Dung Beetle Dung Beetle I promise I’ll only use the “also known as” thing this one time. Only some of the “also known as” used in advertising, rock band, or book title are funny.  LOL. I found my first DUNG beetle in Connecticut last weekend!! What? No RAH!!!  But that’s right. ...
Black Knot of Cherry Black Knot of Cherry Beetle Larva in Black Knot of Cherry Black knot, Apiosporina morbosa of cherry and related trees (in this case on choke cherry).- is a fungal infection that causes lesions that look as if tar has been splashed on the branches. These black knots- hence the name, are produced as the...
Three Striped Cucumber Beetle, Lema daturaphila Three Striped Cucumber Beetle, Lema daturaphila Three Striped Cucumber Beetle, Lema daturaphila, late instar larva A Group of Larvae This leaf beetle family member, Chrysomelidae had me stumped in June only because of the first field guide I checked, I just couldn’t find it...
categories: Beetles (Coleoptera), INSECTS
Interesting Spider, Interesting Capture Update The ladybird beetle is for sure the fourteen spot ladybug, Propylea quatuordecimpunctata, which got ensnared in a small web builder- possibly in the Spider Genus Theridion. While the web here seems small, we have to flash back a bit and think that this web might have been a bit...
categories: ARACHNIDS, Beetles (Coleoptera)
Weevil sp.? Weevil sp.? Active now, warm night in Upstate NY! A female weevil, beetles (Coleoptera) in the superfamily Cuculionoidea. A lot of these weevils over-winter as adults. We’ll see what the Weevil Task Force comes up with! Hexter Longsnouten is supposed to call me back in a few with an ID if bugguide.net...
categories: Beetles (Coleoptera)
Variegated June Beetle A few more photos from summer. This is from June 20, and I’m glad I took another look at it, instead of thinking it was just another large brown beetle. The antennae are so cool, and the beetle was very stately and robotic as it moved on my driveway. This is the Variegated June Beetle, Polyphylla...
categories: Beetles (Coleoptera)
Dibolia Flea Beetle So, I caught it out of the corner of me eye, feeling as if I was seeing a black shiny seed bulldozing against a white snowy background. I approached with caution, only a bit of digital amo left, and my legs were tired from the long journey from my car to the wall. I bent down camera affixed, and snapped...
categories: Beetles (Coleoptera)
Flat Bark Beetle Flat Bark Beetle Silvanid Flat Bark Beetles (Silvanidae) » Brontinae » Dendrophagus » Dendrophagus cygnaei This beetle turned out, according to bugguide.net’s experts, to be a Silvanid Flat Bark Beetle (family Silvanidae), specifically Dendrophagus cygnai. While the genus name implies “tree-eating=...
categories: Beetles (Coleoptera)
Faux Tiger Beetle A friend and I made an early March trip to a small stream running under I87 in Saratoga County. The area was thick with shrubs, including tons of sharp thorned wild black berry (rhubus), and tangles of alien bittersweet (Celastrus), Poison Ivy vines and Virginia Creepers. The shore of the stream was better,...
categories: Beetles (Coleoptera)
Long Horned Beetle This is a set of 4 or 5 favorite images from a trip in 2006 to the Osa Peninsula of Costa Rica. Many animals in my sets never get names- the various specialists are all over the world, or at the University of Costa Rica. Hope to get them I.D.’d one day. I believe this is in the Long Horned Beetle group,...
categories: Beetles (Coleoptera)
