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Hibernation huddle. Two-spot, Cream-spot and couple of Harlequin ladybirds on a gravestone in Edinburgh #AmazingBeetles #UrbanEcology #Wildlife

I hate to blow his cover, but he's not an ant.

Acanthinus argentinus (Anthicidae), an ant-like flower beetle.
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Our revision and phylogeny of Thonalmus (Coleoptera, Lycidae) is finally out at The Coleopterists Society Monograph series, with the discovery of 7 new species! In your opinion, which of these is prettier? Publication available for download at: researchgate.net/publication/37… #AmazingBeetles

A small selection of larger #beetles found & photographed in tropical southern Peru during our expedition, including classic Neotropical genera of tiger-, ground-, dung-, rhinoceros-, click-, jewel-, soldier-, pleasing fungus-, & tortoise beetles, weevils & others #AmazingBeetles

What’s even better than a bee? 🐝
A BEE BEETLE (Trichius fasciatus)!

This master of mimicry has been on my wishlist for a long time. I finally saw them at the recent Scottish Entomologists Gathering at Dundreggan Rewilding Centre . Worth the wait 💚

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Very long, very flat! #amazingbeetles

These guys are ~4mm in length, photographed at 5x magnification.

Hemipeplus microphthalmus (Mycteridae)

Still on time for #FossilFriday our latest collaboration lead by Alexandra Tokareva describing the oldest case of paedomorphosis on Staphylinidae! Very cool case and impressive beetle! #AmazingBeetles

[ #Entomology ] 🪲 European #NetWingedBeetles of the Pyropterus clade, with the description of Gomezzuritus gen. nov. ( #Coleoptera : #Lycidae )

✒️ Sergey V. Kazantsev et al.
🔗 DOI: doi.org/10.5852/ejt.20…
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Delighted to find 4 of these fabulous little fakers, Endomychus coccineus, AKA the False Ladybird. 🐞

Nice try beetle, but you don’t fool me.

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Ladybird pupa on a gravestone #AmazingBeetles

Adischissus notulatus (Fabricius, 1801)

Found this #beetle under a rock in a grassland in the northern dry lowlands of #SriLanka . My first obs of this species which seems to be widely distributed in the Oriental region. Thanks Tharindu Ranasinghe for spotting this one.
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I’ll never tire of talking about beetles and museum collections! 🪲

Big thanks to Jack Perks for having me on the The Bearded Tit's Podcast podcast!

Have a listen:
🎧beardedtit.podbean.com/e/british-beet…
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to occur in the Americas but previously unknown in the United States! Isn't it nice when science helps us discover cool things about the world? Check out our paper published at the The Coleopterists Society and full report at the link below! #amazingbeetles #Coleoptera tinyurl.com/3pxu8aya

Ashleigh Whiffin BBC Springwatch Friends Of Warriston Cemetery National Museums Scotland Natural Sciences NMS Coleopterists Society of Britain and Ireland Iolo Williams Lovely piece on #Winterwatch Ashleigh, I'm inspired to check out Warriston Cemetery and it's #AmazingBeetles !

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Stenodontes chevrolati found at the base of a dead red birch today at QEII Botanic Park. Too many ants to put in my pocket 🥴

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False Blister Beetle, Oedemera podagrariae, #ThickThighs #Fatlegs #Oedemera #Coleoptera #Beetles #AmazingBeetles #Isects #invertebrates #Macro #grasslands

Carabus glabratus Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 f/4.5 1/250 iso: 400 Srbsko, Czech Republic 5/29/2010 #Coleoptera #Carabidae #beetles #AmazingBeetles #GroundBeetles #insects #invertebrates #Macro #grasslands

False Blister Beetle, Oedemera podagrariae, Canon 7S EF 100 2.8 f/ 3.5 1/400 iso: 260 Milovice, czech Republic 6/13/2014 #ThickThighs #Fatlegs #Oedemera #Coleoptera #Beetles #AmazingBeetles #Isects #invertebrates #Macro #grasslands