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somanywhales · 2 days
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don’t get mad at me for my categories, listen i’m not an entomologist i just like bugs im doing my best.
i’m sorry if i forgot your bug!!
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beausbugbiome · 3 days
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Y’all, I am SO excited about this new beetle that was just discovered!!!!
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The freshly-discovered new species of longhorn beetle, Excastra albopilosa. Image credit: James Tweed
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Detailed photographs of the Excastra albopilosa specimen found by James Tweed. Image credits: Lingzi Zhou, Australian National Insect Collection
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onenicebugperday · 3 days
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Feather-horned beetle, Rhipicera femorata, Rhipiceridae
The larvae of rhipicerid beetles are parasitoids of cicadas. Males have large, bushy antennae used for detecting female pheromones. This species is found in Australia.
Photos 1-2 by jenncxoxo, 3 by ronlit, 4-6 by karenretra, 7 (female) by reiner, and 8 (for scale) by possumpete
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futurebird · 2 days
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This is absolutely wild.
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Two populations of ants (Cataglyphis hispanica) in the deserts of Spain, the same species but separate genetic lineages. All workers are hybrids of both populations but in both cases, through social hybridogenesis the reproductive queens and males are only of one lineage or the other.
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Queens of both species must mate out to produce workers (hybrids) but the workers never in turn reproduce.
They show it's been like this for a long long time!
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antiqueanimals · 3 days
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Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: vol. 2 - Insects. Written by Dr. Bernhard Grzimek. 1984.
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1.) European mole cricket (Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa)
2.) European stick insect (Bacillus rossius)
3.) Anchiale maculata
4.) Seychelles leaf insect (Pulchriphyllium bioculatum)
5.) European mantis (Mantis religiosa)
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bugology · 2 days
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Moth family redesign
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uncharismatic-fauna · 22 hours
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Uncharismatic Fact of the Day
Most people get dizzy if they spin around, but whirligig beetles don't! This group of beetles is known for spinning in erratic circles on the surface of lakes and ponds, much like the whirling children's toys they're named after! Whirligig beetles spend almost their whole lives in the water, and as result have developed unique adaptations including two pairs of compound eyes-- one to look over the water's surface and another to look underwater.
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(Image: A whirligig beetle (family Gyrinidae) with an air bubble attached to its abdomen for breathing, by Jim Rathert)
If you send me proof that you’ve made a donation to UNRWA or another organization benefiting Palestinians– including esim donations– I’ll make art of any animal of your choosing.
As a bonus, enjoy this very relaxing video of whirligig beetles swimming on the water:
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michaelnordeman · 2 days
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A Honey bee/honungsbi on a Winter aconite/vintergäck. Värmland, Sweden (March 27, 2016).
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myfairynuffstuff · 2 days
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DD McInness (b.1960) - Fun (The Old Couple).
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heartnosekid · 2 days
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common buckeye butterfly (junonia coenia) | borboletasoestesc on ig
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correctopinionhaver · 4 hours
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batneko · 1 day
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onenicebugperday · 24 hours
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do you have any favorite beetles?
Lots! Too many to name so I'll just share one
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African woolly chafer, Sparrmannia alopex
Photo by rjbasson
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futurebird · 1 day
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It's always bothered me that when people adapt Kafka's Metamorphosis they depict Gregor Samsa as a roach. Cockroaches do not undergo metamorphosis. They are born as nymphs which are just smaller wingless versions of the adult form.
Kafka writes that Gregor can only enjoy rotten food. Which also makes him not at all roach-like. Roaches strongly prefer fresh vegetables to rotten ones.
And, of course, he gets stuck on his back, not something roaches struggle with nearly as much as beetles.
That's why always imagined him as a beetle. Which implies that the man Gregor was a larvae for all his pre-bug life. I thought that was the whole point of the story... We're all grubs, but Gregor reached the next stage though sadly none of the grubs in his family could understand him.
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antiqueanimals · 1 day
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The Natural History of Insects; In Two Volumes. Vol. II. 1835.
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