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[cool-critters]

Bloody-nosed beetle (Timarcha tenebricosa)

The bloody-nosed beetle is a leaf beetle belonging to the family Chrysomelidae.The bloody-nosed beetle is a large harmless and flightless chrysomelid. Average specimens are quite squat being about 2 cm (¾ inch) long, and about half that wide. These beetles usually move slowly on the ground, in the grass and herbaceous plants, mainly at night. As defensive behavior they exude droplets of their bright red-orange hemolymph by breaking thin membranes in their mouth, which is foul-tasting to predators. The beetle can be found in southern and central Europe, and is common in Britain and Ireland. This species inhabits grassy areas, forest edges and forest clearings.

photo credits: muftillo, Hectonichus

[sinobug]

Limacodid Slug Caterpillar (Cup Moth, Idonauton apicalis, Limacodidae) by Sinobug (itchydogimages) on Flickr. Pu'er, Yunnan, China View my other images of Limacodid Caterpillars from China in my Flickr photostream HERE….

[nature-euphoria]

macro | Dew storm | by ricikubica | http://ift.tt/29kFeY6

[nature-euphoria]

macro | Against the wind… | by laixuanpham | http://ift.tt/29kDrm7

[uneventfulness]

[coolthingoftheday]

Pitcher plants are a genus of plants that have one unusual adaption in common - they are all carnivorous. Most pitcher plant feast on flies and other small insects, although some of them attract larger prey, such as lizards, frog, and rodents. They lure their pray to their mouths by eliciting an enticing smell - in the case of insects, the smell of rotting flesh - and when the fly becomes trapped in the sticky goo in the flower’s throat, its fate is seated, and its escape is in inevitable. 

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[typhlonectes]

Common Checkered-skipper (Pyrgus communis), Northern U.S.

photograph by Brocken Inaglory

[sacred-portal]

[nemertea]

Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area

[heaven-ly-mind]

Sea Anemones

[myfrogcroaked]

I bumped into this tiny dragon in the rainforest while searching for frogs in Honduras! This is a caterpillar of the Owl butterfly (Caligo sp.). Isn’t it AMAZING?

[thrutheipiece]

Weevil eye

[lsleofskye]

Lag la Cauma II

[sinobug]

Fulgorid Planthopper or Lanternfly (possibly Neoalcathous sp., Fulgoridae, Hemiptera) by Sinobug (itchydogimages) on Flickr. Pu’er, Yunnan, China See more Chinese true bugs and hoppers on my Flickr site HERE…..

[me-lapislazuli]

Untitled | by Masaco | http://ift.tt/25bbIsl

[roarknelsonphoto-blog]

spent the evening at Trillium Lake a couple of nights ago.

[bigcatkingdom]

African Serval Kitten Born at San Diego Zoo by San Diego Zoo Via Flickr: