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hello this is my fresh blog where i will be posting about beetles! welcome

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friend asked me to draw a centipede

So I did

[onenicebugperday]

Pink crab spider, Thomisus onustus, Thomisidae

Found throughout Europe and into northern Africa and Asia

Photo 1 (with male on female) by bugzone, 2 by durand_mathis, and 3 by sonic7730

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Palmetto tortoise beetle, Hemisphaerota cyanea, Chrysomelidae

Found in the coastal southeastern United States

Photo 1 by evangrimes, 2-3 by eridanxharahi, 4 by meaningful_name, 5-6 by eickwort, and 7-8 (larva in protective fecal thatch) by cecildomyiidae

[jagalart]

heather weevil

here's a lil guy to celebrate the heather season 🌿

[coolbugs]

Bug of the Day - Cicadapalooza!

So I went to see the Brood XIV cicada emergence on Cape Cod this week...:-D

(Linnaeus' Periodical Cicada - Magicicada septendecim)

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Prostig Mite (Halotydeus sp.), walking on liverworts, family Penthaleidae, New Zealand

photograph by invertebratist

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Brachycybe producta

[jagalart]

bug party 🐝

A team of oil beetle, hornet and weevil for the amazing @rerobaki whom I've gotten for Polish convention artists Secret Santa :D Rero is known for amazing art feat. bugs and mushrooms, so I've given these a try in my gift. <3

It was SO fun, I need to do this more ❤️

Now that it's not a secret anymore you can get some of the bug merch here : D

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today's invertebrate........MY ARMY OF ISOPODS!

HAHAHAHAHA GET 'EM GIRLS

I have 150 of these pictures but tumblr only let's me send 30 so that sucks

[darklight-owl]

People who like mantises but aren't that into entomology are always "orchid mantises" this and "orchid mantises" that. Overrated. Can we talk about Toxodera integrifolia for a minute:

(Image links because as much as it pains me I've never seen one of these beauties irl: 1 2 3)

Like how are these things real. Girl what is that thorax shape. Why are you wearing eyeliner. And the colors? Absolutely fire. This is a 10/10 insect if you ask me.

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carnivorous grandma got it goin on

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Bug of the Day

Gorgeous maple spanworm (Ennomos magnaria) from last October.

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Rare images of a leafcutter bee sharing its nest with a wolfspider:

These photographs were taken in Queensland, Australia, by an amateur photographer named Laurence Sanders.

The leafcutter bee (Megachile macularis) can be seen fetching freshly-cut leaves, which she uses to line the inner walls of her nest. The wolfspider moves aside, allowing the bee to enter the nest, and then simply watches as the leaf is positioned along the inner wall.

After inspecting the nest together, they return to their resting positions -- sitting side-by-side in the entryway to the nest.

The bee seems completely at ease in the presence of the wolfspider, which is normally a voracious predator, and the spider seems equally unfazed by the fact that it shares its burrow with an enormous bee.

This arrangement is completely unheard of, and the images are a fascinating sight to behold.

Sources & More Info:

Brisbane Times: The Odd Couple: keen eye spies bee and spider bedfellows in 'world-first'

iNaturalist: Megachile macularis

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Y’all, I am SO excited about this new beetle that was just discovered!!!!

The freshly-discovered new species of longhorn beetle, Excastra albopilosa. Image credit: James Tweed

Detailed photographs of the Excastra albopilosa specimen found by James Tweed. Image credits: Lingzi Zhou, Australian National Insect Collection

‘White and hairy from the camp’: New fluffy longhorn beetle discovered in Gold Coast rainforest

Meet the new beetle on the block.