#leather beetle

[generative-sorcery]

Bugposting

Found a leather beetle! Yayyy

@fungalcultist @emmycron

The photos are terrible because it was so fucking fast

It's genus is called biegacz in poland which literally translates to "runner" which yeah checks out that thing would NOT stop doing that

[bugtheories]

POV: there's a leather beetle on the road and you're trying to get good photos of it (we're both stressing af)

[savethewailes]

Beetles make noise. Check out this little fusspot I found crossing the road.

[northwestnaturalist]

Osmoderma subplanata “Leather Beetle” Scarabaeidae

Missoula, MT July 30, 2014 Robert Niese

These large (3 cm), circumboreal beetles get their name from the leathery odors they emit from their exoskeleton (Osmo- means smelly, -derma means skin). Adults spend most of their lives feeding on the decaying centers of fallen logs.