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Category: Coleoptera (Beetles)

Phobetus comatus

January 9, 2022 Dan Nelson 3 Comments

Here is another ‘blast from the past’, rediscovered during my organization of old photos, a handsome species of scarab beetle…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Coleoptera (Beetles), Insecta, Phobetus, Plants, Scarabaeidae, Species Profiles Filed under: Phobetus comatus

Cryptorhynchus lapathi (Poplar-and-willow Borer)

January 2, 2022 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

I just never get to see enough dung imitating bugs, and the ones that imitate bird poop, like the weevil…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Coleoptera (Beetles), Cryptorhynchus, Curculionidae (True Weevils), Insecta, Species Profiles Filed under: Cryptorhynchus lapathi, Poplar-and-willow Borer

Ocypus olens (Devil’s Coach Horse)

December 20, 2021 Dan Nelson 1 Comment

One of my favorite critters to find whilst on the clock was Ocypus olens, the Devil’s Coach Horse. I fact…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Coleoptera (Beetles), Insecta, Ocypus, Plants, Species Profiles, Staphylinidae Filed under: Devil's Coach Horse, Ocypus olens

Pterostichus lama

December 14, 2021 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

This big carabid beetle taxa is probably the only Pterostichus I’ll ever be able to identify in the field, because…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Carabidae, Coleoptera (Beetles), Insecta, Pterostichus, Species Profiles Filed under: Pterostichus lama

Nicrophorus nigrita (Black Burying Beetle)

December 6, 2021 Dan Nelson 6 Comments

In spite of (okay, let’s be honest- at least in part because of) their disgusting lifestyle, I kind of love…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Coleoptera (Beetles), Insecta, Nicrophorus, Silphidae, Species Profiles Filed under: Black Burying Beetle, Nicrophorus nigrita

Cassida rubiginosa (Thistle Tortoise Beetle)

November 17, 2021 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

This very interesting member of the family Chrysomelidae, which, in Europe, also goes by the common names bloody-nosed beetle (because…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Cassida, Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles), Coleoptera (Beetles), Insecta, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Cassida rubignosa, Thistle Tortoise Beetle

Iphthiminus serratus

November 13, 2021 Dan Nelson 3 Comments

Only recently, because of a burgeoning interest in Myxogastria(slime ‘molds’) and Myriapoda (millipedes and centipedes), have I begun to explore…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Coleoptera (Beetles), Insecta, Iphthiminus, Species Profiles, Tenebrionidae

Pinodytes sp.

November 3, 2021 Dan Nelson 5 Comments

I found this interesting member of the family Leiodidae (round fungus beetles) whilst searching a colony of Trichia varia for…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Coleoptera (Beetles), Insecta, Leiodidae, Pinodytes, Species Profiles Filed under: Pinodytes sp.

Namunaria pacifica

October 31, 2021 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

These little ironclad beetles in the family Zopheridae (cylindrical bark beetles) do not have a common name. I found them…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Coleoptera (Beetles), Insecta, Namunaria, Species Profiles, Zopheridae Filed under: Namunaria pacifica

Carabus nemoralis (European Ground Beetle)

October 19, 2021 Dan Nelson 3 Comments

I love flipping a log or rock and finding these large beetles in the family Carabidae (which are also sometimes…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Carabidae, Carabus, Coleoptera (Beetles), Insecta, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Carabus nemoralis, European Ground Beetle

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