#hoplia

[scr-ppup]

Hoplia, shioplia & gonne flags

[ Hoplia: an Armamentia individual.

[ Shioplia: a young Armamentia individual.

[ Gonne: an older Armamentia individual.

Notes; ::) please don't look too much into the RBs of this post. There is a gore poster in our notes. // Edit. Disregard the previous statement about the gore poster, their reblog has been removed:)

Flag made on 23.11.2025. and term coined here on 25.7.2024. // Feel free to ignore/ask to be untagged from future posts + this through comments or asks! — Taglist # @radiomogai @obscurian @rwuffles @catonliine @discrophy @goregender @neoumbrellatime

[herpsandbirds]

Shiny Blue Monkey Beetle (Hoplia caerulea), family Scarabaeidae, NE Spain

photograph by Lluis Copete

[coffeenuts]

Scales of an Hoplia (Coleoptera) by D j a n g O https://flic.kr/p/2iJCfRq

[calitraditionalism]

Prefix: Hoplia-

The Grapevine Hoplia is a type of scarab, if you can believe it, that feeds on the leaves of flowers and other plants. They’re a fuzzy bug of varying shades of brown that can seem to live anywhere they so please. 

Locations: Anywhere. 

Use: A brown cat of some shade. 

[eupholism]

Hoplia coerulea