These ancient #plants attract #pollinators by getting hot https://www.npr.org/2025/12/11/nx-s1-5637486/ancient-heat-producing-plants-glow-infrared-scent-not-color

Infrared radiation is an ancient #pollination signal: Wendy Valencia-Montoya et al. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adz1728

"long before brightly colored flowers evolved, these plants would metabolically rev themselves up when they had pollen at the ready. Nocturnal #insects such as #beetles could then see the heat from afar and home in on the target. These heat-producing #cycads exist today in tropical forests around the world"

Lots of beetle facts and unsurpassed presentation from ZeFrank

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spuO7OpS6zw

#ScienceHippies
#Beetles

is this anything

#WeevilWednesday #bugstodon #insects #beetles #weevils #Coleoptera #Curculionoidea #MastoArt #art

All of the little Christmas #beetles of #Canberra are congregating in my bedroom where I have been wrapping presents with all the lights on, and some of them are attempting to take up residence in my hair.

In case you’re wondering why there’s no beetles at your house.

Common Asparagus Beetle (Crioceris asparagi)

#Beetle #Coleoptera #ArtWithOpenSource #Darktable #CCBYSA #Insect #Insects #Beetles #Animal #Animals #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography #Nature #NaturePhotography #PicOfTheDay #PhotoOfTheDay #Photo #Photography

#NewSpecies!
New jewel beetle from #japan just snuck in:

Habroloma tsutsumiuchii

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/203D7D32-DF42-1D2C-FF68-FA6D28271E21
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5725.1.2
#Zootaxa #HabrolomaTsutsumiuchii

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #invertebrates #entomology #insects #coleoptera #beetles #bugs #jewels

noch ein sehr goldiger #DailyBug (mai '23)

Seidiger Rohrkäfer
Plateumaris sericea
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seidiger_Rohrk%C3%A4fer

#insekten #insects #kaefer #beetles #bugstodon #krabbeltierchen #AuwaldRunde #nature #biodiversity #entomology