#beetleblr

[dionysusdraws]

Here is Kyle aggressively attacking an orphan

[imtrippingdude]

lil stag beet on a log

[faeberrywine]

User credit: woodland.oddities on insta

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[apsciencebylyn]

Imagine, if you will, a field of buffalo-sized beetle lumps calmly grazing

[unbeweevablebugs]

My friend found this fella at his job and had to send me pictures! A cottonwood borer I believe, a species of longhorn beetle. Look at that absolutely gorgeous little face! So jealous I didn't find it myself but I'll treasure these wonderful pics forever.

[beetlemaxxing]

Week of Ladybug: Steelblue ladybird (Halmus chalybeus)

I'm having a bit of Ladybird mania right now, so I decided to do a week of ladybug. Also, this ladybug is from Australia, so I've decided to call it a ladybird.

This beetle is 3–4 mm (3/32–1/8 in) long and is from Australia! They have been introduced to New Zealand as well, in an attempt to control black and blue gum scale. Which, if you've never heard of them (I hadn't!), is a kind of bug that eats trees that looks, well, like scales (very cool!). Ladybirds are the natural predator of scales so they are used from time to time! This ladybird in particular eats other insects, including scales, psyllids, whitefly and gall mites.

Images: Dorsal view, front view, eating a monarch egg, and the Bluegum scale

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[emsgardenn]

Imma just sit here and eat my jelly

[sluttylorax]

Wiggles my antenna at you