Here is another ‘blast from the past’, rediscovered during my organization of old photos, a handsome species of scarab beetle…
I just never get to see enough dung imitating bugs, and the ones that imitate bird poop, like the weevil…
One of my favorite critters to find whilst on the clock was Ocypus olens, the Devil’s Coach Horse. I fact…
This big carabid beetle taxa is probably the only Pterostichus I’ll ever be able to identify in the field, because…
In spite of (okay, let’s be honest- at least in part because of) their disgusting lifestyle, I kind of love…
This very interesting member of the family Chrysomelidae, which, in Europe, also goes by the common names bloody-nosed beetle (because…
Only recently, because of a burgeoning interest in Myxogastria(slime ‘molds’) and Myriapoda (millipedes and centipedes), have I begun to explore…
I found this interesting member of the family Leiodidae (round fungus beetles) whilst searching a colony of Trichia varia for…
These little ironclad beetles in the family Zopheridae (cylindrical bark beetles) do not have a common name. I found them…
I love flipping a log or rock and finding these large beetles in the family Carabidae (which are also sometimes…