#scarabaeidae

[uncharismatic-fauna]

Uncharismatic Fact of the Day

Bees and beetles are both cool, but the bee beetle has the best of both worlds! This species is named for its fuzzy thorax, and bright black and yellow abdomen. The resemblance to a bumblebee deters predators, which is handy since the bee beetle doesn't actually have a stinger.

(Image: A Eurasian bee beetle (Trichius fasciatus) by Allan Hopkins)

[snototter]

A copper dung beetle (Kheper nigroaeneus) rolls a ball of dung in Kruger National Park, South Africa

by Bernard Dupont

[bowelfly]

long distance relationship

[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

[herpsandbirds]

Green Demon Rainbow Scarab (Phanaeus demon), family Scarabeaidae, Guerrero, Mexico

photograph by Eugenijus Kavaliauskas

[creatureimages]

christmas beetle season‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️

wahoo! hooray!

[furanocoumarin]

Chrysina sp., focus stacked

[bugtheories]

Elephant beetle ♂ (Megasoma elephas)

[reanimateobjects]

[moomeecore]

met a friend in the dirt today! (scarab beetle grub)

(theres also a praying mantis & some sedge lol)

[coolbugs]

Bug of the Pride Month (BOTPM?)

❤️🩷🧡💛💚💙🩵💜🖤🩶🤍🤎

Happy Pride!

❤️🩷🧡💛💚💙🩵💜🖤🩶🤍🤎

(Serica sericea, a scarab beetle)

[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]

Tropinota squalida is a very hairy chafer that looks like you took a much more standard chafer and glued a bunch of hairs to it to create a bad lion costume. i only ever see one or two of these guys a year but they're always a welcome sight, they're not very large but they are conspicuous (the best trait a bug can have)

(September 26th, 2024)

[bowelfly]

snug as a bug in a rug

[onenicebugperday]

Delta flower scarab, Trigonopeltastes delta, Cetoniinae

Found in the southeastern United States

Photo 1 by hydaticus, 2 by eridanxharahi, 3-6 by louiseinva, 7 by svreach460, 8-9 by tshahan, and 10 (for scale) by bugwraith

[herpsandbirds]

Purple Flower Beetle (Chlorocala africana oertzeni), EAT A TASTY BANANA!!!, family Scarabaeidae, found in Tanzania

Other subspecies are green.

photograph by Richard Nakamura (@richards_inverts)