zum #BugOfTheDay küre ich hiermit den

Bläulichvioletten Tatzenkäfer
Timarcha goettingensis
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bl%C3%A4ulichvioletter_Tatzenk%C3%A4fer

von vorgestern (heute auf meiner inliner- statt auwaldrunde keine fotos gemacht).
ist der nicht knuffig?

#insekten #insects #kaefer #beetle #krabbeltierchen #nature #biodiversity #entomology

#Beetle Don’t know what type

@mysterycryptid Is turning people into bugs! A mad scientist is on the loose and capturing people to inject with science juice, transforming them into bugs.

It was such a fun idea I had to get in on it, and Lenora turned me into a teeny little shiny June bug! Say "hi" to beetle-t3rm!

The description is a little dark, but I think it's also funny. Hopefully the survivors can escape and form a teeny bug-person society!

#furry #commission #furryart #beetle #insect #tranformation #medical #science

Once again, the lady beetle, Cetonia, in the photo—unlike in the previous video. She is vegan, but her larvae are not. She is also highly poisonous. And its larvae parasitize various species of bees; they wait on a flower, latch onto a bee, let themselves be carried into the nest, and there they eat everything they can find. I was struck by the speed and efficiency with which this particular beetle ate a blade of grass—its mandibles must be extremely sharp.
#nature #macrophoto #beetle

I had a request for a "Bug" based on open source reference photos...so have a Carabus auronitens!

I used research-grade photos by Ludivine Lamare to figure out how the iridescence and anatomy worked. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/207209208

#art #sciart #nature #bug #beetle #invertebrate #animal #mastoart #creativetoots #arthropod #shiny #insect

Some more pics of rosemary beetles.
I missed these guys when I was in Canada. They're fairly common here, but they're very beautiful and always a joy to photograph.
#photography #macro #wildlife #insects #beetle #beetles

I saw the #MonochromeMarch hashtag and thought it would be fun to do a painting! This painting is of a banded alder borer and was done in gouache on 12"x9" mixed media paper only using the color black. It was a very fun painting to do! (zine permission granted.)

#art #MastoArt #MonochromeMonday #watercolor #goauche #beetle

In the video, two oil beetles show that they can do two things at once.
#macro #macrovideo #beetle #nature #naturevideo