Bright red beetle tries to hide
Tiny red beetle looks furry in macro view.
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?