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I am feeling kind of fluffy myself today, under my fuzzy blanket :-).
Read more about trilobite beetles and larva here!
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wanna know the best thing about these trilobite beetles?
these are all ladies.Â
males look like every other beetle out there, but are the same species. it was a huge mystery for the longest time what the hell a male even looked like, or if there even were males, until they issued a money reward and someone brought in a mating pair. and they couldn’t believe that they were even of the same species because of how different they look.
we have an irl species of giant monstrous ladies and tiny dainty plain males
Butter On Pink And Green
A New Giant Discovered in Peru
by Molly Carter
It is big, green, and was recently seen by people for the first time ever. The newly discovered Peruvian Viridigigas ciseskii is a neotropical ghost moth found in the Andes Mountains and is the first of its kind to be officially categorized.
John Rawlins, curator of the Section of Invertebrate Zoology at Carnegie Museum of Natural History, and John Grehan, a research associate, helped describe the new species and published their findings in the Annals of the Carnegie.Â
This green giant is so distinct, its wider evolutionary position has not been determined and a new genus, Viridigigas, has been created as it is unlike anything entomologists have observed before. Two unique individuals, a male and female, have been described and are the only ones to be collected thus far.
A monster among ghost moths, the Viridigigas ciseskii has a 12 cm wingspan and a combination of features that are not seen in any other ghost moths of the Amazon or the world. Perhaps most striking, the moth’s wings are olive green and overlaid with swirls of irregular dark circular spots, enclosed in a series of fine lines. Other tropical ghost moths have predominantly brown wings, and not one has been documented with any type of circular pattern.
Beyond its coloring, this new species also has unusual characteristics not typically found in ghost moths. The male features a large oval scent gland at the base of his forewing and the moth’s hind legs have long scent scales. While other moths do have similar traits, they are uncommon and shared only with an obscure, small gray moth found in central Chile and a large moth whose habitat is on the islands of Fiji.
While it seems hard to believe that a moth this big remained hidden from human eyes for so long, many ghost moths go unnoticed. The caterpillars burrow in the ground or inside stems, and the non-feeding moths do not often come to light. Because these moths are often ghost-like and hard to come across, it is not yet known if the new species is rare or simply elusive.
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Dogbane Beetles (Chrysochus auratus)Â on (surprise!) dogbane
June 7, 2017
Southeastern Pennsylvania
Long-nosed Beetle was back today! 💕👽
thick-legged flower beetle
oedemera nobilis
Somebody better help me ID this beetle quick, before I just name it the ‘bad-ass-rave-beetle’! What a beautiful little jolt of amazingness! I looked around in my field guide and I can’t find it. Help me!!!
PS since this is a secondary blog, I have a hard time responding to comments on posts. Please know I’m not ignoring you, I love any kind of input! I wish Tumblr could make responding to comments on different blogs more user friendly! UDATE: Thank you for the comments, it may be a metallic wood borer beetle… but, I think it just needs some glow sticks and good beats.
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