#bee scarab

[toothpastemaker]

Scarab Niece part 2

Bee doesn't like the change much but tbf, she also doesn't know what alternatives where provided

[firebugseverywhere]

Trichius fasciatus, also known as "the bee beetle"!!!!

His clawy legs were so strong omg he held onto my finger like a human being omg omg

[onenicebugperday]

@robotzebra submitted: No id needed. Just thought i'd share some of the nice bugs i've seen recently while out on fieldwork.

BEE TONGUE. These are all really really good but I am especially in love with weevils!

[herpsandbirds]

Fuzzy Bumble Bee Scarab (Pygopleurus vulpes), family Glaphyridae, Lesvos, Greece

photograph by Paul Davis

[dooblez]

thas his emotional support animal right there

[cicada-candy]

BUGZ!!

[vivizzy]

Hi

[sneakyscarab]

todays art is a small azalea flower and a bumblebee to go along with it :>

[mantisgodsart]

After carefully revising our Vi design, we think we know where we went wrong... not enough fluff. Obviously, we did the other two members of Team Snakemouth with her. This is the first time we've ever drawn a beetle this... non-anthromorphized, we think. New experience.

[missallanious]

✨️bugs✨️

[bear-bryce]

Beetle necklace // GrizzlyBryce

[agdab]

is it not always fun to wonder "why am i experiencing this symptom more frequently which is in turn making this other symptom flare up as much as it has been?" and the answer is the medication that makes your brain shut the fuck up from adhd thoughts so that you can get Some Sleep that is doing it to you is. just so great.

[onenicebugperday]

@trooperette97 submitted: Coming back to show you more garden friends

And a couple of whoops (one blurred out just as I took the pic and one 'did not realize what was going on till I took the pic')

Also you would happen to know what this Lil one is? (Toronto area)

So many good garden friends. I am especially fond of the tiger bee fly. Did you mean you wanted an ID on the caterpillar? If yes then it's a moth caterpillar, probably a cutworm in the family Noctuidae, and my educated guess is a bronzed cutworm moth, Nephelodes minians. But don't quote me on that because noctuids often look similar!

[toothpastemaker]

I don't know who started the headcannon that Scarab had a niece but I'm endlessly endeared by it.

My buddy named her Bee ^^

[herpsandbirds]

hi it's me again Certified Dove Lover. well i am also Certified Beetle Lover. i request a collection of the finest beetles around

CERTIFIED BEETLE LOVERS... UNITE!!!

I have so many beetles... let me find some great photos for you...

Giant Flower Beetles (Genus Mecynorhina), family Scarabaeidae, from various parts of tropical Africa

M. savegei

M. torquata

M. polyphemus

M. obertheri

photograph by Ennis Fei (@ennisanna_fei)

Dogbane Leaf Beetle (Chrysochus auratus), family Chrysomelidae, North Carolina, USA

photograph by Lalita Booth

Earth-boring Dung Beetle (Trypocopris fulgidus), family Geotrupidae, Strandzha Nature Park, Bulgaria

Photographs by Malko Tarnovo

Cloaked Warty Leaf Beetle (Chlamisus sp.), family Chrysomelidae, Curitiba, PR, Brasil

photograph by Sergio Monteiro

Sunburst Diving Beetle (Thermonectus marmoratus), family Dytiscidae, Colorado, USA

photograph by M. Barton

Fuzzy Bumble Bee Scarab (Pygopleurus vulpes), family Glaphyridae, Lesvos, Greece

photograph by Paul Davis

Golden Stag Beetle (Lamprima aurata), male, family Lucanidae, Gippsland, Victoria, Australia

photograph by Kieran Briggs

Rainbow Weevil (Pachyrrhynchus congestus pavonius), family Curculionidae, SE Asia

photograph by Javier Rupérez

[vioyume]

(Edit: Thanks to the people who informed me on what Leif's species is!)

Sat down and got to finally properly render these fuckers while also settling on how I should draw them. I actually did a tiny bit of research on their respective species, took a few elements here and there but nothing to drastically change them.

So as far as I'm aware, Leif is not a specific moth but plenty of blue and red moths will usually have the eye patterns on their wings and as well as have fluff on their bodies. Had fun with the posing and if you can guess where I referenced it then you get a cookie. Thought it was neat that the original concept was that he was suppose to dance.

Vi is obviously a honey bee, they're very well known to be fuzzy. I don't have much to say besides from that but if anyone doesn't know, only females have stingers.

Now Kabbu was really testing my patience, according to the wiki it states that is he is a rainbow scarab beetle. If that is wrong then too bad, those guys are gorgeous and it took me too long to figure how to balance the colors without burning my eyes. Its faint but noticeable, just so I can still be true to the game model, also I know it's not as visible here but I realize beetle wings are very pretty.

So what's the conclusion here? There needs to be a website dedicated to bug references so I can sit there and admire them all day.