Sharing is caring ;) #summertime #figlunch #figeaterbeetle #cotinismutabilis #share https://www.instagram.com/p/CiSuCR2r1Xi/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

🪲🪲🪲🪲🪲 ¡¡Scarab Beetles!! 🪲🪲🪲🪲🪲 So fun collaborating on this with friend and songstress Sara Melson @saramelson, who wrote and composed an excellent song about the Scarab beetle to go with our video! Wonder Science filmed these careening van-like Coleptera in Los Angeles during their peak late-summer season. The family Scarabaeidae consists of over 30,000 species of beetle, and beyond their rich history as a sacred symbol in several countries (the most notable being Ancient Eygpt), each species has their own unique characteristics, and several serve vital purposes in their respective ecosystems. Some of the major players in the Scarab family are Dung beetles, June beetles, Rhinoceros beetles, and Flower Chafers, like the glossy green giants you see here, which are called Cotinis Mutabilis or as they’re colloquially dubbed, the Figeater Beetle. Flower Chafers do what you think they do, bump into flowers! These gentle fruit, pollen and petal eating beauties pollinate their environments while eating their fill! Another ecosystem contributor worth mentioning is the subfamily of Dung Beetles, which help to recycle waste and carrion. And finally the famous, or perhaps infamous, member of the Scarab family: June Beetles. These flying bugs are attracted to light and are known for peskily drifting into pools or unsuspecting people during the late summer months, when their larvae pupate and emerge as adults. #beetle #ancientegypt #scarab #bug #bugs #science #entomology #tw #sciencefacts #gardening #macromonday #macro #insects #insect #junebug #figeaterbeetle #canon5dmarkiv #macronature 🪲🪲🪲🪲🪲🪲🪲🪲🪲🪲🪲🪲🪲🪲🪲🪲 September 19, 2022 at 02:42PM via Instagram https://instagr.am/reel/CitCeMcD7jM/

8.13.2020 - figeaters eating pollen from the native roses

#insectcollecting #insectcollection #insectcollector #Plectrodera #Plectroderascalator #Arthropoda #Cerambycidae #longhornbeetle #longhorncottonwoodborer #beetle #beetles #cottonwoodborer #cottonwoodborerbeetle #beetle #beetles #Scarabaeidae #figeaterbeetle #greenjunebeetle #giantstagbeetle #lucanuselaphus #lucanidae #zophobasmorio #zophobas #coleoptera #thegodbeast #godbeast #entomology #entopins #entomolgypins #entomologycollection (at Olathe, Kansas) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDzI814An4d/?igshid=p0zb2l4k6rr

They are back again ! Zooming around the garden, so great to have these metallic emerald scarab reminders of the cycle of life come and visit. Egyptian symbol of renewal and rebirth, sacred symbol of immortality, resurrection and transformation #figeaterbeetle #scarab #cotinismutabilis #coleoptera #flowerchafer #beetlelove #insects #gardenlife #californianativegarden #openyoureyes #beherenow (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CS9kT_QniYg/?utm_medium=tumblr

Found this guy chillin in our rosemary... Always liked these scarab beetle relatives till I found out he eats tomatoes, cactus and other fruit... Sorry bub... You gots to go... (no beetle was harmed... Just catapulted away - then he flew away) #figeaterbeetle #scarab #beetle #bugs https://www.instagram.com/p/CDj7gPMgUwd/?igshid=1aqzx8zdpojda

A figeater beetle trying to figure out how to come in for a visit. #nature #beetle #iridescent #figeaterbeetle

One hour Improv Comic. This actually happened! Figeater Beetle showed up and got caught in this girls hair. #intelligentsia #cafesketching #cafe #figeaterbeetle #comics #comicbook #swipecomic #copicmarkers #ink #brushpen #truestory #like4like #followforfollow #artistsoninstagram #silverlake #losangeles (at Intelligentsia - Silver Lake)

Came across this #Beauty on my way into the library. 😍 I picked it up, with a paper, and put it on a tree in the shade. #Beetle #FigEater #FigEaterBeetle #GreenJuneBeetle #Nature #UrbanNature #CityBugs #Insect

Come to me, jungle friends...✨ My favorite time of year is when these metallic green scarab beetles come crash landing onto me. I like to give them a drink of water and some shade before sending them on their way. 🤓 Capture by @daltoncurrie of @daltoncurriefilms while painting with @konecki_art today in Downtown, San Diego 💚 • #scarabbeetle #figeaterbeetle #junebug #sandiego #downtownsd #artist #summertime #socal #beachcity #muralist (at San Diego Central Library)

🪲🪲🪲🪲🪲 ¡¡Scarab Beetles!! 🪲🪲🪲🪲🪲 So fun collaborating on this with friend and songstress Sara Melson @saramelson, who wrote and composed an excellent song about the Scarab beetle to go with our video! Wonder Science filmed these careening van-like coleopterans in Los Angeles during their peak late-summer season. The family Scarabaeidae consists of over 30,000 species of beetle, and beyond their rich history as a sacred symbol in several countries (the most notable being Ancient Eygpt), each species has their own unique characteristics, and several serve vital purposes in their respective ecosystems. Some of the major players in the Scarab family are Dung beetles, June beetles, Rhinoceros beetles, and Flower Chafers, like the glossy green giants you see here, which are called Cotinis Mutabilis or as they’re colloquially dubbed, the Figeater Beetle. Flower Chafers do what you think they do, bump into flowers! These gentle fruit, pollen and petal eating beauties pollinate their environments while eating their fill! Another ecosystem contributor worth mentioning is the subfamily of Dung Beetles, which help to recycle waste and carrion. And finally the famous, or perhaps infamous, member of the Scarab family: June Beetles. These flying bugs are attracted to light and are known for peskily drifting into pools or unsuspecting people during the late summer months, when their larvae pupate and emerge as adults. #beetle #ancientegypt #scarab #bug #bugs #science #entomology #tw #sciencefacts #gardening #macromonday #macro #insects #insect #junebug #figeaterbeetle #canon5dmarkiv #macronature 🪲🪲🪲🪲🪲🪲🪲🪲🪲🪲🪲🪲🪲🪲🪲🪲 September 19, 2022 at 02:33PM via Instagram https://instagr.am/reel/CitBengDXPE/

Upon arriving at the waterfront, I got a sweet visitor. 😍 These little ones constantly visit me for gentle affirmations. 🙏 #insects #beetle #grateful #beautiful #watersoothes #visitors #CotinisMutabilis #figeaterbeetle #flowerchafer

Caught a female Luna Moth the other day... 🦋🤓😎 #lunamoth #Saturniidae #Actiasluna #Lepidoptera #insectcollecting #insectcollection #insectcollector #longhornbeetle #longhorncottonwoodborer #beetle #beetles #cottonwoodborer #cottonwoodborerbeetle #beetle #beetles #Scarabaeidae #figeaterbeetle #greenjunebeetle #giantstagbeetle #zophobasmorio #zophobas #coleoptera #thegodbeast #godbeast #entomology #entopins #entomolgypins #entomologycollection (at Olathe, Kansas) https://www.instagram.com/p/CD_mzZIATkm/?igshid=ywqi0ao8vl9i

Oh hey little dude! #figeaterbeetle #bugsofinstagram #LAliving #Californiadreaming #summertime

SWIPE to see the ultimate fate of these fat wrigglers. #grubs #figeaterbeetle #thedirtonorganicgardening #naturalpestcontrol #organicpestcontrol (at Pasadena, California)

Reposting @mwashburnart: ⠀ ...⠀ "Figeater beetles are *everywhere* in our vacation spot this week. Iridescent metallic green on the underside, these large members of the scarab family are also called flower chafers.⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ #watercolor #entomology #bugsarecool #beetle #figeaterbeetle #scarab #illustrationvacation #nature #southerncalifornia #illustrator #illustration #mwashburnart #twitter" http://ift.tt/2wfvZl4