zorbama , to random
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Begin photo thread!

Here are a few from a couple of days ago, when it got a bit too dark to take pictures at pne point so I had to use flash (forgive my sins, photography gods)

A small, brown jumping spider with huge, adorable eyes
A dark metallic blue wasp on a plastic wood-imitation plank
A black firefly beetle on tree bark

zorbama OP ,
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On to today, when I saw a large swarm of hoverflies, gathered to mate.

A pair of hoverflies mating on a blade of grass. Their iridescent wings are catching the light
A hoverfly on a blade of grass. Their eyes are very red and bright
A hoverfly on a blade of grass

zorbama OP ,
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And here's today's crowning achievement, this beautiful leafhopper. They were very, very small, but their patterns and colors are amazing.

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A chunky old Lesser Stag Beetle clinging onto the side of the church in Owston. My first time meeting one of these friends!

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Face to face with a Wasp Beetle. Although this Wasp-mimicking Longhorn looks and moves like the it impersonates, and appears rather fearsome viewed close up and head on, it is harmless. Photographed yesterday at Brandon Marsh.

Looking down on a Wasp Beetle on a leaf. As in the previous photo, we can see the Beetle's black head with its yellow markings and longish, thick antennae, its black thorax with a yellow band around it near the head (and a further, thinner yellow band near the abdomen), and its six long, jointed, reddish-coloured legs. In addition we get a better look at the wing cases covering the abdomen: they are black, with long yellow stripes.

Head-on, close-up view of a Wasp Beetle, Clytus arietis on a leaf. The Beetle's head is mostly black in colour, with some yellow markings by the eyes and on the mouthparts. A yellow band around the black thorax, just behind the head, can also be seen, as can some of the yellow markings on what little we can see of the wing cases covering the top of the abdomen. Two dark, thick, longish antennae extend from the head, and six long, jointed, reddish-coloured legs from the abdomen.
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    alexwild , to random
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    Anomala orientalis is an Asian ruteline scarab that's been introduced to eastern North America. Gatlinburg, Tennessee.

    b_age , to random German
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    von meiner heutigen -runde habe ich für den einen kartoffelkäfer mitgebracht, aufgenommen neben einem kartoffelacker, auf dem gerade (gegen ihn?) gespritzt wurde.

    nahaufnahme. an einem frühlingshaft krachig grünem blatt hängt ein käfer mit der ungefähren bauform eines marienkäfers, ein bisschen länglicher und erheblich größer. das augenfälligste sind die hellgelb-schwarz längsgestreiften deckflügel, die drei viertel der länge des käfers ausmachen. die sind auffällig und dabei hübsch, wirken gediegen, wie ein nadelstreifenanzug. halsschild und kopf sind von einem dunkleren gelb mit schwarzen flecken, die beine braun, die füße und die nicht allzu langen fühler schwarz
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    b_age , to random German
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    und diesen tatzenkäfer

    auf einem umgedrehten brennnesselblatt krabbelt ein schwarzer käfer mit der körperform eines mistkäfers (rundlicher halsschild knapp halb so groß wie die noch rundlicheren deckflügel, kopf deutlich kleiner) aber deutlich hochbeiniger. die beine sind schwarz glänzend, schillern leicht bläulich und haben vor allem an den vorderbeinen verdickte endsegmente, daher der name tatzen-käfer. der rest des käfers ist matt schwarz, sehr fein punktig genarbt. die fühler sind gerade aus kugeligen segmenten aufgebaut, aufgereiht wie perlen auf draht gefädelt.
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    Wenn man einen #Schildkäfer (#Cassida) sieht, ist man neugierig wie bei einem Schotten mit Schottenrock. Man will wissen, wie es darunter aussieht :-). Hier sieht es gut aus😀
    #artenvielfalt #insekten #beetles #beetle #Blattkäfer #Chrysomelidae #Coleoptera #insects #Käfer #nature

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    colinpurrington , to random
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    Here's a redbud seed weevil (Gibbobruchus mimus) demonstrating its defensive posture. When viewed from afar it looks like caterpillar frass.

    Photograph of the same insect but with its head and antennae tucked in close to its body.

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    Found this on my arm after a run. I'm wondering whether it might be a strawberry clipper (Anthonomus signatus), though most pics show a more pronounced pattern on elytra. It's tiny, maybe 2 mm. Cute, but loathed by growers of strawberries, raspberries, and blackberries.

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    Yesterday I was helping a friend in his garden, and saw quite a few ladybugs. We’re told the Asian Lady is outcompeting local varieties, but I saw almost as many Western Polished Lady Beetles as ALBs. (The ALBs however were obviously engaged in furthering their success in : Content Note for beetle sex!)

    Asian lady beetles stacked on each other in a presumed mating. They are on the leaf of what I believe is a stinging nettle. Both have many small black spots on their ripe-tomato red wing-cases, and we get a good look at the little antennaed head each has tucked neatly below the broad shield of the pronotum.

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    all week long babes

    A weevil is in the shadow of a big flower bud. You see only its silhouette, as it's trying to reach for the stem of the plant.
    Three weevils and an ant assembled around a whole in some vegetal structure. It looks similar to the flower buds from the other pictures, but it's seen from closer so it's not as clear.
    Just the butt of a dark blue weevil, the rest is hidden by a piece of plant in the foreground.

    nathanlovestrees , to random
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    this fungus beetle pleases me

    nathanlovestrees , to random
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    but this potato beetle proved falsehearted

    asl ,
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    Who wore it better?

    (This was in my drafts—belated reply)

    nathanlovestrees OP ,
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    @asl lmao why is this so perfect???

    BjornIdle , to random
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    I found this beetle on it's back in the middle of a bridleway, waving its legs ineffectually in the air, so flipped it over right-way-up. A minute later and it was on it's back again, looking helpless.

    After a few tries, it eventually managed to stay right-way up and marched off across the ground. I think it's a type of dung beetle (maybe Anoplotrupes stercorosus, or dor beetle)...

    Closeup of a beetle striding across sandy ground with fallen pine needles strewn around. The beetle is black, but with flashes of metallic blue and purple on its carapace and legs. There are hairs sticking out from its legs and head, and wide, curved horn-like protruberances on each side of its head too. It looks a little fiercesome and quite determined
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    Check out this fascinating mint beetle (Chrysolina coerulans). Notice the water drop on its back!

    Blue beetle on a mint leaf

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