#beetle

[miamaimania]

"Swiss Knife Beetle" ✚ Victorinox Coleoptera

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The creature

Since this post is very popular now, I will edit to add a little more information! This bug is Calyptocephala attenuata, a species of tortoise beetle. It lives in Central and South America.

Further reading: Wikipedia , iNaturalist , and ResearchGate

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[maggotmuncher0]

sketches

[herpsandbirds]

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

photograph by Hongming Kan

[crispapples]

I baked some beetle bread!! <3

[beebeedibapbeediboop]

Whatever...bake my scarab

[bugthingsdaily]

Today's bug thing is these insect nails by JellyPressons!