This tiny beetle is hanging out on the flower of a starfruit tree. This is also done with my new DIY diffuser. Even though its very glossy, it works ok here. I have more to do though to make it at least slightly more diffuse.
#Nature #Photography #SriLanka #Beetles #Coleoptera #Macro #FleaBeetle #Luperomorpha
I caught this wrinkled soldier beetle (Podabrus rugosulus) just as they were popping their elytra to fly off:
#InsectDanceMoves #ReadyForTakeOff #InsectThursday #beetle #Coleoptera #insects
#WeevilWednesday: The other day I was at a native plant gardening thing and afterwards a few of us were checking out an overgrown patch and noting various plants. There was a lot of Canada thistle, _Cirsium arvense_ (which isn't actually from Canada) and I said the only good thing about it was that it often had weevils. And right then I spotted a Canada thistle bud weevil (_Larinus carlinae_) on one of them! I made the others look at it because LOOK AT IT.
Then I had to ask one of them to hold it for a moment so I could grab my clip-on macro lens and put it on my phone for photos.
#bugstodon #insects #beetles #weevils #Coleoptera #Curculionidae #Lixinae