Showing posts with label beetle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label beetle. Show all posts

Thursday, October 1, 2015

Margined Blister Beetles



Epicauta Funebris in the Meloidae family of beetles.  We saw a whole bunch of these devouring a plant at the Dutch Gap Conservation Area.

Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Net-winged beetles (Lycidae)

These two are either Calopteron recitulatum or Calopteron discrepans. Found at Rockwood Park in June 2015.

Wednesday, September 2, 2015

Black and yellow beetle [Carrion Beetle)


 beetle with a bee mimic coloring and can bend its"head" down 90 degrees!  little smaller than a dime (1/2")
I looked up this beetle and it is an American Carrion Beetle Necrophila americana


Friday, May 22, 2015

Beetle Larvae (Chrysomelidae)

An unflattering shot of beetle larvae at Rockwood Park in May 2015. I think they're in the family Chrysomelidae. I could probably ID them further than the family level if I had paid attention to what kind of leaf they're eating... haha...