on the 🧬 basis of heat stress in surface vs. subterranean diving has been downloaded >1,000 times! ⬇️🕳️🪲 turn on fewer genes, suggesting a less robust response ➡️ potentially higher stress in response to . 🤿🪲 nature.com/articles/s41598-022

#myoaarticle #beetles #climatechange

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Soh Kam Yung · @sohkamyung
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Fantastic disguise (mimicry).

"The new beetle species (Austrospirachtha carrijoi)—found beneath the soil in Australia’s Northern Territory—emulates a termite by enlarging its abdomen, a phenomenon known as physogastry. Evolution has reshaped this body part into a highly realistic replica of a termite (as seen above), head and all, which rides on top of the rest of the beetle’s body."

science.org/content/article/be

#australia #beetles #termites #evolution #mimicry #nature #biology

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Axel Steiner · @Natur
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Der knapp 3 mm kleine Brennnesselrüssler (Nedyus quadrimaculatus) beim Hofknicks. Wenn man mal Sehnsucht nach |n bekommt braucht man nur Brennnesseln abzuklopfen und voilà!

#russelkafer #Artenvielfalt #insekten #beetles #beetle #coleoptera #insects #kafer #Curculionidae #natur

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Thomas · @autisticphotographer
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Ian Senior · @ians4AD
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Found these false ladybirds today in wood on outskirts of Norwich today.

#ladybirds #InsectsOfTheFediverse #insectsaturday #insectsofmastodon #beetles

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Frosch B · @b_age
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ein frühlingsmistkäfer im herbst. (Trypocopris vernalis)
zur abwechslung mal überhaupt nicht blau oder grün schillernd.



#krabbeltierchen #beetles #insects

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sohkamyung · @sohkamyung
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Glipa malaccana, a Tumbling Flower Beetle, spotted at Dairy Farm Nature Park, Singapore, on 1 Sept 2023. A small beetle, I usually find it difficult to approach to get close-up shots. But not this time.

This family of beetles get its name from the irregular motion it makes to escape predators, aided by their pointy abdominal tip.

On iNaturalist [ inaturalist.org/observations/1 ]

#inaturalist #nature #singapore #photography #insects #beetles #coleoptera

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Plazi Species · @plazi_species
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Plazi Species · @plazi_species
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Thomas · @autisticphotographer
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Carpingdiem · @carpingdiem
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A little bit of everything today. A green frog, a green heron, a fawn that still has its spots and mating soldier beetles. Just another day at the pond. Details in ALT.

#birds #birding #birdphotography #frog #fawn #deer #beetles #insects #nature #naturephotography #HoosierMast

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Bryan Wright · @catselbow
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, lat. Rosalia alpina, eine der bekanntesten Käferarten. Bei uns trotz des Schutzes seit 1936 kaum noch zu finden, so in Bayern auf der Roten Liste in der Kategorie "2 stark gefährdet" geführt. Auf der schwäbischen Alb gibt es noch vereinzelte Vorkommen. Europaweit nach FFH-Richtlinie geschützt.
Fotografiert am Qafa e Valbonës in Albanien.

#alpenbock #Artenschutz #artenkenntnis #beetles

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  only eat what () fits: Food plant choice of carabids is driven by body mass to seed size ratio, new study of Ali & Willenborg finds. Read more here: @gfoe doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2023.05

#carabid #beetles #allometrically

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photographen · @photographen
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Eurasian bee beetle (Trichius fasciatus), City park in Sweden, July 2023

#insects #beetles #naturephotography #nature

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Humans-B-Gone! · @humansbgone
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Thomas · @autisticphotographer
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Plazi Species · @plazi_species
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Bryan Wright · @catselbow
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Arthropod Photo of the Week: August 16, 2023
Tiger beetle
Cicindela hybrida
Coleoptera: Carabidae
By Serena Magagnoli, Bologna, Italy (faunaminore.it)

#arthropodpotw #entomology #insects #photography #beetles

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