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Coleoptera ( /koʊliːˈɒptərə/) is an order of insects commonly called beetles. The word "coleoptera" is from the Greek κολεός, koleos, meaning "sheath"; and πτερόν, pteron, meaning "wing", thus "sheathed wing". The reason for the name is that most beetles have two pairs of wings, the front pair, the "elytra", being hardened and thickened into a sheath-like, or shell-like, protection for the rear pair, and for the rear part of the beetle's body. The superficial consistency of most beetles' morphology, in particular their possession of elytra, has long suggested that the Coleoptera are monophyletic, but there is growing evidence that this is unjustified, there being arguments for example, in favour of allocating the current suborder Adephaga their own order, or very likely even more than one.
taken at kodiang, kedah
LAT:Nezara viridula
ENG:Southern green stink bug
En vakker tege som opprinnelig kommer fra Afrika. Men kan være en plage for jordbruket da larvene kan gjøre skade på grønnsaker.
Insect and flower. I shot this series with Olympus TOUGH TG-5 by using (normal) macro feature. In this case I could not use extended focus because insect was moving way too fast and it was quite challange to get some photos even with normal macro. I shot over 200 photos to get these few. However with compact macro (with small sensor size) this is somewhat easier than with full frame sensor DSLR and macro lens. Hausjärvi, Finland. 28.8.2017
That's what I learned the other day! I feel a bit silly having not known that... but it's great to learn :)... I was very surprised when watching this rove beetle roaming on a fence to see it uncurl some huge wings. It shook them about into various positions before tucking them away again and walking off :)
Banded Treebrown (Lethe confusa, Satyrinae)
My mother instilled in me the importance of never leaving home without a handkerchief and wearing clean underwear - a notion that still persists to this day. Butterfly mothers insist their offspring never leave home without their eyespots.
Many Lepidoptera, and notably the Satyrinae butterfly subfamily possess eyespot patterns on their wings. See comments for a complete wing image of the Banded Treebrown....
These may be large conspicuous eyespots that are concealed at rest and only exposed when the insect is disturbed by a potential predator. The sudden appearance of a "pair of eyes" frightens or confuses the attacking predator so that a prey has an opportunity to flee.
But eyespots on the undersides of the wings, usually towards the margins of the wings and visible continuously in butterflies at rest, are assumed (yet debatably proven) to have a different function in avoiding predation by misdirecting the attacks of predators. Eyespots can draw the attention of a predator towards themselves: instead of attempting to strike at the body of a prey, the predator directs its capture attempts to the marginal eyespots.
In this scenario, when a predator grabs a butterfly by its wings, it may manage to break free with its body intact, albeit having lost part of its wing tissue.
This individual, however, has practically used up any of it's bonus lives in one foul swoop, but on this occasion, lives to fly another day.
Pu'er, Yunnan, China
Taken in my garden I think the butterfly is looking for a drink in between the stones as have seen this before, with other butterflies.
Twin-striped Clubtail
Gomphus geminatus
male
Boggy Creek,
La Florista Perdida Management Area
Escambia Co., Florida
28 March 2013
One day, during my vacation in Krabi, Thailand, it rained very heavily and this HUGE Cricket came into our room at the resort. It was let out gently after the rain stopped.
Come to Paradise with me in my blog: A Return To Krabi, part 1 and A Return To Krabi, part 2
*Note: More pics of Insects and Arachnids in my Fauna ~ Invertebrates Album.
What a beak! Found lurking on one of the greenhouse cacti - never seen this one before, looks like the Apion genus, anybody know the species?
Male darter dragonfly on the neighbour's decking. There were two of these around ofteb fighting for dominance of the pond. They obviously survived the recent rainstorms. Natural light shots. Focus stacked using zerene stacker
Hubby almost fainted coming across this bizarre small insect creature with the strange mask-like markings. I thought it was kindof cute. Took close up photos to try to convince him. Hubby is not convinced. ;) I learned it is one of the most ancient and least evolutionarily changed insects, appearing in the Devonian period(!) called a Bristletail... related to silverfish (which I am more familiar with)...but such magical and colorful iridescent moth-like feathery scales on the front part!. So very crustacean-like as well.
Sawfly is the common name for insects belonging to suborder Symphyta of the order Hymenoptera. Sawflies are distinguishable from most other Hymenoptera by the broad connection between the abdomen and the thorax, and by their caterpillar-like larvae. The common name comes from the saw-like appearance of the ovipositor, which the females use to cut into the plants where they lay their eggs. Large populations of certain sawfly species can cause substantial economic damage to forests and cultivated plants.
European Cabbage Butterfly on Prickly Lettuce flower.
Pieris rapae on Lactuca scariola. Cold mornings make the insects approachable.