#cute beetle

[dimpletheheck]

Neapolitan beetle go brrr

[thegorgonist]

Heading home on you beetle~

My shop

[kodaswrld]

hii could i have a divider with specifically a repeating image of a green beetle? 🪲 like this emoji, it’s really cute, but use an image that looks like the emoji, not the emoji itself pls!! thanks a lot <3

hiii of course you can

pls credit me if you use <3

[acronym49]

PRIDE BUGS PRIDE BUGS

Isopod and his vegetarian husband out on a date ♡

[bytesizeambs]

Snout Beetle | Flower Weevil #shorts #weevil #snoutbeetle #bytesizeambs

This Flower Weevil is a rare/thought to be extinct genus, called Odontocorynus umbellae. This specific genus of Flower Weevil is most commonly seen munching on flowers such as daisies, sunflowers and the like.

More info on Odontocorynus umbellae will be in the description of this YouTube short. As always, the quality is better when viewed via YouTube.

[billionneuronscurious]

A Tiny Beetle Peeking out of Yellow Flower of Gnidia glauca.

[spicymochi]

party beetle

[artifacts-and-arthropods]

Pill Scarab Beetles: these beetles are covered in plates that perfectly interlock when the beetle folds its limbs, lowers its head, and curls itself into a ball

Above: Eusphaeropeltis sp. (top/bottom left) and Ceratocanthus aeneus (bottom right), two different species of pill scarab beetle

Beetles of the Ceratocanthinae subfamily (also known as pill scarab beetles) rely on a unique form of conglobation to conceal themselves. As the beetle tucks its head down and folds its legs up against its belly, the plates on its head, thorax, abdomen, and legs all come together to form a solid shield; the plates on its legs even have grooves and corresponding ridges that allow them to neatly interlock.

As this blog post explains:

Adult Ceratocanthinae are best known for their ability to conglobate: rolling into a nearly perfect ball. The elytra, pronotum, head, and all six tibiae interlock with each other by means of grooves and corresponding ridges, forming a tightly connected external surface. Many beetles take the form of a tight compact structure when threatened, however in Ceratocanthinae the tibiae of all six legs participate in forming the external hard surface of the sphere, unlike in other beetles.

Above: Ceratocanthus sp.

The Ceratocanthinae subfamily contains many different genera/species, and they are all collectively known as pill scarabs. Many of them have a colorful, metallic appearance; they may be green, red, blue, brown, black, or multicolor.

Above: Germarostes globosus

Sources & More Info:

Gil Wizen: Transformers (Ceratocanthinae Beetles)

Communications Biology: The Evolution of Conglobation in Ceratocanthinae

Arthropod Systematics and Phylogeny: Rolling into a Ball: phylogeny of the Ceratocanthinae

ZooKeys: The Ceratocanthinae of Ulu Gombak

Pavel Krásenský Photography: Scarabaeidae (this site is written in Czech)

[maggotmuncher0]

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[plusie]

[onenicebugperday]

Hairy pie-dish beetle, Helea perforata, Tenebrionidae (darkling beetles)

Found in Western Australia

Photos 1-3 by jmwatson and 4 (for scale) by cal-wood

[miyrumiyru]

Scavenger beetles can fly, so I hope that cute beetle made it to the water

A water bug from last year.

He might be a little stupid, perhaps. But he's a funny guy so I don't mind.

Though I should have probably thought to take this bug to the pond since it was on the pool cover, sorry humorous insect.

[owlyjules]

Wisptober Day 20 : Familiars

“Most witches chose cats, rats, or toads as their familiars but this lovely specimen of a fancy bejewelled beetle is just as loyal and loving as any of them!”

OMG back on track!:D

[bathtub-frog]

Did you know in some languages lady beetles are called god's little cow. I think about that often.

[fawndollie]

beetles n botany :3

[bytesizeambs]

Blackburn's Earth Boring Beetle | Cute Beetle #shorts #cutecritters #bee...

This adorable little beetle, called Blackburn's Earth Boring Beetle, was neat to see and watch. I love it's orange-ish tips on it's antennae.