Last night I went to the local park at night to check out the bright lights in the parking lot for #iNaturalist observations. There's often moths and things there, this time there were tons of green June beetles (Cotinis nitida).

#nature #wildlife #naturephotography #beetles #coleoptera #inordinatefondnessforbeetles

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.