#rosalia alpina

[giulliadella]

Day 11 of posting cute creatures we found on our field trip:

Morimus funereus is a big, adorable beetle with super long antennae. It’s completely harmless and feeds only on plant juices. This species is most common, but there are two more of its cousins here.

Rosalia alpina looks like smaller, slimmer and overall more elegant blue Morimus. This bug was deemed prized possession by insect collectors in 19th century and that destroyed this poor beetle’s populations. Today this species is protected and cannot be collected without special permits. We let it go after taking a pic.

Morimus verecundus were having some sexy times when we found them. These beetles look a lot like M. funereus, but they have that yellowish ring behind their head. Can you see it?

[colorsoutofearth]

Rosalia longicorn (Rosalia alpina)

Photo by Andres Miguel Dominguez

[teology]

had a great photosession with Rosalia alpina that visited our home today ✨

[mahamayax]

[herpsandbirds]

Alpine Longhorn Beetle (Rosalia alpina), family Cerambycidae, Croatia

photograph by Medo Beetles (@medo.beetles)

[kamishiro-kenshin]

you are a rosalia alpina bug

yeah sure theyre cool looking :3c

buggy guy for ppl who dont know him

[nerves-nebula]

Hi here's cool bugs for the woman

Rosalia alpina - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onychocerus_albitarsis

Acrocinus longimanus - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlequin_beetle

Aristobia approximator - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristobia_approximator

Polistes versicolor - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polistes_versicolor

Brachynema germarii - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brachynema_(bug)

I'm still looking at more but lmk if you need them so I don't spam you with insects k? 👍

😍😍😍

Buggggg insect <<33 thank you they’re gorgeous. Ough I love bugs so much they can literally look like anythingggg

[clavainov]

favourite local beetles

European stag beetle - lucanus cervus (f), Rosemary beetle - chrysolina americana

rosalia beetle - rosalia alpina, rhino beetle - oryctes nasicornis (m)

blue chafer - hoplia coerulea (m), rose chafer - cetonia aurata

harlequin ladybird - harmonia axyridis, dor beetle - geotrupes stercorarius

[isthatyouhatsunemiku]

[otus-scops]

Rosalia alpina / la Rosalie alpine.

Août 2021.

Quenza, Corse, France.

[dendroica]

A Rosalia longicorn (Rosalia alpina) on a tree trunk near Šiatorská Bukovinka, Slovakia. Rosalia longicorn was chosen insect of 2019 by the Hungarian Entomological Society

Photograph: Péter Komka/EPA

(via The week in wildlife – in pictures | Environment | The Guardian)

[jethro-art]

I will add my buddies from my work with Bergamo’s Natural Sciences Museum <3

(pics by me) 

LOOK. AT. THE. COLOURS

Alpine longhorn beetle aka Rosalia longicorn, Rosalia alpina, Cerambycidae

This species is found from the Cantabrian Mountains in Spain east through the Caucasus region. It is considered vulnerable due to habitat loss and is protected in a number of countries. Although striking in appearance, it is camouflaged well against its preferred host tree, the European beech:

Photos 1-3 by kostaszontanos, 4 by rogervila, 5 by lazar_zenit, 6 by per-hoffmann-olsen, 7-8 by matthieu_gauvain, 9 by martin_galli, 10 by per-hoffmann-olsen, and 11 by Franz Xaver

[thesephotoswillspeaktoyou]

“Longicorn II” by funkyeye

[pollinonationalpark]

Rosalia alpina: il folletto dei boschi #rosaliaalpina #pollino #basilicata #calabria #guidaufficialedelparconazionaledelpollino # (presso Viaggiare nel Pollino - Giuseppe Cosenza Guida Escursionistica) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDR38VDI3h7/?igshid=1xwsz3qk40l0n

[doppelgangerpack]

top 5 bugs

how dare you make me choose

5.) Goliathus goliatus

one of the largest species in the genus Goliathus, the males can get up to 4 inches long!

4.) Scolopendra gigantea [Peruvian giant yellow-leg/Amazonian giant centipede]

another big boy!! these are one of the largest of the Scolopendra genus centipedes, reaching up to 12 inches long! They will eat anything they can get their lil hands on

3.) Attacus atlas [Atlas moth]

is it obvious i have a preference for big bugs?

2.) Rosalia alpina [Alpine longhorn beetle]

not only are they pretty, they are also called ‘Rosalia longicorn’

1.) Chinavia hilaris [Green stink bug]

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