#cyclocephala

[bugsmoocher]

"HELP ME GORDON!! WAAUH"

this polite little dumbass has been clinging to my finger since i helped them up like 30 minutes ago

the cheeky sideeye bug if you will. maybe a Cyclocephala? cant really work well with one hand on my phone

[drhoz]

#2180 - Cyclocephala signaticollis - Argentinian Scarab

There are 350 species in this genus of New World scarabs, and some have been introduced to the West Indies and Hawaii, but this one was accidentally introduced to Australia in the 1950s, and has spread from Melbourne all the way up into Queensland. They can be turf, crop, and pasture pests, feeding on plant roots. Masked chafers fly at dusk and at night, and are frequently attracted to lights.

[alcnfr]

What may be a Spotted Orbweaver spider (Neoscona crucifera) with some Chafer Beetle (Cyclocephala... spp.) in it's clutches.

[chroma-beats]

i am

Cyclocephala latericia ✨

ur government assigned gender for the day is the first thing u get when u click this link to a randomised wikipedia article. NO REROLLS . i am the  trollsteineggje mountain in norway

[stacytompkins]

A young June bug or June beetle (Cyclocephala lurida) enjoying some quiet time, when one of my newly-matured green #stinkbugs (Chinavia hilaris) decided to get acquainted. #insect #insects #entomology #truebugs #bugs #junebug #junebeetle #scarab #greenstinkbug #stinkbug #Phyllophaga #chinaviahilaris #cyclocephalalurida #cyclocephala (at Denton, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/By4ZQ5jlKsY/?igshid=egwycb06aglr

[grubloved]

phone died halfway through the light trap session tonight, but here's some of the creatures who showed up!

we got a LOT of these guys, june beetles! genus Dyplotaxis, species....uh... they're hard to ID. :/

not pictured: their VERY FUZZY undersides. hairy lil dudes.

two more cute beetles -- the one on the left might look like the same kind as the Dyplotaxis, but look closer! the eyes are bigger, the head is black instead of brown, the pronotum (the plate above the wings) is lighter and has spots, & its body proportions are slightly different. it's actually a Masked Chafer! probably Cyclocephala lurida.

on the right, we have a beetle from a different group! this is probably a ground beetle of some kind, with that thinner profile, more distinct waist and lined elytra (wing coverings). it was REALLY SMALL, too -- see how big the weave of the sheet is in comparison? i think it's probably Stenolophus ochropezus, a species so little that it doesn't have a common name.

then some non-beetle visitors! two moths, probably a Paler Diacme Moth on the left (Diacme elealis) and MAYBE a Curve-lined Looper Moth (Lambdina fervidaria) on the right ? they were cute.

[wearsshoes]

“Curious Scientific Names”

From the following list: http://cache.ucr.edu/~heraty/yanega.html#Curious%20Scientific%20Names There’s a lot of good ones but I loved these the most.

Generics

Dyaria Neumoegen, 1893 (moth; Neumoegen greatly disliked his contemporary, Dyar)

Ittibittium Houbrick, 1993 (mollusks smaller than those in the genus Bittium)

Muscatheres Evenhuis, 1986 (fly; "there are only 3 Muscatheres known")

Notnops, Taintnops, and Tisentnops Platnick, 1994 (spiders; all originally placed in the genus Nops, but Platnick decided these were all distinct new genera)

Dolichisme, Ochisme, Peggichisme and Polychisme Kirkaldy, 1904 (bugs; "-chisme" is pronounced "kiss me")

Ptomaspis, Dikenaspis, Ariaspis, all by Denison, 1963 (fossil fish; remove the "-aspis" from all three names to get the joke)

This McAlpine, 1991 (fly; McAlpine had a poster on his office door with an illustration of the fly and a quote below "Look at This!")

One might note that entomologists seem to have the most fun (or just the most species to name)

Binomials

Abra cadabra Eames & Wilkins, 1957 (bivalve; now in genus Theora, but "Theora cadabra" just doesn't have the same ring)

Aha ha Menke, 1977 (wasp)

Apopyllus now Platnick & Shadab, 1984 (spider)

Ba humbugi Solem, 1976 (snail from Mba Island)

Cephise nuspesez Burns (skipper; pronounced "new species")

Chaos chaos Linnaeus, 1767 (amoeba)

Charis ma Harvey & Hall, 2002 (butterfly)

Colon forceps Hatch, 1957 (leoidid beetle; genus includes species such as Colon rectum, Colon monstrosum, Colon grossum, Colon horni, and other suggestive combinations)

Cyclocephala nodanotherwon Ratcliffe (scarab beetle)

Dziwneono etcetera Dworakowska, 1972 (leafhopper; in addition to the unusual epithet, the generic name means "It is strange" in Polish)

Eubetia bigaulae Brown (tortricid moth; pronounced "yubetcha bygolly")

Extra extra Jousseaume, 1894 (snail; a somewhat gray literature publication on the taxon was titled "Extra extra: Read All About It!")

Gelae baen, Gelae belae, Gelae donut, Gelae fish, Gelae rol Miller & Wheeler, 2004 (fungus beetles)

Heerz lukenatcha, Heerz tooya Marsh, 1993 (braconid wasp)

Lalapa lusa Pate, 1946 (tiphiid wasp)

Mini ature, Mini mum, and Mini scule Scherz et al., 2019 (extremely tiny frogs from Madagascar)

Phthiria relativitae Evenhuis, 1985 (bee fly; now in genus Oligodranes)

Pieza deresistans, Pieza kake, Pieza pi, Pieza rhea Evenhuis, 2002 (bee flies)

Pison eu Menke, 1988 (wasps)

Qrocodiledundee outbackense Fernandez-Triana & Boudreault 2018 (braconid wasp)

Reissa roni Evenhuis & Baez, 2001 (bee fly)

Riga toni Evenhuis 2013 (bee fly)

Verae peculya Marsh, 1993 (braconid wasp)

Vini vidivici Steadman & Zarriello, 1987 (a recently extinct parrot)

Ytu brutus Spangler, 1980 (beetle)

@slatestarscratchpad for puns

[forestkodama]

Two major plans I was really looking forward to fell through on the same day, physical therapy has not improved my discomfort that comes from driving my daily commute, I can't attend the funeral this weekend of important mentor from my childhood halfway across the continent, but I can now sex and identify species within the genus Cyclocephala of beetles, so I guess I have that going for me.

[moi-etant-moi]

Cyclocephala 2018 Acuarelas y grafito

[bananaseninternet]

Nymphaeceae (Victoria Regia)

El más grande de todos los nenúfares, nativo de las aguas poco profundas del río Amazonas. Su flor se abre al anochecer (a partir de las seis de la tarde), exhalando una fragancia parecida al albaricoque. Llamada por los europeos "rosa lacustre" y se mantiene abierta hasta aproximadamente las nueve de la mañana del día siguiente, para volver a abrirse la noche siguiente. La primera noche la flor es de color blanco y femenina: sólo el estigma está maduro y puede recibir polen. La segunda noche la flor es rosada y masculina: las anteras han madurado y produce polen que sirve para fecundar otras flores. Los polinizadores son escarabajos de la especie Cyclocephala castanea que permanecen prisioneros durante el día siguiente y que, al escapar a la mañana siguiente, se cargan de polen. Florece desde principios de marzo hasta julio.

[artscult]

041-phileurus, hexodon, cyclocephala, rutela, macraspis - high resolution image from old book.