Bug Luvrz

[Entomology]

Found some Corixidae at the beach recently! I found it quite odd- I didn't know they swam in salt water! Either way, i got to hold like 8 in my hand (Don't worry, I let them go)

Yay! I also found Notonectidae at my neighborhood pool one time in the summer, and I kept a few of them in a cup for a while. Then, one of my friends decided to flush them all down the toilet.

Ahh memories.

Yep, good ol ento.
I love taxonomy events, but unfortunately I usually get too attached to them. I can't believe fossils is rotating out, especially since it is supposed to be a 3 year rotation.

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Yep, good ol ento.
I love taxonomy events, but unfortunately I usually get too attached to them. I can't believe fossils is rotating out, especially since it is supposed to be a 3 year rotation.

Why do you have to do this to us, scioly?

[LIPX3]

What type of bug is this? I found it on my window.

This kind (Click to Show Hidden Text)

[img]http://i.imgur.com/RzxCYt5.jpg[/img] and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abnrw5FJZ1E

[SOnerd]

What type of bug is this? I found it on my window.

This kind (Click to Show Hidden Text)

[img]http://i.imgur.com/RzxCYt5.jpg[/img] and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abnrw5FJZ1E

Hm, well the picture is rather hard to decipher and the video is somewhat blurry as well.
That is not a "bug", it is a beetle. My best guess for the family is Elateridae (click beetles). Elateridae generally look something like this:

Elateridae (Click to Show Hidden Text)

[img]http://www.zin.ru/animalia/coleoptera/images/w_800/Ampedus_latiusculus_ms.jpg[/img]

Based on the picture and video, I cannot tell exactly. Buprestidae is the second-closest in appearance, but I do not believe it is correct.

[LIPX3]

What type of bug is this? I found it on my window.

This kind (Click to Show Hidden Text)

[img]http://i.imgur.com/RzxCYt5.jpg[/img] and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abnrw5FJZ1E

Hm, well the picture is rather hard to decipher and the video is somewhat blurry as well.
That is not a "bug", it is a beetle. My best guess for the family is Elateridae (click beetles). Elateridae generally look something like this:

Elateridae (Click to Show Hidden Text)

[img]http://www.zin.ru/animalia/coleoptera/images/w_800/Ampedus_latiusculus_ms.jpg[/img]

Based on the picture and video, I cannot tell exactly. Buprestidae is the second-closest in appearance, but I do not believe it is correct.

The bottom of the beetle looked like Harmonia axyridis, but it is was about three times as long with the top looking like Elateridae. It definitely wasn't Buprestidae, I know what those look like from Invasives.

[LIPX3]

Does anyone know what these are? I was cutting wood and found these beautiful larvae.

Image 1 (Click to Show Hidden Text)

[img]http://i.imgur.com/BHV2ZIY.jpg[/img]

Image 2 (Click to Show Hidden Text)

[img]http://i.imgur.com/vdo6Yak.jpg[/img]

[LIPX3]

Does anyone know what these are? I was cutting wood and found these beautiful larvae.

Image 1 (Click to Show Hidden Text)

[img]http://i.imgur.com/BHV2ZIY.jpg[/img]

Image 2 (Click to Show Hidden Text)

[img]http://i.imgur.com/vdo6Yak.jpg[/img]

Better quality photo if Image 1. I now believe it to be some type of Buprestidae, but I am unsure of the genus.

Image 3 (Click to Show Hidden Text)

[img]http://i.imgur.com/dQAjkDp.jpg[/img]

[Entomology]

During this season, my tennis court always gets overwhelmed by insects (and then I usually stop playing tennis to observe and identify the insects, to which everyone groans) . Tortricidae flying at night, blattodae hiding in random places, and most notably, small red Coleoptera. I believe it to be a leaf footed beetle, but I haven't been able to get a good look at them yet. Updates to come.

[SOnerd]

Ento is Lyfe!
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/spe ... -neckwear/
http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/praying-mant ... r-ginsburg
http://www.livescience.com/54969-prayin ... sburg.html
I want an insect named after me too....

[bernard]

Disappointed that Most Bug Luving is not a category for this year's superlatives.