coleoptera

This photo is about a year old. At the end of a long bushwalking and shooting session at a park I saw this beetle in some foliage, I wanted a better shot where I could see its face clearly but as we were about to leave, this was the best I could manage while it played hide and seek. Shot on my...

A gem insect!Nikon D7500

Trichius gallicus. But he did not want to take the head out of the bramble flower from which he eats the pollen

The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 species, is the largest of all orders, constituting almost 40% of described insects and 25% of all known animal life-forms; new species are discovered frequently. Will first feature Blister/Oil Beetles: Oil beetles exude an oily substance from the joints of the...

@Jack & @Shan Can I get this thread deleted it double posted on me, thank you. Dark Blister Beetle (Epicauta murina) on Virgin's Bower (Clematis virginiana) Alleyn-et-Cawood, Québec, Canada. Longhorns Tiger Beetles LadyBugs Fireflies Blister/Oil Beetles

We call "Caballito" - little horse - to this insect. Magnification 3X ISO 200, 1/4 sec. LED lights, homemade diffusers Lomo 3,7X microscope lens + 160 mm extension tubes Manual micrometric rail Stacked in Helicon Focus, method C Photoshop