Cool Bugs

[Little Wing]

Calosoma scrutator Fiery Searcher

An active predator, Calosoma scrutator roams relatively moist places looking for caterpillars and other prey amongst plants, leaves, and debris. In addition to the metallic green elytra and the golden edging the rest of the beetle, apparently black, picks up various shades of purple, red, green, etc. in direct light much in the manner of a drop of oil on the surface of water. These beetles live a year or more and are quite hardy captives readily accepting mealworms, crickets, and most other commonly available live foods.

 

[DOMS]

 

[fletcher6490]

 

[Little Wing]

luna moths are amazing i love their little fern looking antennas

 

[fletcher6490]

luna moths are amazing i love their little fern looking antennas

Yes, they are very cool looking. They taste great also.

 

[fletcher6490]

 

[fletcher6490]

This is scary looking...

 

[fletcher6490]

 

[Little Wing]

those are great pics. i think they're cute



Red Spot Assassin Platymeris rhadamanthus photo courtesy of Orin McMonigle.

Not a beetle but actually a true bug, these predators are quite beautiful as you can see and can be raised on a variety of insects.

 

[DOMS]

WTF? Is this real? It looks like something that would come out of Photoshop.

 

[Vieope]

WTF? Is this real? It looks like something that would come out of Photoshop.

Gay eyes.

 

[DOMS]

Gay eyes.

Being homosexual is natural. Even for bugs.

 

[Little Wing]

 

[fletcher6490]

 

[fletcher6490]

 

[fletcher6490]

 

[Little Wing]

nice.

 

[fletcher6490]

nice.

Ya, those macro shots I found are really cool. It's amazing that a camera can a take a picture that is so crystal clear.

 

[DOMS]

nice.

That bug looks like it has a chick's haircut.

 

[Little Wing]

i said to tess "i think that's a girl bug, look at it's hair-do"

 

[Jodi]

We all know dragonflys are the best

 

[ZECH]

I want to get me a tiffany dragonfly lamp.

 

[Jodi]

 

[Little Wing]

a lot of times here, in maine, you'll be getting killed by mosquitoes or black flies and then the dragonflies will swarm in and start eating the biting flies by the hundreds. they're a welcome sight.

 

[MCx2]

Here's a cool bug....

 

[BigDyl]

I want to get me a tiffany dragonfly lamp.

Bad grammar.

 

[Little Wing]

the hot pink one is a surprize.

 

[Little Wing]

Here's a cool bug....

this is ironmagazine.... we all recognize the lowly pubic louse

 

[Vieope]

 

[Little Wing]

those are like the beetles i like so much here. of course i never saw them in flagrante delicto before.