#scarabaeidae

[bowelfly]

quilt beetle

watercolor on BFK Rives paper

[herpsandbirds]

Glorious Jewel Scarab (Chrysina gloriosa), family Scarabaeidae, Sedona, AZ, USA

photograph by CockroachCharles

[onenicebugperday]

Christmas beetles in the genus Anoplognathus, Scarabaeidae

All found in Australia

Photo 1 by bargosnows, 2 by donnamareetomkinson, 3 by dianneclarke, 4 by jessat, 5 by flecksy, 6 by dhfischer, and 7 by living_in_fng

[michaelnordeman]

Eurasian bee beetle/Trichius fasciatus/bandad humlebagge. Värmland, Sweden (16 July 2020).

[uncharismatic-fauna]

Uncharismatic Fact of the Day

With Chrysina limbata around, you won’t need a mirror! This species has an especially shiny exoskeleton, reflecting up to 97% of the light that hits it. In the wild, the mirror-like reflective surface may fool potential predators into thinking the beetle is just a drop of water- effectively serving as conspicuous camouflage.

(Image: Close-ups of Chrysina limbata by Michael Farmer)

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[razehider]

i admit that when i saw this big stump i involuntarily thought to myself "maybe there'll be rhino beetles on it", but i didn't expect to actually find this Oryctes nasicornis casually pacing around

unfortunately despite being a large animal seemingly made of rigid plastic he was apparently flexible enough to immediately wedge himself in a crack and disappear inside the stump to get away from me. bye i guess

(July 12th, 2025)

[bryoinformatics]

Epichalcoplethis velutipes (Arrow, 1900) 1987, Venezuela, secondhand specimen mounted by me in 2025

[creatureimages]

christmas beetle season‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️

wahoo! hooray!