Light pollution, silent environmental killer
This isn't my usual happy post with pretty pictures of bugs.
Mystery beetle challenges identification
Some say spotted-belly buprestid and others say ventrally-spotted buprestid. Either way it’s a jewel beetle or a metallic wood boring beetle.
Bug love on a petal soft hammock
A trip outside yields multiple new species for a newbie bug identifier.
Tortoise beetles: Pretty with a poopy past
How does a larva that builds itself a poop shield end up as such a pretty glittery adult insect?