#australian beetle

[drhoz]

#2075 - Dicranosterna sp.

Larva this time - another genus of Acacia-eating leaf beetles, and like Peltoschema, in the Paropsine subfamily. 36 described species, all endemic to Australia, which, admittedly, has a lot of Acacias.

Mt. Ainsley, ACT

#dicranosterna #paropsine leaf beetle #chrysomelidae #australian beetle #leaf beetle #australian capital territory

[fruitybugboyart]

“the pretty bug club”

Australian Spiky Stick Bug (2022)

Wasp (2023)

Burying Beetles (2023)

Oleander Hawk Moth (2023)

digital media

#xlemonprince #digital art #bug #bug art #pretty bug club #my art #burying beetle #oleander hawk moth #moth #wasp #spiky stick bug #australian bug #australian spiky stick bug #stick bug

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@onenicebugperday i saw a nice bug today. he wasn't great at holding on to me but he tried his best

#idk if you'll see this but i thought of you when i picked him up :) #australian bugs #insects #bug #bugs #beetle

[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).

#ljsbugblog #bugblr #entomology #insects #coleoptera #beetles #scarabaeidae #scarabs #dynastinae #rhinoceros beetles #xylotrupes australicus #australian rhinoceros beetle #video

[onenicebugperday]

@shesus-crisp submitted: Hello, could you help me identify this little creature crawling on my wall? I've been finding these guys all around my room as well as in houses of a few friends for years every now and then, and it only just occurred to me that you may know what they are! They are really tiny, only about 2-3mm long, refuse to fly even when I hold them for relocation and I assume they are under some stress, and move pretty slowly. I have never seen them outside, only in buildings, regardless of weather or season. Location is South-Western Germany. Any clue to what they are called, and why they keep coming into houses?

It's a carpet beetle! Probably an Australian carpet beetle as far as I can tell. Obviously not native but now found in Europe. They come inside because their larvae like to eat animal fibers found in houses. They're called carpet beetles because they used to be associated with wool carpets. Less so now since carpets tend to be synthetic. They'll also eat human hair or pet fur, taxidermy, leather, dead insects, feathers, wool clothing, dried pet food, and a lot of other animal fibers. Or sometimes plant fibers if that's all that's available. Adults eat nectar but if you're seeing adults all the time, likely there are larvae around too. But they're not a health risk or anything, they can just be destructive if there are a lot of them.

#animals #insects #bugs #submission #beetle #dermestid beetle #carpet beetle #australian carpet beetle

[emmanuel-the-manual]

Bugs! 🐞

#digital drawing #bugs #australian insects #christmas beetle #blue banded bee #mullersstagbeetle #jewel beetle #commonlongicorn #giant prickly stick insect #insects #insect drawing #tasmanianladybird #bug drawing #fiddlerbeetle

[nolongeronlyhereforthewhispangle]

a Barrolin argument would end with them both descending into incomprehensible Australian- and Scottish-accented gibberish

Barry: Az uh madda rof fac,- Lanolin: Now wot gahve yew thaht ideeah? *In the other room* Jewel: Now what are they arguing about? Whisper: Who’s cuter.

#barry the quokka #sonic idw #barrolin #sonic ships #lanolin the sheep #sonic the hedgehog #crackship #idw sonic #whisper the wolf #jewel the beetle #incorrect quotes #source: @kamenrideryeets #asks #I don’t know how to write australian and scottish accents so I tried my best

[uncharismatic-fauna]

Uncharismatic Fact of the Day

Most insects can’t move very fast over due to their limited size and number of legs. The fastest runner is the Australian tiger beetle, which can reach a top speed of 9 km/hr (5.5 mph). This may not seem fast to us, but Cicindela hudsoni is only 2cm long, this means they’re travelling 120 body lengths per second. If a 6ft human were to travel at the same rate, they’d be going at 1160 km/h (720 mph)!

(Image: An Australian tiger beetle (Cicindela (Rivacindela) hudsoni) by Georg Stelzner)

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#australian tiger beetle #Coleoptera #Carabidae #tiger beetles #ground beetles #beetles #insects #arthropods #uncharismatic facts

[rat-king-co]

My Australiana themed drop is live on my website! Check it out- I now have international shipping available 🐨 link to my website in my bio!

#australia #australiana #australian artist #australian animals #octopus #sea creatures #marine life #frogs #jacarandas #jacaranda #ibis #bin chicken #brush turkey #moon jellyfish #moon jelly #beetle #frog #green tree frogs #glass lampwork #cute frogs #amphibians #handmade #lampwork #cottagecore #glass jewellery #rat #glass #rats #bees #aesthetic

[drhoz]

#2077 - Rhinotia sp.

A Belid weevil, but going by the markings not a species of Rhinotia that I've seen before. The genus is most diverse in Australia but some also occur in the Solomon Islands, New Guinea and Lord Howe Island.

Most Rhinotia are black with white markings, but at least one is a strikingly coloured Lycid-mimic.

Mt. Ainsley, ACT

#rhinotia #belidae #australian beetle #belid weevil #australian capital territory

[hofftrans]

Google is not being helpful at all so I'm gonna try tumblr, so if anyone knows what countries/locations those bugs are from that are occasionally used in taxidermy to eat flesh (dermestid beetles I think?) bc google is just full of sponsored ads but I know my autism gang on here must know

#dermestid beetle #entomology #question #taxidermy #its for a writing thing im australian and dont wanna write about them being out in the wild if theyre not. yknow. in my country in the wild

[n64spoon]

australian blue beetle fans how are we coping

#blue beetle #australian #blue beetle movie #australia #i feel like this was a direct attack on me

[gumnut-logic]

Yes, I take photos of bugs as well :D

Top two photos took me a while to identify and I’m not one hundred percent sure, but I think this is a non-native beetle introduced to battle a St John Wort infestation in Australia, hence its name of St John Wort Beetle, Wikipedia - Chrysolina quadrigemina. Pretty nonetheless :D

The two beetles on the moss are likely some type of Christmas Beetle, though I really don’t have much of a clue. They were flying around, which is what attracted my attention. They landed, I photographed them, and they disappeared into the moss together. Likely doing something like the two Wort beetles above :D

The ant caught our attention because it was huge. These ants are at least an inch long. I’m used to seeing big black ones like that as we’ve had several nests in the garden (we had to eradicate them once we had children, that and Hubby had been stung several times, not fun). But I had never seen a red one before. This is a Giant Red Bull Ant. And he knew he was being photographed. These ants are very, very aware of humans.

And I had to take a piccy of the skink sun baking. Couldn’t help myself.

#Australian native animals #South Australia #beetles #ants #skinks #onkaparinga

[onenicebugperday]

@seaotteralec​ submitted: lovely guy i found in SE-QLD, Australia! i didnt think we had any around here and he unfortunately wasn’t with us anymore so i hope no one lost a pet. very cool to see though!

You have a bunch of species of rhinoceros beetles in Queensland! This one, the Australian rhinoceros beetle, is both native and decently common. It has big ol’ horns so of course it’s a male! RIP, friend.

#animals #insects #bugs #submission #beetle #scarab beetle #rhinoceros beetle #australian rhinoceros beetle #dead bugs

[emmanuel-the-manual]

More bugs 🐜

I’ve reached a new hyper fixation atm

#digital drawing #insect drawing #australian insects #insects #bugs #herculesmoth #giantredbullant #cowboy beetle #three punctured diving beetle #goldenstagbeetle #simonsstagbeetle #eucalyptus tortoise beetle #fire beetle #featherhornedbeetle #insect illustration

[irlnumbuh3]

thinking about how kuki convinces wally to watch 10 things i hate about you and he freaks the hell out seeing heath ledger and goes “that’s the joker wtf???” and his poor girlfriend is like dude that’s patrick what are u talking about

#they watch the dark knight after #the contrast is CRAZY #wally strikes me as a heath ledger lover #he’s australian too so🤷🏼‍♀️ #knd #codename kids next door #cknd #kids next door #numbuh 3 #wallabee beetles #wally beetles #kuki sanban