New #research in #RESEcolEnt

From primary #forest to human-modified habitats: Impacts of #LandUseChange on Amazonian #GroundBeetle #diversity
doi.org/10.1111/een.70079

@sheborg.bsky.social @robwilsonmncn.bsky.social @callomac.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social

Photo credit: Laura Londoño Alejo

Trechus apicalis Motschulsky ZooKeys 245 001 g021

#Trechus altitudinum is a species of #groundBeetle in the subfamily #Trechinae. It was described by Deuve in 2004.

The scheme of measurements in C. granulatus. EL—Elytra length: distance between the posterior end of scutellum and the terminus of right elytron (if the right elytron is not intact, the left one may be used). EW—Elytra width: distance between the anterior-distal corners of the elytra. PL—Pronotum length: measured along the central furrow of the pronotum. PW—Pronotum width: distance between the two posterior corners. HL—Head length: distance between the labrum and the juncture of the occiput and postgena. DE—Dorsally measured interocular distance between inner margins.

#LiteratureNotice Ferracini et al. Sexual Size Dimorphism Depends Drastically on Environment: The Case Study in Ground Beetles doi.org/10.3390/inse... #Beetle #Beetles #dimorphism #groundbeetle

Calleida punctata pictured on goldenrod, in the middle of the photo and facing down left. The beetle is very colorful, with a black head and short black antennae. Its thorax is orange. The head and thorax are both somewhat elongated. The legs are orange and black and its wings are a deep green, also long and thin.

Punctate Harp Ground Beetle #PunctateHarpGroundBeetle #CalleidaPunctata #GroundBeetle #Beetle #Insect #Animal #Nature #Goldenrod #Photography #Wisconsin

Leistus rufomarginatus #groundbeetle I found in my garden.

I place it in a white bowl for pics and vids, then returned it outside. 🥲

#invertebrate

"The beetle’s polished back, a shield of green,
Slips in and out the tall grass’s sheaves,
And all the air is trembling with the heat
Which climbs in little waves along the ground." Amy Lowell (1919)
#photography #insect #beetle #metallic #sheen #Violet #GroundBeetle #CarabusViolaceus #dimples

It is fantastic to see all active ground beetles when it is dark. Here a Garden Ground Beetle, Carabus hortensis (at daytime).

#groundbeetle #carabus #carabushortensis #insects #predator #insectphotography #macrophotography #biodiversity #bjärebiodiversity #INaturalist

🐌 Small snail-eating beetle
Sphaeroderus stenostomus

#springisintheair #springrain #bugporn #groundbeetle #beetles #Sphaeroderus

A black bug with an elongated abdomen, mandibles for a mouth and a double tail coated with thin hairs.

This is a ground beetle larvae I found crawling across a sidewalk in the Pacific northwest. There are a number of species and it'd be quite a task to narrow it down to a single one. It is about 6mm long.
#macrophotography #groundbeetle #insectphotography #insect #naturephotography #bug #beetle

I saw this #GroundBeetle (some species of #Carabidae) crossing a trail, in Marin County. Look at those long legs!

Pierced silver cutout and blue glass earrings. Wearable art from a series depicting beneficial insects

Scarabs symbolize #life, #death and #rebirth. These ground beetles represent valuable members of the garden community.
#beneficial #insects #💙 #silver #groundbeetle #ecology #art
#jewelry #glass #sculpture

The handsome ground beetle Carabus cancellatus

#carabus #carabuscancellatus #groundbeetle #kopparlöpare #beetle #coleoptera #biodiversity #biologiskmångfald #backyardbiodiversity #macrophotography #insectphotography #naturephotography #macroshot #macrophoto #bjärebiodiversity #bjärenatur #bjäre

A black beetle. It has long antennae and small sharp jaws. It has ridges going down its abdomen.

A ground beetle

(Abax parallelepipedus)

#groundbeetle #beetle #insect #invertebrate #photography

Two Myas cyanescens beetles next to each other. The left beetle has a green wing with a damaged elytra. Picture taken through a microscope.

I collect and ID ground #beetles for work. I found a Myas cyanescens with its left elytra green. Chimerism? The other half was unfortunately damaged by a tweezer. #carabid #groundbeetle

@nordicoikos @wileyecolevol #predator #nitrogencycling #soilfoodwebs #temperateforests #groundbeetle #soilfauna

Another day of bug studies! Got some microbes in the collection this time, too ^^

#bugs #velvetworm #tardigrade #waterbear #daphnia #scud #shrimp #snail #centipede #springtail #spider #insect #beetle #bee #cranefly #moth #ant #lacewing #maskedbee #acornant #barklouse #groundbeetle #jumpingspider