The Beautiful World of Beetles: Welcome to Coleoptera

[Greg Shchepanek]

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 legs when disturbed, this substance can raise blisters on one's skin.
Dark Blister Beetle (Epicauta murina) on Virgin's Bower (Clematis virginiana) Alleyn-et-Cawood, Québec, Canada.

Black Oil Beetle (Meloe proscarabaeus) Mer Bleue Conservation Area, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Ramsar site no. 755.

Green Blister Beetle (Lytta sayi ) Alleyn-et-Cawood, Québec, Canada.

 

[Greg Shchepanek]

But my most favourite of all is the Tiger Beetle.
Tiger beetles are a large group of beetles known for their aggressive predatory habits and running speed. The fastest species of tiger beetle can run at a speed of 9 km/h (5.6 mph), or about 53.87 body lengths per second.
Punctured Tiger Beetle (Cicindela punctulata) Alleyn-et-Cawood, Québec, Canada.

 

[Greg Shchepanek]

A beetle of many colours:
Six-spotted Tiger Beetle (Cicindela sexguttata) Alleyn-et-Cawood, Québec, Canada.

 

[Jack]

That's really impressive photos here Greg Shchepanek . Thanks for sharing

 

[Greg Shchepanek]

I do love the Beetles...and not just for their music

 

[Greg Shchepanek]

Love before the winter comes: A happy couple of Winter Fireflies (Ellychnia corrusca) take some time on a leaf of an old logging road at Alleyn-et-Cawood, Québec, Canada.

 

[Greg Shchepanek]

Different Lightning bug: Black Firefly (Lucidota atra) On Royal Fern (Osmunda regalis) The Alfred Bog, Alfred, Ontario, Canada.

 

[Greg Shchepanek]

Winter Firefly (Ellychnia corrusca) Shenandoah National Park, Virginia, United States.

 

[Javier Ruperez]

Rhytidophloeus rothschildi [Madagascar]

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[Jack]

Rhytidophloeus rothschildi [Madagascar]

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Beautiful shot Javier Ruperez ,

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