#malachite beetle

[onenicebugperday]

@bubbe--gertrude submitted: ID request for lil dude at a picnic table. Location [removed]. Please remove location. Thank you!

This fella is a Eurasian red and black melyrid beetle, which is a type of malachite beetle. As you probably extrapolated from the common name, it is not native to your area, but is now fairly widespread in the eastern half of North America.

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Malachite Beetle

A shiny metallic malachite beetle, sitting on a sunlit grass stem at Glapthorn Cow Pastures.

[onenicebugperday]

@nicks0ck submitted: I found this cute larva when I was cleaned windowsill. i think this friend might be a larva from the Malachiinae family. I would like to know which species it is. Found in Ukraine.

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Yes, I agree, it looks like a malachite beetle larva. But it would be difficult to determine species based on just these photos. If I had to make an educated guess, I'd say probably the Malachius genus, but couldn't get more specific beyond that. Either way, they are very cute!

[onenicebugperday]

@gallifreyanconsultingphilosopher​ submitted: What I believe is a scarlet malachite beetle (aptly named. I love the green iridescence!) and what might be some kind of sweat bees(?)

Yes, definitely a scarlet malachite beetle! The other fellas could be metallic sweat bees in the genus Dialictus, but also I am terrible at IDing bees, so...

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@lovecritter​ submitted: I'd like to share some friends from the past week in northern Alberta!

First up, we have a wee mayfly (a great many of them visited us on our picnic this weekend!):

Next up is an Eye-spotted Lady Beetle larva:

Also a Granulated Carabid:

A Scarlet Malachite Beetle (which was hanging out with its many friends on this plant):

And finally, an unknown moth friend (but I think it may be a Yellow-headed Cutworm Moth):

A wonderful group of friends! They’re all great but I love carabid beetles deeply so that one’s my fav. Agreed the moth looks like it could be a yellow-headed cutworm moth, or at the very least another closely related noctuid. Great finds! And good job IDing accurately!

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@porkbeverage​ submitted: Realizing now that this may be too hard to see, but I found this beetle in my room the other day and am having a hard time identifying it!

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(Also, please take out the location if you’re able, Ty!)

Looks like one of the malachite beetles in Malachiinae, but I’d definitely need a clearer photo to tell you which since there are quite a few species that look very similar. Probably in the genus Collops, though!