I have a horror of spiders.
#teambeetle
A fully grown Stinkhorn mushroom in leaf litter with several carrion beetles feeding on and around it
A closer view of the cap of the Stinkhorn with several Red-breasted Carrion beetles on it plus one or two actually submerged in it
Lots of flies and at least 20 Red-breasted Carrion Beetles enjoying this Stinkhorn earlier today #FungiFriends #TeamBeetle @carrionbeetlesuk.bsky.social
A large black beetle with long antennae and four large oblong-ish orange spots on each wing case giving the impression of four bands across the wings hence its name
A Four-banded Longhorn beetle, Leptura quadrifasciata, that landed beside the garden gate this afternoon #TeamBeetle
A brown beetle with a cream central band spotted with black spots and blotches and very long brown/black striped antennae - shown sitting on the top corner of a fence post
A lovely longhorn beetle found on a fence post after work today, a Black-clouded Longhorn (Leiopus nebulosus/linnei agg)… #TeamBeetle
Topping up the garden pond tonight and loads of beetles began appearing from the mud and silt. 100s of Bembidion but also a few staphs. Platystethus alutaceus and Scopaeus sulcicollis were both new for me. #teambeetle #coleoptera
Silvanus unidentatus found running along the kitchen worktop this morning. #coleoptera #teambeetle
A new one for me. Rhyzopertha dominica. Landed on me this evening whilst eating my dinner al fresco. Best kind of beetling. #coleoptera #teambeetle
Evolutionary battle Royale would be cool.
But I bet it'll come down to Carcinoforms vs. Coleoptera.
And I will be rooting for #TeamBeetle
Some of the 20 Maybugs that were in my moth trap this morning. They have been around a lot recently but this is definitely a peak count.
(There were moths too, although I haven't finished ID'ing them yet)
#teammoth #teambeetle @colsocbi.bsky.social
2024 highlights, group one, beetles. Violet Click Beetle, Oberea oculata, Lamia textor, Lucanus cervus. Projects for all these in the pipeline for 2025. #teambeetle
If you’ve never seen a #bluedeathfeigningbeetle drink water directly from a water dish before we’ll here you go. #teambeetle #bugsky #beetle #asbolusverrucosus
Oedemera femoralis, a large grey beetle with yellowish legs, sitting on a pale beige wood background.
#RecordOfTheWeek today is the beetle Oedemera femoralis, spotted in Underwood by Dylan Lewis. This nocturnal species can be found nectaring on ivy and sometimes visits moth traps / other lights. Many thanks for the record and photo, submitted via the #LERCWalesApp
#TeamBeetle #Coleoptera
When you buy an insect cabinet, remember to factor in the small fortune it'll cost to fit it out with plastazote.
#teambeetle
Earlier this year, I traveled #Japan and did the usual sightseeing 🗾🇯🇵 #tigerbeetle #TeamBeetle #Entomology