#Scarabidae

[pogomcl]

Common Cockchafer, Melolontha melolontha Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 f/ 4.5 1/200 iso: 400 Srbsko, Czech Republic 5/11/2012

#Beetles #Scarabidae #Scarabs #Chafers #Ciockchafer #Coleoptera #insects #invertebrates #macro #woodlands #insectphotography #macrophotography #insect #canon #grasslands

[typhlonectes]

Bumble Bee Scarab, Pygopleurus koniae,  Değirmenbaşı/Karaman Merkez/Karaman, Türkiye

photograph by  ozgurkocak | inaturalist CC

#scarabidae #beetle #coleoptera #scarab #insect #nature #animals

[aussiebuggirl]

Christmas beetle

Syd, Australia, 22 Dec, 2023

#insects #bugs #bug #bug girl #entomology #first and only chrissy beetle I saw through December #he was on my kitchen window! #beetle #christmas beetle #my photography #coleoptera #scarabidae #bug posting

[trusteezprojects]

Framed in an upcycled frame, this linocut was hand carved and printed by the artist Ben Brockman @brockchop. It is signed and numbered in an edition of 10. “Cotinis nitida, commonly known as the green June beetle, June bug or June beetle, it is a beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in the eastern United States and Canada, where it is most abundant in the South. It is sometimes confused with the related southwestern species figeater beetle Cotinis mutabilis, which is less destructive. The green June beetle is active during daylight hours. The adult is usually 15–22 mm (0.6–0.9 in) long with dull, metallic green wings; its sides are gold and the head, legs and underside are very bright shiny green. Their habitat extends from New Brunswick to Georgia, and as far west as California, with possible population crossover in Texas with their western cousin, the figeater beetle.“ #scarabidae #cotinisnitida #junebug #greenjunebeetle #greenbeetle #linocut #linoleumprint #tucsonartist #tucsonart #sonorandesert #insectillustration #insectart #boho #bohochic #bohostyle #farmhousestyle #eclecticdecor #ephemera #ephemeralart (at Tucson, Arizona) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cq37u5aPsTR/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#scarabidae #cotinisnitida #junebug #greenjunebeetle #greenbeetle #linocut #linoleumprint #tucsonartist #tucsonart #sonorandesert #insectillustration #insectart #boho #bohochic #bohostyle #farmhousestyle #eclecticdecor #ephemera #ephemeralart

[bridles-for-mulebugs]

A mulebug is a cow sized scarabidae beetle used by people of the island as a beast of burden.

The specimen pictured above would be actually quite a valuable animal. Animals with pure colored elytra are known to be of luxury and purebred stock. The markings seen on the elytra have been painted on by someone wanting to make their mulebug look nice.

The name of this blog came from the last world-building thing I actually attempted before making the blog. I was trying to imagine what a bridle and other tack would look like on an animal with a completely different cranial anatomy.

This is what I came up with. I do not have background in animal husbandry so I had to do quite a bit of research. The basic idea tho (that I kinda already had figured) is that you want an animal to be comfortable. An uncomfortable animal is a dangerous animal.

Designing tack for a mulebug turned out to be way simpler than I initially thought. The bridle is basically the same as a horse's but without a bit as the mouthparts aren't really able to accommodate such a thing. Instead there is a thick large pad of material situated just under the cranial horn with a strap wrapping all around the animal's 'chin' (there is going to be a lot of anatomical info in quotation marks. do you know how hard it is to make big bugs and a way to talk about them?). This connects to a medial strap that rests under the 'brow' plate. The connection between the two is where one may attach by some method reins. The medial strap attaches at last to another wraparound strap that rests in front of the 'cheek' plate. This whole arrangement allows for lots of leverage which I imagine is important for the animal and the driver.

I imagine that people tie hanging lanterns from the thoracic horns of mulebugs for when it gets dark. The end of the horn from dorsal view looks a little like a Fleur-de-lis.

The saddle lays on top of the thorax behind the horn. If it were on the abdomen, it would probably impede the animal's ability to 'vocalize'. I imagine these animals would retain their ancestral trait of making sounds by rubbing their elytra together quickly or hissing air thru them. If the saddle or any other part of the tack was on the abdomen, it would proably not make the animal very happy since it would use its vocalizations to ward off predators =:(

The stirrups hang at an angle and have foot rests at the ends. A mulebug is very wide so sitting with your legs completely open like on a horse would be uncomfy.

Finally, not pictured is the yolk for pulling carts. This would be on the 'shoulder', in front of the thoracic horn, where real-life scarabidae beetles put loads of pulling force. Other than that it would likely be pretty similar.

All of this tack was colored to look fancy, as the animal is a luxurious stock and would be prettied up often.

#urukril #beetle island #speculative biology #worldbuilding

[brothwizard]

I MADE A BUG MUG

#trip report #my art #my ceramics #bug art

[choukhmer]

ដង្កូវដួង​ស

ឈ្មោះ​ទូទៅ​ជា​ភាសា​ខ្មែរ: ដង្កូវដួង​ស ឈ្មោះ​ទូទៅ​ជា​ភាសា​អង់គ្លេស: White grubs, cockchafers or scarabs ឈ្មោះ​វិទ្យាសាស្ត្រ: Heteronychus arator គ្រួសារ: Scarabidae ការ​ពិពណ៌នា ពង: មាន​ពណ៌​ស​ប្រផេះ រាង​ពងក្រពើ ពង​ដាក់​ក្នុង​ដី ។ មិន​ទាន់​ពេញ​វ័យ: ដង្កូវ​រួញ ពណ៌​ស មាន​ប្រវែង​រហូត​ដល់ ២៥​ម.ម មាន​ជើង​បី​គូ​នៅ​លើ​ទ្រូង និង​មាន​ក្បាល​ពណ៌​ត្នោត​លយ​ចេញ (ពក) មាន​ថ្គាម​ពណ៌​ខ្មៅ ។…

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[platycryptus]

a really cute Canthon dung beetle I found on the delmarva peninsula awhile back

(Virginia, 10/14/21)

This is the type of dung beetle found in north america that makes little balls of dung and rolls them around, and while I’ve never been lucky enough to witness that in action the beetles themselves are still pretty excellent

#beetles #dung beetle #canthon #scarab #scarabidae #bugs #bugblr #insects #entomology

[beausbugbiome]

Cotinis mutabilis tattoo 🪲🥝

Artist: Justin Tauch at Breakwater tattoo, Long Beach CA.

#entomology #insects #insect #bugs #bug #nature #beetle #coleoptera #beetles #beaus bug biome #beaus bugs #tattoo #tattoos #bug tattoo #insect tattoo #beetle tattoo #Cotinis mutabilis #fig eater beetle #scarab #scarabidae #fruit beetle #fruit chafer #scarabaeidae

[teeths-gifs]

Strawberry Jelly 🍓

(credit goes to me)

#stim #stimmy #sensory #satisfying #insect #bugs #beetles #Sun beetle #garden fruit chafer #Pachnoda sinuata flaviventris #カブトムシ #Red #yellow #black #shiny #trypophobia #scarabidae #invertabrae #my gifs #originals #q

[jennascuriocabinet]

Here it is! His adorable face 🥰🖤 . https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/JennasCurioCabinet . . . . . #jennascuriocabinet #coleoptera #eudicella #eudicellacolmanti #cetoniidae #flowerbeetle #scarabidae #entomology #gothicart #odditiesforsale #macabreart #odditiesandcuriosities #oddities #curiosities #curiocabinet #itwasdeadwhenwemet #cabinetofcuriosities #insectphotography #cabinetofcuriosity #darkartist #macro #macrophotography #macroinsects (at Jenna's Curio Cabinet) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2_ppu-HDo_/?igshid=1b38275tpw2k2

#jennascuriocabinet #coleoptera #eudicella #eudicellacolmanti #cetoniidae #flowerbeetle #scarabidae #entomology #gothicart #odditiesforsale #macabreart #odditiesandcuriosities #oddities #curiosities #curiocabinet #itwasdeadwhenwemet #cabinetofcuriosities #insectphotography #cabinetofcuriosity #darkartist #macro #macrophotography #macroinsects

[pogomcl]

Forest or Chestnut Chockchafer, Melolontha hippocastani Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 f/3.5 1/200 iso: 400 Celakovice-Jirina, Czech Republic 5/22/2011

#chafers #Cockchafers #beetles #Scarabs #Scarabidae #Coleoptera #insects #invertebrates #macro #woodlands #insectphotography #macrophotography #insect #canon #grasslands

[typhlonectes]

Jade Headed Buffalo Beetles (Eudicella smithi), southern Africa

photographs by Josh More CC

#scarab #scarabidae #beetle #insect #africa #animals #nature #entomology

[wapiti3]

Lamellicornia sp.

By Olivier, G. A. (Guillaume Antoine), 1756-1814 Panzer, Georg Wolfgang Franz, 1755-1829 Sturm, Jakob, 1771-1848 Publication info Germany? :s.n.,18--? Contributor: Smithsonian Libraries BIODIV LIBRARY

#scientific illustration #entomology #lamellicornia #scarabidae #beetles #coleoptera #stag beetles #dung beetle #natural history #illustrations

[shroominatrix]

Humlebille #forkledningsmester #cosplay #mimikry #coleoptera #scarabidae #kompis

#kompis #scarabidae #coleoptera #mimikry #cosplay #forkledningsmester

[mothfishing]

Oh goodness I have so so so many favourites uhhh,,,ants also big cool vibe with you there. Moths, particularly tiger moths? Epic. Cockroaches and termites? Severely underrated. Dragonflies and damselflies? Wonderful. Antlions, particularly spoonwings? Epic. So so many spiders but particularly fishing spiders and jumping spiders (particularly in phidippus, maratus, and portia but also specifically bagheera kiplingi and salticus scenicus)? Super. (continued)

So so so so SO many kind of beetles but particularly fond of beetles in scarabidae (favourite is bumble flower beetle), HUGE fan of bees, cuckoo bumble bees freak me out as a concept but I think they're neat (prefer bumblebees outside that group though). I'm a mosquito apologist and particularly fond of elephant mosquitos (the mosquito I market as 'mosquitos for people who hate mosquitos). So many true bugs are so funky, I love lantern flies in particular. Grasshoppers? Epic. (Continued further)

Isopods? LOVE those, but you know what I love even more? Their myriapod lookalikes (pill millipedes). Also just myriapods in general, particularly millipedes. Earwigs get slandered SO bad and they DO NOT deserve it, earwig apologist here. Wasps are also neat, I like sawflies and velvet ants but parasitic wasps neat too. I'm a HUGE huge fan of aphids despite what a nuisance they are, I think wooly aphids look like fairies in certain angles. (Continued, should be my last one)

My favourite arachnids outside of spiders are book scorpions! Super fucking neato, highly recommend just Looking At Them. Friend shaped. I don't know much about crabs but I think they're very cute. Mantis shrimp also fucking rule. Also stonefly larvae are SUCH babies, I saw a video of one and it changed my life tbh. And that's about all on my head rn but like tbh I'm definitely forgetting some and I just. I love all arthropods. Gastropods cute. Worms besides earthworms are on thin ice though.

you have IMPECCABLE taste these are all INCREDIBLE bugs truly

ants are so cool i love how like, their behavior has such an effect on their environments that there’s a whole word just for species that have a positive relationship with them...tho of course several have negative or neutral relationships as well! i just think theyre so cool

you’re RIGHT termites and cockroaches are both so underappreciated...im less of a fan of cockroaches bc i do not want them inside -_- but i don’t hold it against them cause i don’t want most bugs inside...i love termites very much though. i just think they’re neat and i remember when i first read about them i thought it was so interesting how they have eusocial behavior but really differently from ants and bees and so on. (actually eusocial behavior is why i like ambrosia beetles, cause they’re the only eusocial beetle!)

YES excellent taste with dragon-/damselflies and antlions...

SPIDERS ARE SO GOOD...i wish i knew more abt them cause i like them too!! my faves are jumping spiders and peacock spiders...

yes yes yes yes bumble flower beetles are so pretty...i honestly love looking at videos of beetles just, walking around, something about how they move makes me go “hehe that’s just a little bug”. (though that’s my reaction to seeing a lot of bugs)

mosquitos are really cool...sometimes i think about their mouthparts and go =o and i’ll definitely have to read more about elephant mosquitos sometime too!! i don’t hate mosquitos but whenever i get bitten im like. you are a incredibly fascinating little creature. but also a very rude one 💔

yes yes yes true bugs and grasshoppers and millipedes and earwigs. also oh my god reading this made me remember i somehow forgot centipedes entirely which are like. not an insect but definitely a Big Fave Bug for me. i think theyre cute =)

i LOVE velvet ants and it’s soooo funny to me how theyre a type of wasp but theyre called ants. oh and i like fairyflies too!! which are...not a fly...but a wasp...very silly name indeed

LOVE aphids (as i said before, most of it is an extension of rlly liking some aphid species’ mutualism with ants but i also rlly like them in general too!!) and woolly aphids are SOOOO cute. if they were a little bigger, like mouse size, i’d want one as a pet...but that would be a nightmare pest i think hsdkhgdfhlghsdkf

I REALLY LIKE SCORPIONS...i just think theyre neat! as is everything else u listed this is a rlly good list

#moon's haunted #long post #Anonymous #asks