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  1. Pink Spotted Lady Beetle

    Pink Spotted Lady Beetle

    Taken at the Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline. Trying out the macro mode on my new camera.
    • CalvinFold
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    • beetle coleomegilla lady beetle maculata pink spotted
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Invertebrates
  2. Beetle --- Albania

    Beetle --- Albania

    Another beetle seen above Theth, Albania on the 21st of June. This one's pretty cool looking, but I have no idea on the ID.
    • Bokmakierie99
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    • albania beetle unidentified
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Invertebrates
  3. Six Spotted Ground Beetle

    Six Spotted Ground Beetle

    • Shantilal Varu
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    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Invertebrates
  4. Seven-spotted Lady Beetle

    Seven-spotted Lady Beetle

    Seven-spotted Lady Beetle (Coccinella septempunctata: Coccinellidae) They range in size from 5-8mm (0.20-0.31 in) long. Photographed on a Queen Annes Lace inflorescence (Daucus carota: Apiaceae) in north Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, USA. Post Oak Savannah Vegetational Area. Disturbed roadside...
    • Stanley Jones
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    • beetle brazos county bryan coccinella coccinellidae lady septempunctata seven-spotted texas usa
    • Comments: 14
    • Category: Invertebrates
  5. Watercress Leaf Beetle

    Watercress Leaf Beetle

    Watercress Leaf Beetle (Phaedon viridis: Chrysomelidae) This small beetle is ca. 5 mm (0.2 in) long. Photographed along the Navasota River riparian at the terminus of Sulphur Springs Road, east of College Station, Brazos County, Texas, USA. Riparian dominated by cedar elm/water elm/water oak at...
    • Stanley Jones
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    • beetle brazos chrysomelidae college station county leaf phaedon texas usa viridis watercress
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: Invertebrates
  6. Bioluminescent Click Beetle

    Bioluminescent Click Beetle

    Bioluminescent Click Beetle (Pyrophorus sp.: Elateridae) This beetle is ca. 4.0 cm (1.6 in) long. Photographed at night lights at our hotel in El Valle de Antn, Cocl Province, Panama. Ro Guayabo riparian, surrounded by secondary humid forest at ca. 622 m (2,042 ft) elevation.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • beetle bioluminescent click elateridae panama pyrophorus
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: Invertebrates
  7. Long-horned Beetle

    Long-horned Beetle

    Long-horned Beetle (Lagocheirus binumeratus: Cerambycidae) This beetle was found under night lights at the Canopy Lodge, El Valle de Antn, Cocl Province, Panama along Ro Guayabo surrounded by secondary riparian humid forest at ca. 622 m (2,042 ft) elevation.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • beetle binumeratus cerambycidae lagocheirus long-horned panama
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: Invertebrates
  8. Long-horned Beetle

    Long-horned Beetle

    Long-horned Beetle (Neoptychodes candidus: Cerambycidae) This beetle is ca. 3.5 cm (1.4 in) long. Photographed in El Valle de Antn, Cocl Province, Panama. Lodge wall along the Ro Guayabo riparian, secondary humid forest at ca. 622 m (2,042 ft) elevation.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • beetle candidus cerambycidae cocle province long-horned neoptychodes panama
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Invertebrates
  9. Bronzed Tiger Beetle

    Bronzed Tiger Beetle

    Bronzed Tiger Beetle (Cicindela repanda repanda: Carabidae) These tiger beetles are 1.0-1.3 cm (0.4-0.5 in) long. Photographed in Lick Creek Park, College Station, Brazos County, Texas, USA. Bottomland hardwoods dominated by cedar elm and water oak with some water hickory at ca. 96 m (315 ft)...
    • Stanley Jones
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    • beetle brazos bronzed carabidae cicindela college station county lick creek park repanda texas tiger usa
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: Invertebrates
  10. Six-spotted Tiger Beetle

    Six-spotted Tiger Beetle

    Six-spotted Tiger Beetle (Cicindela sexguttata: Carabidae) These tiger beetles are 1.4-1.6 cm (0.55-0.63 in) long. Photographed in Lick Creek Park, College Station, Brazos County, Texas, USA. Bottomland hardwoods dominated by cedar elm and water oak with some water hickory at ca. 96 m (315 ft)...
    • Stanley Jones
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    • beetle brazos carabidae cicindela college station county lick creek park sexguttata six-spotted texas tiger usa
    • Comments: 14
    • Category: Invertebrates
  11. Texan Solider Beetle

    Texan Solider Beetle

    Texan Solider Beetle (Chauliognathus scutellaris: Cantharidae) This individual is ca. 12 mm (0.47 in) long. Photographed on Huisache Daisy (Amblyolepis setigera: Asteraceae). Ranch near Cotulla, La Salle County, Texas, USA. South Texas Plains Vegetational Area, mesquite/grassland at ca. 130 m...
    • Stanley Jones
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    • beetle cantharidae chauliognathus scutellaris cotulla la salle county solider texan texas usa
    • Comments: 16
    • Category: Invertebrates
  12. Black Blister Beetle

    Black Blister Beetle

    Black Blister Beetle (Epicauta pennsylvanica: Meloidae) They are 1.0-2.54 cm long (0.38-1.0 in). Photographed on Tall Goldenrod (Solidago altissima). Photographed in Lick Creek Park, College Station, Brazos County, Texas, USA. Bottomland hardwood woodland dominated by Cedar elm and water oak...
    • Stanley Jones
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    • beetle black blister brazos college station county epicauta lick creek meloidae park pennsylvanica texas usa
    • Comments: 16
    • Category: Invertebrates
  13. Immaculate Blister Beetle

    Immaculate Blister Beetle

    Immaculate Blister Beetle (Epicauta immaculta: Meloidae) Adults like this one range from 1.3-2.3 cm (0.51-0.91 in) long. Photographed on a ranch near Cotulla, La Salle County, Texas, USA. South Texas Plains, mesquite/grassland at ca. 130 m (427 ft) elevation.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • beetle blister cotulla county epicauta immaculate immaculta la salle meloidae texas usa
    • Comments: 17
    • Category: Invertebrates
  14. Southern Spotted Cucumber Beetle

    Southern Spotted Cucumber Beetle

    Southern Spotted Cucumber Beetle also known as the Southern Corn Rootworm (Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi: Chrysomelidae) These small attractive beetles range from 5.5-7mm (0.22-0.28 in) long. However attractive, they are a major agricultural pest. Photographed at Lick Creek Park, College...
    • Stanley Jones
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    • beetle brazos chrysomelidae college station county cucumber diabrotica howardi lick creek park southern spotted texas undecimpunctata us
    • Comments: 18
    • Category: Invertebrates
  15. Texas Ironclad Beetle

    Texas Ironclad Beetle

    Texas Ironclad Beetle (Zopherus nodulosus haldemani: Zopheridae) These large and conspicuous beetles get 1.9-3.8 cm (0.75-1.5 in) long. Photographed in Lick Creek Park, College Station, Brazos County, Texas, USA. On a decaying tree in the bottomlands dominated by cedar elm and water oak with...
    • Stanley Jones
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    • beetle brazos college station county haldemani ironclad lick creek nodulosus park texas usa zoperus zopheridae
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: Invertebrates
  16. Click Beetle

    Click Beetle

    Click Beetle
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    • beetle
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Invertebrates
  17. Ground Beetle

    Ground Beetle

    Ground Beetle
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    • Category: Invertebrates
  18. Tortoise Shell Beetle?

    Tortoise Shell Beetle?

    I just learnt this name from Stanley's post, hope I got it right, though the species may be different.
    • eastwood
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    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Invertebrates
  19. Japanese Beetle

    Japanese Beetle

    • sarniabirding
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    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Invertebrates
  20. Rose Chafer Beetle (Cetonia aurata)

    Rose Chafer Beetle (Cetonia aurata)

    Several of these flying beauties were gathering nectar from the cliff flowers near South Stack last week.
    • Mick Sway
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    • beetle flying green rose chafer
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Invertebrates
  21. Beetle

    Beetle

    • Joe52
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    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Invertebrates
  22. Jewel Beetle or is it a Wasp ?

    Jewel Beetle or is it a Wasp ?

    One of the most colourful insects found in the tropical and sub tropical regions with varied colours and patterns.. a beauty to capture too
    • coolbrat
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    • beetle wasp
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Butterflies & Moths
  23. Scarlet lily beetle

    Scarlet lily beetle

    The scarlet lily beetle (Lilioceris lilii), or red / leaf lily beetle, is a leaf beetle that eats the leaves, stem, buds and flower of lilies, fritillaries and other members of the family Liliaceae. They mainly lay their eggs on Lilium and Fritillaria species. Observed in absence of Lilium and...
    • Turdus
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    • Comments: 11
    • Category: Invertebrates
  24. Beetle (Cerambyciadae)

    Beetle (Cerambyciadae)

    Cerambyciade Beetle. Body ca. 2.5 cm (1) long. Photographed on a wall of the Amazonia Lodge. River-edge forest, a lowland rainforest along the banks of Rio Alto Madre de Dios in the Madre de Dios District at ca. 488 m elevation. Humid Forest Life Zone. Just north of Atalaya (end of Manu Road).
    • Stanley Jones
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    • amazonia lodge beetle cerambyciade peru
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: Invertebrates
  25. six spotted ground Beetle

    six spotted ground Beetle

    • Shantilal Varu
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    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Invertebrates
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