a "C" around the antennae.

My higher resolution photos and other observation details are at https://inaturalist.nz/observations/324028205 — A close-up photo of the head of a beetle. It's brown with lots of small yellow hairs, especially around the eyes. The compound eyes are curved like a "C" around the antennae. My higher resolution photos and other observation details are at https://inaturalist.nz/observations/324028205

A photo of a brown beetle with lots of small yellow hairs. It's a long, thin beetle with long antennae (as is characteristic of the family of longhorn beetles).

My higher resolution photos and other observation details are at https://inaturalist.nz/observations/324028205 — A photo of a brown beetle with lots of small yellow hairs. It's a long, thin beetle with long antennae (as is characteristic of the family of longhorn beetles). My higher resolution photos and other observation details are at https://inaturalist.nz/observations/324028205

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Lisa

@mossesandbees@scicomm.xyz · 3 months ago

Hi!
Let's have this #introduction.

I'm a biology student based in Northern Germany, interested in #ecology and #entomology, especially #beetles

Currently, I'm working on my bachelor's thesis about the biodiversity of rove beetles ( #Staphylinidae) in a Hamburg nature reserve.

My posts will be in English and German and you'll hopefully find a lot of #nature pictures here.

Besides #insects, I'm also interested in #photography, #books / #reading and #baking

I'm not new on Mastodon itself, but I missed #biology related content, so be the change, I guess.

Lisa

@mossesandbees@scicomm.xyz · 3 months ago

Hi!
Let's have this #introduction.

I'm a biology student based in Northern Germany, interested in #ecology and #entomology, especially #beetles

Currently, I'm working on my bachelor's thesis about the biodiversity of rove beetles ( #Staphylinidae) in a Hamburg nature reserve.

My posts will be in English and German and you'll hopefully find a lot of #nature pictures here.

Besides #insects, I'm also interested in #photography, #books / #reading and #baking

I'm not new on Mastodon itself, but I missed #biology related content, so be the change, I guess.

Alex Wild

@alexwild@mastodon.online · 4 months ago

The fine velvety hairs on this Lutrochus travertine beetle trap air like a little bug scuba tank to help it breathe underwater. Arizona.

#Beetles #Insects #Lutrochus

Macro photo in front view of a robust golden beetle with short legs and widely spaced eyes, its body covered in short velvety hairs. The beetle is standing on wet, light-colored rock.

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neville park

@nev@flipping.rocks · 7 months ago

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