Mastodawn

In order to feed the hashtag #Calligrapha, let me present this Calligrapha pantherina from New Britain, Papua New Guinea.

Everybody, have a closer look at insects and you will find beauty! (for example in the amazing pictures by @alexwild)

#insects #macrophotography #chrysomelidae #png #biodiversity #naturePhotography #forLoveOfInsects

Alex Wild 4d ago

A Calligrapha beetle- named of course for the beautiful inscriptions on its elytra- sits on its dogwood host plant. Texas.

#Insects #Beetles #Calligrapha #Chrysomelidae

Sierra Dec 26, 2022

For today’s #InverteFest, my #Coleoptera collection. ID’d to family, from all over #Louisiana 2020-21. Malaise nets, mercury vapor light, aquatic and terrestrial nets, beat sheets, litter sifting. I don’t sacrifice any more specimens now that I’m no longer in an #Entomology program, but they deserve to be shared and celebrated! Next year I really want to meet a #Calligrapha spiraea. If God is real, she has an #InordinateFondnessForBeetles.