#scarabaeidae

[herpsandbirds]

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

photograph by Eugenijus Kavaliauskas

[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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[bowelfly]

snug as a bug in a rug

[creatureimages]

christmas beetle season‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️

wahoo! hooray!

[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

[dinictis]

Chrysina sp., focus stacked

[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)

[moons-hollow]

Found this Christmas Beetle (Anoplognathus spp.) last night, look at the head bobs!

[ljsbugblog]

this is a very old video, the only time I've had the chance to handle a rhinoceros beetle. A camera can't truly capture how vividly red he was :]

Australian Rhinoceros Beetle, male (Xylotrupes australicus).

[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)

[palossssssand]

A small batch of beetles! I made them several months ago, but never got a chance to pick ‘em up after they were fired until now.

[bowelfly]

its time to think about critters

[beausbugbiome]

The colors from this Theodosia rodorigezi are insane! Perfect for pride month 🏳️‍🌈✨

[podartists]

Eucheirus (Cheirotonus) Macleaii Pl I | The cabinet of oriental entomology (1848) | John Obadiah Westwood (1805-1893)