<font face="Georgia" align = center>high-quality insect imagery</font> http://www.smugmug.com/img/smuggy64.gif http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/ 2009-12-25T16:09:48Z Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. SmugMug <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Polistes dominula - European Paper Wasp. New York, USA. filename: dominulus2</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bees-Wasps-and-Sawflies/4230200_rPV88#247424396_KSHyX" title="Polistes dominula - European Paper Wasp. New York, USA. filename: dominulus2"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bees-Wasps-and-Sawflies/dominulus2/247424396_KSHyX-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="102" alt="Polistes dominula - European Paper Wasp. New York, USA. filename: dominulus2" title="Polistes dominula - European Paper Wasp. New York, USA. filename: dominulus2" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:07:48Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bees-Wasps-and-Sawflies/dominulus2/247424396_KSHyX-Th-1.jpg 2007-07-01 17:10:35 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Evania appendigaster - Ensign Wasp. Arizona, USA. filename: evaniid3</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bees-Wasps-and-Sawflies/4230200_rPV88#247427260_4A2jc" title="Evania appendigaster - Ensign Wasp. Arizona, USA. filename: evaniid3"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bees-Wasps-and-Sawflies/Evaniid3/247427260_4A2jc-Th.jpg" width="150" height="108" alt="Evania appendigaster - Ensign Wasp. Arizona, USA. filename: evaniid3" title="Evania appendigaster - Ensign Wasp. Arizona, USA. filename: evaniid3" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-18T20:44:19Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bees-Wasps-and-Sawflies/Evaniid3/247427260_4A2jc-Th.jpg 2006-07-06 23:38:11 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Chrysochus auratus, the dogbane leaf beetle (Chrysomelidae). Naples, New York, USA. filename: chrysochusauratus1</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/1576730_5JFRP#76290629_r8UvM" title="Chrysochus auratus, the dogbane leaf beetle (Chrysomelidae). Naples, New York, USA. filename: chrysochusauratus1"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/ChrysochusAuratus1j/76290629_r8UvM-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Chrysochus auratus, the dogbane leaf beetle (Chrysomelidae). Naples, New York, USA. filename: chrysochusauratus1" title="Chrysochus auratus, the dogbane leaf beetle (Chrysomelidae). Naples, New York, USA. filename: chrysochusauratus1" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-07T05:08:26Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/ChrysochusAuratus1j/76290629_r8UvM-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Dasymutilla gloriosa - Thistledown Velvet Ant. California, USA. filename: dasyglor1</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bees-Wasps-and-Sawflies/4230200_rPV88#247424461_gC3wJ" title="Dasymutilla gloriosa - Thistledown Velvet Ant. California, USA. filename: dasyglor1"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bees-Wasps-and-Sawflies/DasyGlor1a/247424461_gC3wJ-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="109" alt="Dasymutilla gloriosa - Thistledown Velvet Ant. California, USA. filename: dasyglor1" title="Dasymutilla gloriosa - Thistledown Velvet Ant. California, USA. filename: dasyglor1" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-07T05:05:53Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bees-Wasps-and-Sawflies/DasyGlor1a/247424461_gC3wJ-Th-1.jpg <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Western Hercules Beetles, Dynastes granti, showing variation in male horn size. Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona, USA. filename: Dynastes12</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/1576730_5JFRP#88917490_7vBry" title="Western Hercules Beetles, Dynastes granti, showing variation in male horn size. Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona, USA. filename: Dynastes12"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/FImagesInsectsColeopteraDynast/88917490_7vBry-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Western Hercules Beetles, Dynastes granti, showing variation in male horn size. Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona, USA. filename: Dynastes12" title="Western Hercules Beetles, Dynastes granti, showing variation in male horn size. Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona, USA. filename: Dynastes12" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-07T05:08:26Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/FImagesInsectsColeopteraDynast/88917490_7vBry-Th.jpg 2006-08-17 18:17:39 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Scaphinotus petersi - Ground Beetle (Carabidae). Arizona, USA. filename: Scaphinotus1</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/1576730_5JFRP#165211835_GZjbm" title="Scaphinotus petersi - Ground Beetle (Carabidae). Arizona, USA. filename: Scaphinotus1"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Scaphinotus1/165211835_GZjbm-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="104" alt="Scaphinotus petersi - Ground Beetle (Carabidae). Arizona, USA. filename: Scaphinotus1" title="Scaphinotus petersi - Ground Beetle (Carabidae). Arizona, USA. filename: Scaphinotus1" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T14:41:00Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Scaphinotus1/165211835_GZjbm-Th-1.jpg 2007-06-18 21:43:48 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Polistes fuscatus - Paper Wasp. New York, USA. filename: polistes1</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bees-Wasps-and-Sawflies/4230200_rPV88#247424094_Xupay" title="Polistes fuscatus - Paper Wasp. New York, USA. filename: polistes1"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bees-Wasps-and-Sawflies/Polistes1j/247424094_Xupay-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Polistes fuscatus - Paper Wasp. New York, USA. filename: polistes1" title="Polistes fuscatus - Paper Wasp. New York, USA. filename: polistes1" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-07T05:05:53Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bees-Wasps-and-Sawflies/Polistes1j/247424094_Xupay-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Bombus impatiens - bumblebee nest. Laboratory colony at the University of Arizona. filename: bombus3</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bees-Wasps-and-Sawflies/4230200_rPV88#248208611_JNKVw" title="Bombus impatiens - bumblebee nest. Laboratory colony at the University of Arizona. filename: bombus3"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bees-Wasps-and-Sawflies/Bombus3/248208611_JNKVw-Th-2.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Bombus impatiens - bumblebee nest. Laboratory colony at the University of Arizona. filename: bombus3" title="Bombus impatiens - bumblebee nest. Laboratory colony at the University of Arizona. filename: bombus3" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-10-04T07:09:03Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bees-Wasps-and-Sawflies/Bombus3/248208611_JNKVw-Th-2.jpg 2007-09-27 12:13:18 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Apis mellifera - Honeybee. Melbourne, Australia. filename: Apis2</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bees-Wasps-and-Sawflies/4230200_rPV88#247424523_AaV2B" title="Apis mellifera - Honeybee. Melbourne, Australia. filename: Apis2"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bees-Wasps-and-Sawflies/Apis2/247424523_AaV2B-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Apis mellifera - Honeybee. Melbourne, Australia. filename: Apis2" title="Apis mellifera - Honeybee. Melbourne, Australia. filename: Apis2" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-07T05:05:53Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bees-Wasps-and-Sawflies/Apis2/247424523_AaV2B-Th.jpg 2005-10-24 12:02:48 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Western Hercules Beetle, Dynastes granti. Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona, USA. filename: Dynastes6</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/1576730_5JFRP#88917405_FQ2d2" title="Western Hercules Beetle, Dynastes granti. Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona, USA. filename: Dynastes6"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/FImagesInsectsColeopteraDynast/88917405_FQ2d2-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Western Hercules Beetle, Dynastes granti. Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona, USA. filename: Dynastes6" title="Western Hercules Beetle, Dynastes granti. Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona, USA. filename: Dynastes6" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-07T05:08:26Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/FImagesInsectsColeopteraDynast/88917405_FQ2d2-Th.jpg 2006-08-16 17:54:10 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Bombus impatiens - Bumble Bees, showing size difference among worker nestmates. Lab colony at the University of Arizona. filename: Bombus11</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bees-Wasps-and-Sawflies/4230200_rPV88#247424189_HjN8P" title="Bombus impatiens - Bumble Bees, showing size difference among worker nestmates. Lab colony at the University of Arizona. filename: Bombus11"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bees-Wasps-and-Sawflies/Bombus11/247424189_HjN8P-Th.jpg" width="150" height="112" alt="Bombus impatiens - Bumble Bees, showing size difference among worker nestmates. Lab colony at the University of Arizona. filename: Bombus11" title="Bombus impatiens - Bumble Bees, showing size difference among worker nestmates. Lab colony at the University of Arizona. filename: Bombus11" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-07T05:05:53Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bees-Wasps-and-Sawflies/Bombus11/247424189_HjN8P-Th.jpg 2007-09-27 12:41:47 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Male (top) and Female Western Hercules Beetles, Dynastes granti. Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona, USA. filename: Dynastes1</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/1576730_5JFRP#88917334_cphLc" title="Male (top) and Female Western Hercules Beetles, Dynastes granti. Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona, USA. filename: Dynastes1"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/FImagesInsectsColeopteraDynast/88917334_cphLc-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Male (top) and Female Western Hercules Beetles, Dynastes granti. Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona, USA. filename: Dynastes1" title="Male (top) and Female Western Hercules Beetles, Dynastes granti. Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona, USA. filename: Dynastes1" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-10-12T04:12:01Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/FImagesInsectsColeopteraDynast/88917334_cphLc-Th.jpg 2006-08-16 17:56:11 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Thasus acutangulus nymph. Mexico. filename: Thasus40</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bountiful-Bugs/4191931_A9Lqk#245174204_3uS6x" title="Thasus acutangulus nymph. Mexico. filename: Thasus40"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bountiful-Bugs/183765191Thasus40/245174204_3uS6x-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Thasus acutangulus nymph. Mexico. filename: Thasus40" title="Thasus acutangulus nymph. Mexico. filename: Thasus40" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-10-06T13:28:57Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bountiful-Bugs/183765191Thasus40/245174204_3uS6x-Th.jpg 2007-07-22 12:57:38 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />As unlikely as it may seem, these two bugs belong to the same species. The colorful bug is an immature. Thasus acutangulus. Mexico. filename: thasus37</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bountiful-Bugs/4191931_A9Lqk#245174046_CVU2k" title="As unlikely as it may seem, these two bugs belong to the same species. The colorful bug is an immature. Thasus acutangulus. Mexico. filename: thasus37"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bountiful-Bugs/183764990Thasus37/245174046_CVU2k-Th.jpg" width="100" height="150" alt="As unlikely as it may seem, these two bugs belong to the same species. The colorful bug is an immature. Thasus acutangulus. Mexico. filename: thasus37" title="As unlikely as it may seem, these two bugs belong to the same species. The colorful bug is an immature. Thasus acutangulus. Mexico. filename: thasus37" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-10-06T13:28:57Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bountiful-Bugs/183764990Thasus37/245174046_CVU2k-Th.jpg 2007-07-22 12:37:31 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Agapostemon sp. - Green Metallic Bee. New York, USA. filename: Agapostemon3</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bees-Wasps-and-Sawflies/4230200_rPV88#247424270_amJen" title="Agapostemon sp. - Green Metallic Bee. New York, USA. filename: Agapostemon3"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bees-Wasps-and-Sawflies/Agapostemon3/247424270_amJen-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Agapostemon sp. - Green Metallic Bee. New York, USA. filename: Agapostemon3" title="Agapostemon sp. - Green Metallic Bee. New York, USA. filename: Agapostemon3" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-07T05:05:53Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bees-Wasps-and-Sawflies/Agapostemon3/247424270_amJen-Th.jpg 2007-07-02 08:11:02 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Gibbifer californicus - Pleasing Fungus Beetle. Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, USA. filename: gibbifer1</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/1576730_5JFRP#79089070_eeeqi" title="Gibbifer californicus - Pleasing Fungus Beetle. Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, USA. filename: gibbifer1"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Gibbifer1/79089070_eeeqi-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Gibbifer californicus - Pleasing Fungus Beetle. Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, USA. filename: gibbifer1" title="Gibbifer californicus - Pleasing Fungus Beetle. Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, USA. filename: gibbifer1" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-07T05:08:26Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Gibbifer1/79089070_eeeqi-Th.jpg 2006-07-01 21:07:59 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Cotinus mutabilis fig beetle. Tucson, Arizona, USA. filename: cotinus2</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/1576730_5JFRP#81318575_a7Jyi" title="Cotinus mutabilis fig beetle. Tucson, Arizona, USA. filename: cotinus2"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Cotinus2/81318575_a7Jyi-Th.jpg" width="109" height="150" alt="Cotinus mutabilis fig beetle. Tucson, Arizona, USA. filename: cotinus2" title="Cotinus mutabilis fig beetle. Tucson, Arizona, USA. filename: cotinus2" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-07T05:08:26Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Cotinus2/81318575_a7Jyi-Th.jpg 2006-07-11 22:40:35 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Chrysina beyeri - Beyer's Scarab. Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, USA. filename: beyeri6</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/1576730_5JFRP#79088498_EMQNx" title="Chrysina beyeri - Beyer's Scarab. Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, USA. filename: beyeri6"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/beyeri6/79088498_EMQNx-Th.jpg" width="109" height="150" alt="Chrysina beyeri - Beyer's Scarab. Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, USA. filename: beyeri6" title="Chrysina beyeri - Beyer's Scarab. Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, USA. filename: beyeri6" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-07T05:08:26Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/beyeri6/79088498_EMQNx-Th.jpg 2006-07-01 15:54:40 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Amblycheila cylindriformis, North America's largest tiger beetle. filename: Amblycheila1</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/1576730_5JFRP#76830875_oZLkQ" title="Amblycheila cylindriformis, North America's largest tiger beetle. filename: Amblycheila1"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Amblycheila1/76830875_oZLkQ-Th.jpg" width="100" height="150" alt="Amblycheila cylindriformis, North America's largest tiger beetle. filename: Amblycheila1" title="Amblycheila cylindriformis, North America's largest tiger beetle. filename: Amblycheila1" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-07T05:08:26Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Amblycheila1/76830875_oZLkQ-Th.jpg 2006-06-19 23:37:06 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Aphidius ervi - biocontrol wasp attacking Acyrthosiphon pisum pea aphids. Laboratory colony at the University of Arizona. filename: aphidius12</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bees-Wasps-and-Sawflies/4230200_rPV88#247428188_FwnrV" title="Aphidius ervi - biocontrol wasp attacking Acyrthosiphon pisum pea aphids. Laboratory colony at the University of Arizona. filename: aphidius12"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bees-Wasps-and-Sawflies/Aphidius10j/247428188_FwnrV-Th.jpg" width="150" height="106" alt="Aphidius ervi - biocontrol wasp attacking Acyrthosiphon pisum pea aphids. Laboratory colony at the University of Arizona. filename: aphidius12" title="Aphidius ervi - biocontrol wasp attacking Acyrthosiphon pisum pea aphids. Laboratory colony at the University of Arizona. filename: aphidius12" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-07T05:05:53Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bees-Wasps-and-Sawflies/Aphidius10j/247428188_FwnrV-Th.jpg 2008-01-25 17:37:25 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Portrait of a Thasus acutangulus nymph. The bright colors advertise this bug's distastefulness. Mexico. filename: thasus39</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bountiful-Bugs/4191931_A9Lqk#245186702_vvtAY" title="Portrait of a Thasus acutangulus nymph. The bright colors advertise this bug's distastefulness. Mexico. filename: thasus39"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bountiful-Bugs/183765127Thasus39/245186702_vvtAY-Th.jpg" width="109" height="150" alt="Portrait of a Thasus acutangulus nymph. The bright colors advertise this bug's distastefulness. Mexico. filename: thasus39" title="Portrait of a Thasus acutangulus nymph. The bright colors advertise this bug's distastefulness. Mexico. filename: thasus39" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-10-06T13:28:57Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bountiful-Bugs/183765127Thasus39/245186702_vvtAY-Th.jpg 2007-07-22 12:56:59 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Lethocerus water bugs are predaceous insects over an inch long. California, USA. filename: Lethocerus2</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bountiful-Bugs/4191931_A9Lqk#245176171_4jGXJ" title="Lethocerus water bugs are predaceous insects over an inch long. California, USA. filename: Lethocerus2"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bountiful-Bugs/Lethocerus2/245176171_4jGXJ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Lethocerus water bugs are predaceous insects over an inch long. California, USA. filename: Lethocerus2" title="Lethocerus water bugs are predaceous insects over an inch long. California, USA. filename: Lethocerus2" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-19T17:18:06Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bountiful-Bugs/Lethocerus2/245176171_4jGXJ-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Chrysina beyeri - Beyer's Scarab. Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, USA. filename: beyeri1</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/1576730_5JFRP#79088673_bhn7v" title="Chrysina beyeri - Beyer's Scarab. Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, USA. filename: beyeri1"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/beyeri1/79088673_bhn7v-Th.jpg" width="150" height="103" alt="Chrysina beyeri - Beyer's Scarab. Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, USA. filename: beyeri1" title="Chrysina beyeri - Beyer's Scarab. Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, USA. filename: beyeri1" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-07T05:08:26Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/beyeri1/79088673_bhn7v-Th.jpg 2006-07-01 15:47:54 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Aphidius ervi - biocontrol wasp attacking Acyrthosiphon pisum pea aphids. Laboratory colony at the University of Arizona. filename: aphidius12</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bees-Wasps-and-Sawflies/4230200_rPV88#642255322_KsuTx" title="Aphidius ervi - biocontrol wasp attacking Acyrthosiphon pisum pea aphids. Laboratory colony at the University of Arizona. filename: aphidius12"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bees-Wasps-and-Sawflies/Aphidius12/642255322_KsuTx-Th.jpg" width="150" height="105" alt="Aphidius ervi - biocontrol wasp attacking Acyrthosiphon pisum pea aphids. Laboratory colony at the University of Arizona. filename: aphidius12" title="Aphidius ervi - biocontrol wasp attacking Acyrthosiphon pisum pea aphids. Laboratory colony at the University of Arizona. filename: aphidius12" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-07T05:01:16Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bees-Wasps-and-Sawflies/Aphidius12/642255322_KsuTx-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Esenbeckia sp. long-tongued horse fly. Arizona. filename: esenbeckia1</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Fabulous-Flies/8164894_6FhJk#533005459_GSiVJ" title="Esenbeckia sp. long-tongued horse fly. Arizona. filename: esenbeckia1"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Fabulous-Flies/Esenbeckia1/533005459_GSiVJ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Esenbeckia sp. long-tongued horse fly. Arizona. filename: esenbeckia1" title="Esenbeckia sp. long-tongued horse fly. Arizona. filename: esenbeckia1" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T15:24:59Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Fabulous-Flies/Esenbeckia1/533005459_GSiVJ-Th.jpg 2006-08-15 14:50:24 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />In warmer climates, honeybees (Apis mellifera) will sometimes construct their nests out in the open. Davis, California. filename: ApisNest2</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bees-Wasps-and-Sawflies/4230200_rPV88#304858798_q6TJ9" title="In warmer climates, honeybees (Apis mellifera) will sometimes construct their nests out in the open. Davis, California. filename: ApisNest2"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bees-Wasps-and-Sawflies/ApisNest2/304858798_q6TJ9-Th.jpg" width="140" height="150" alt="In warmer climates, honeybees (Apis mellifera) will sometimes construct their nests out in the open. Davis, California. filename: ApisNest2" title="In warmer climates, honeybees (Apis mellifera) will sometimes construct their nests out in the open. Davis, California. filename: ApisNest2" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-07T05:05:53Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bees-Wasps-and-Sawflies/ApisNest2/304858798_q6TJ9-Th.jpg 2003-06-28 20:01:19 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Agapostemon sp. - Green Metallic Bee. New York, USA. filename: Agapostemon2</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bees-Wasps-and-Sawflies/4230200_rPV88#247424159_EitVh" title="Agapostemon sp. - Green Metallic Bee. New York, USA. filename: Agapostemon2"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bees-Wasps-and-Sawflies/Agapostemon2/247424159_EitVh-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Agapostemon sp. - Green Metallic Bee. New York, USA. filename: Agapostemon2" title="Agapostemon sp. - Green Metallic Bee. New York, USA. filename: Agapostemon2" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-18T20:50:21Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bees-Wasps-and-Sawflies/Agapostemon2/247424159_EitVh-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />A Mozena mesquite bug perches on its host-plant. Arizona, USA. filename: Mozena1</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bountiful-Bugs/4191931_A9Lqk#245175742_3JtAJ" title="A Mozena mesquite bug perches on its host-plant. Arizona, USA. filename: Mozena1"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bountiful-Bugs/Mozena1/245175742_3JtAJ-Th.jpg" width="123" height="150" alt="A Mozena mesquite bug perches on its host-plant. Arizona, USA. filename: Mozena1" title="A Mozena mesquite bug perches on its host-plant. Arizona, USA. filename: Mozena1" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-10-06T13:28:57Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bountiful-Bugs/Mozena1/245175742_3JtAJ-Th.jpg 2007-06-16 13:50:05 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Temnoscheila sp. bark-gnawing beetle (Trogossitidae). Tucson, Arizona, USA. filename: Temnsoscheila1</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/1576730_5JFRP#76287477_nBASz" title="Temnoscheila sp. bark-gnawing beetle (Trogossitidae). Tucson, Arizona, USA. filename: Temnsoscheila1"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Temnoscheila1a/76287477_nBASz-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="109" alt="Temnoscheila sp. bark-gnawing beetle (Trogossitidae). Tucson, Arizona, USA. filename: Temnsoscheila1" title="Temnoscheila sp. bark-gnawing beetle (Trogossitidae). Tucson, Arizona, USA. filename: Temnsoscheila1" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-19T00:30:23Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Temnoscheila1a/76287477_nBASz-Th-1.jpg 2006-06-05 20:21:39 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />A hornworm rears up when attacked by a parasitic Cotesia wasp. filename: Cotesia3</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bees-Wasps-and-Sawflies/4230200_rPV88#642253737_AYwn6" title="A hornworm rears up when attacked by a parasitic Cotesia wasp. filename: Cotesia3"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bees-Wasps-and-Sawflies/Cotesia3/642253737_AYwn6-Th.jpg" width="102" height="150" alt="A hornworm rears up when attacked by a parasitic Cotesia wasp. filename: Cotesia3" title="A hornworm rears up when attacked by a parasitic Cotesia wasp. filename: Cotesia3" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:14:23Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bees-Wasps-and-Sawflies/Cotesia3/642253737_AYwn6-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Nilio sp. - tropical darkling beetle. Panama. filename: nilio1</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/1576730_5JFRP#248252252_cbyDQ" title="Nilio sp. - tropical darkling beetle. Panama. filename: nilio1"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/mysteryTeneb1/248252252_cbyDQ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Nilio sp. - tropical darkling beetle. Panama. filename: nilio1" title="Nilio sp. - tropical darkling beetle. Panama. filename: nilio1" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-19T00:30:29Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/mysteryTeneb1/248252252_cbyDQ-Th.jpg 2007-07-30 11:59:36 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Encarsia pergandiella - biocontrol wasp attacking a Bemisia tabaci whitefly. Laboratory colony at the University of Arizona. filename: encarsia1</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bees-Wasps-and-Sawflies/4230200_rPV88#247427974_aK7L2" title="Encarsia pergandiella - biocontrol wasp attacking a Bemisia tabaci whitefly. Laboratory colony at the University of Arizona. filename: encarsia1"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bees-Wasps-and-Sawflies/Encarsia1/247427974_aK7L2-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="103" alt="Encarsia pergandiella - biocontrol wasp attacking a Bemisia tabaci whitefly. Laboratory colony at the University of Arizona. filename: encarsia1" title="Encarsia pergandiella - biocontrol wasp attacking a Bemisia tabaci whitefly. Laboratory colony at the University of Arizona. filename: encarsia1" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-18T20:46:31Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bees-Wasps-and-Sawflies/Encarsia1/247427974_aK7L2-Th-1.jpg 2008-01-25 15:19:01 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Nymphs of the Giant Mesquite Bug (Thasus neocalifornicus) typically cluster in groups. Clustering likely amplifies the intensity of the bright visual signal warning predators of their power ...</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bountiful-Bugs/4191931_A9Lqk#245186593_s7P83" title="Nymphs of the Giant Mesquite Bug (Thasus neocalifornicus) typically cluster in groups. Clustering likely amplifies the intensity of the bright visual signal warning predators of their power ..."><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bountiful-Bugs/183725108Thasus12/245186593_s7P83-Th.jpg" width="150" height="103" alt="Nymphs of the Giant Mesquite Bug (Thasus neocalifornicus) typically cluster in groups. Clustering likely amplifies the intensity of the bright visual signal warning predators of their power ..." title="Nymphs of the Giant Mesquite Bug (Thasus neocalifornicus) typically cluster in groups. Clustering likely amplifies the intensity of the bright visual signal warning predators of their power ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-10-06T13:29:10Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bountiful-Bugs/183725108Thasus12/245186593_s7P83-Th.jpg 2007-07-21 16:41:02 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Assassin bugs are sit-and-wait predators. This Zelus tetracanthus arrived at a blacklight insect trap and intercepted incoming prey, in this case a male trap-jaw ant. Arizona, USA. filena ...</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bountiful-Bugs/4191931_A9Lqk#245184495_AYqDV" title="Assassin bugs are sit-and-wait predators. This Zelus tetracanthus arrived at a blacklight insect trap and intercepted incoming prey, in this case a male trap-jaw ant. Arizona, USA. filena ..."><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bountiful-Bugs/Zelus1/245184495_AYqDV-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Assassin bugs are sit-and-wait predators. This Zelus tetracanthus arrived at a blacklight insect trap and intercepted incoming prey, in this case a male trap-jaw ant. Arizona, USA. filena ..." title="Assassin bugs are sit-and-wait predators. This Zelus tetracanthus arrived at a blacklight insect trap and intercepted incoming prey, in this case a male trap-jaw ant. Arizona, USA. filena ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-10-06T13:29:07Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bountiful-Bugs/Zelus1/245184495_AYqDV-Th.jpg 2007-07-16 20:46:57 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Prionocyphon Marsh Beetle. New York, USA. filename: Prionocyphon1</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/1576730_5JFRP#170227328_CFK53" title="Prionocyphon Marsh Beetle. New York, USA. filename: Prionocyphon1"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Prionocyphon1/170227328_CFK53-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Prionocyphon Marsh Beetle. New York, USA. filename: Prionocyphon1" title="Prionocyphon Marsh Beetle. New York, USA. filename: Prionocyphon1" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-19T00:30:26Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Prionocyphon1/170227328_CFK53-Th.jpg 2007-07-02 13:34:18 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Zygogramma sp. Leaf Beetles. Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, USA. filename: Zygogramma1</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/1576730_5JFRP#91048973_jtTWP" title="Zygogramma sp. Leaf Beetles. Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, USA. filename: Zygogramma1"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Calligrapha1/91048973_jtTWP-Th.jpg" width="150" height="104" alt="Zygogramma sp. Leaf Beetles. Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, USA. filename: Zygogramma1" title="Zygogramma sp. Leaf Beetles. Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, USA. filename: Zygogramma1" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-19T00:29:47Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Calligrapha1/91048973_jtTWP-Th.jpg 2006-08-27 10:29:48 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Colliuris sp. long-necked ground beetle. Tucson, Arizona, USA. filename: Colliuris3</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/1576730_5JFRP#81318611_cqMsh" title="Colliuris sp. long-necked ground beetle. Tucson, Arizona, USA. filename: Colliuris3"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Colliuris3/81318611_cqMsh-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Colliuris sp. long-necked ground beetle. Tucson, Arizona, USA. filename: Colliuris3" title="Colliuris sp. long-necked ground beetle. Tucson, Arizona, USA. filename: Colliuris3" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-19T00:29:47Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Colliuris3/81318611_cqMsh-Th.jpg 2006-07-11 23:15:49 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Cotesia congregata (Braconidae) ovipositing into a hornworm. filename: Cotesia7</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bees-Wasps-and-Sawflies/4230200_rPV88#457402056_g9qVT" title="Cotesia congregata (Braconidae) ovipositing into a hornworm. filename: Cotesia7"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bees-Wasps-and-Sawflies/Cotesia7/457402056_g9qVT-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Cotesia congregata (Braconidae) ovipositing into a hornworm. filename: Cotesia7" title="Cotesia congregata (Braconidae) ovipositing into a hornworm. filename: Cotesia7" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:14:24Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bees-Wasps-and-Sawflies/Cotesia7/457402056_g9qVT-Th.jpg 2008-11-18 13:49:28 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />The smoke tree sharpshooter (Homalodisca lacerta) is a colorful plant-feeding insect about 1cm long. Arizona, USA. filename: Homalodisca1</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bountiful-Bugs/4191931_A9Lqk#245191598_oHtqT" title="The smoke tree sharpshooter (Homalodisca lacerta) is a colorful plant-feeding insect about 1cm long. Arizona, USA. filename: Homalodisca1"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bountiful-Bugs/Homalodisca1a/245191598_oHtqT-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="The smoke tree sharpshooter (Homalodisca lacerta) is a colorful plant-feeding insect about 1cm long. Arizona, USA. filename: Homalodisca1" title="The smoke tree sharpshooter (Homalodisca lacerta) is a colorful plant-feeding insect about 1cm long. Arizona, USA. filename: Homalodisca1" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-10-06T13:28:57Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bountiful-Bugs/Homalodisca1a/245191598_oHtqT-Th.jpg 2006-06-05 19:02:09 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Chauliognathus lecontei soldier beetle, Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona, USA. filename: Cantharid2</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/1576730_5JFRP#88922330_3DpL4" title="Chauliognathus lecontei soldier beetle, Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona, USA. filename: Cantharid2"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/FImagesInsectsColeopteraCantha/88922330_3DpL4-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Chauliognathus lecontei soldier beetle, Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona, USA. filename: Cantharid2" title="Chauliognathus lecontei soldier beetle, Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona, USA. filename: Cantharid2" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-19T00:30:04Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/FImagesInsectsColeopteraCantha/88922330_3DpL4-Th.jpg 2006-08-16 19:22:06 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Chrysina gloriosa - Glorious Beetle. Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, USA. filename: gloriosa3</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/1576730_5JFRP#79092375_tKcHe" title="Chrysina gloriosa - Glorious Beetle. Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, USA. filename: gloriosa3"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/gloriosa3/79092375_tKcHe-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Chrysina gloriosa - Glorious Beetle. Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, USA. filename: gloriosa3" title="Chrysina gloriosa - Glorious Beetle. Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, USA. filename: gloriosa3" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-10-12T04:12:04Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/gloriosa3/79092375_tKcHe-Th.jpg 2006-07-01 14:11:06 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Chrysina beyeri - Beyer's Scarab. Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, USA. filename: beyeri2</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/1576730_5JFRP#79092345_GvXyX" title="Chrysina beyeri - Beyer's Scarab. Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, USA. filename: beyeri2"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/beyeri2/79092345_GvXyX-Th.jpg" width="150" height="136" alt="Chrysina beyeri - Beyer's Scarab. Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, USA. filename: beyeri2" title="Chrysina beyeri - Beyer's Scarab. Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, USA. filename: beyeri2" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-19T00:30:04Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/beyeri2/79092345_GvXyX-Th.jpg 2006-07-01 14:55:39 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Chrysina gloriosa - Glorious Beetle. Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, USA. filename: gloriosa6</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/1576730_5JFRP#79088577_27bnp" title="Chrysina gloriosa - Glorious Beetle. Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, USA. filename: gloriosa6"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/gloriosa6/79088577_27bnp-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Chrysina gloriosa - Glorious Beetle. Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, USA. filename: gloriosa6" title="Chrysina gloriosa - Glorious Beetle. Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, USA. filename: gloriosa6" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-07T05:08:26Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/gloriosa6/79088577_27bnp-Th.jpg 2006-07-01 15:13:36 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Cytilus alternatus - pill beetle. Pennsylvania, USA. filename: Byrrhid1</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/1576730_5JFRP#76831123_xdYKU" title="Cytilus alternatus - pill beetle. Pennsylvania, USA. filename: Byrrhid1"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Byrrhid1/76831123_xdYKU-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Cytilus alternatus - pill beetle. Pennsylvania, USA. filename: Byrrhid1" title="Cytilus alternatus - pill beetle. Pennsylvania, USA. filename: Byrrhid1" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-07T05:08:26Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Byrrhid1/76831123_xdYKU-Th.jpg 2006-06-20 23:09:57 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Derobrachus hovorei - palo verde root borer beetle (Cerambycidae). Tucson, Arizona, USA filename: Derobrachus2</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/1576730_5JFRP#76830790_qZcfN" title="Derobrachus hovorei - palo verde root borer beetle (Cerambycidae). Tucson, Arizona, USA filename: Derobrachus2"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Derobrachus2/76830790_qZcfN-Th.jpg" width="150" height="104" alt="Derobrachus hovorei - palo verde root borer beetle (Cerambycidae). Tucson, Arizona, USA filename: Derobrachus2" title="Derobrachus hovorei - palo verde root borer beetle (Cerambycidae). Tucson, Arizona, USA filename: Derobrachus2" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-07T05:08:26Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Derobrachus2/76830790_qZcfN-Th.jpg 2006-06-20 19:13:02 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Derobrachus hovorei - palo verde root borer beetle (Cerambycidae). Tucson, Arizona, USA. filename: Derobrachus1</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/1576730_5JFRP#76359661_Vg7om" title="Derobrachus hovorei - palo verde root borer beetle (Cerambycidae). Tucson, Arizona, USA. filename: Derobrachus1"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Prionus1/76359661_Vg7om-Th.jpg" width="105" height="150" alt="Derobrachus hovorei - palo verde root borer beetle (Cerambycidae). Tucson, Arizona, USA. filename: Derobrachus1" title="Derobrachus hovorei - palo verde root borer beetle (Cerambycidae). Tucson, Arizona, USA. filename: Derobrachus1" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-07T05:08:26Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Prionus1/76359661_Vg7om-Th.jpg 2006-06-18 21:04:40 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Tetraopes sp. red milkweed beetle (Cerambycidae). Nixon, Nevada, USA. filename: Tetraopes1</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/1576730_5JFRP#76298247_4gz5X" title="Tetraopes sp. red milkweed beetle (Cerambycidae). Nixon, Nevada, USA. filename: Tetraopes1"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Tetraopes1/76298247_4gz5X-Th.jpg" width="150" height="103" alt="Tetraopes sp. red milkweed beetle (Cerambycidae). Nixon, Nevada, USA. filename: Tetraopes1" title="Tetraopes sp. red milkweed beetle (Cerambycidae). Nixon, Nevada, USA. filename: Tetraopes1" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-07T05:08:26Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Tetraopes1/76298247_4gz5X-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Onthophagus nigriventris dung beetle, major male. filename: nigriventris6</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/1576730_5JFRP#510921156_aNME3" title="Onthophagus nigriventris dung beetle, major male. filename: nigriventris6"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/nigriventris6/510921156_aNME3-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Onthophagus nigriventris dung beetle, major male. filename: nigriventris6" title="Onthophagus nigriventris dung beetle, major male. filename: nigriventris6" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-07T05:08:26Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/nigriventris6/510921156_aNME3-Th.jpg 2009-04-11 13:35:00 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Macrosiphum rosae - rose aphids. filename: Macrosiphum3</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bountiful-Bugs/4191931_A9Lqk#431880097_E2kgb" title="Macrosiphum rosae - rose aphids. filename: Macrosiphum3"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bountiful-Bugs/Macrosiphum3/431880097_E2kgb-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Macrosiphum rosae - rose aphids. filename: Macrosiphum3" title="Macrosiphum rosae - rose aphids. filename: Macrosiphum3" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-10-06T13:22:58Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bountiful-Bugs/Macrosiphum3/431880097_E2kgb-Th.jpg 2008-04-10 17:42:08 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Megacyllene robiniae - Locust Borer. Champaign, Illinois. filename: Megacyllene4</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/1576730_5JFRP#388557430_fMPY3" title="Megacyllene robiniae - Locust Borer. Champaign, Illinois. filename: Megacyllene4"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Megacyllene4/388557430_fMPY3-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Megacyllene robiniae - Locust Borer. Champaign, Illinois. filename: Megacyllene4" title="Megacyllene robiniae - Locust Borer. Champaign, Illinois. filename: Megacyllene4" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-19T00:30:04Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Megacyllene4/388557430_fMPY3-Th.jpg 2008-10-01 20:23:26 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Popillia japonica - Japanese Beetle, Illinois, USA. filename: popillia4</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/1576730_5JFRP#352645282_hHfpM" title="Popillia japonica - Japanese Beetle, Illinois, USA. filename: popillia4"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Popillia4/352645282_hHfpM-Th.jpg" width="123" height="150" alt="Popillia japonica - Japanese Beetle, Illinois, USA. filename: popillia4" title="Popillia japonica - Japanese Beetle, Illinois, USA. filename: popillia4" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-19T00:30:04Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Popillia4/352645282_hHfpM-Th.jpg 2008-08-15 16:56:20 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Encyrtid wasp, Comperia merceti, inspecting cockroach egg cases. Laboratory colony at the University of Arizona. filename: encyrtid2</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bees-Wasps-and-Sawflies/4230200_rPV88#248198655_bCTpD" title="Encyrtid wasp, Comperia merceti, inspecting cockroach egg cases. Laboratory colony at the University of Arizona. filename: encyrtid2"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bees-Wasps-and-Sawflies/Encyrtid2/248198655_bCTpD-Th.jpg" width="150" height="102" alt="Encyrtid wasp, Comperia merceti, inspecting cockroach egg cases. Laboratory colony at the University of Arizona. filename: encyrtid2" title="Encyrtid wasp, Comperia merceti, inspecting cockroach egg cases. Laboratory colony at the University of Arizona. filename: encyrtid2" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:14:22Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bees-Wasps-and-Sawflies/Encyrtid2/248198655_bCTpD-Th.jpg 2008-01-25 16:40:14 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Encarsia pergandiella - biocontrol wasp attacking a Bemisia tabaci whitefly. Laboratory colony at the University of Arizona. filename: encarsia2</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bees-Wasps-and-Sawflies/4230200_rPV88#248198212_L7GMy" title="Encarsia pergandiella - biocontrol wasp attacking a Bemisia tabaci whitefly. Laboratory colony at the University of Arizona. filename: encarsia2"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bees-Wasps-and-Sawflies/Encarsia2/248198212_L7GMy-Th.jpg" width="150" height="111" alt="Encarsia pergandiella - biocontrol wasp attacking a Bemisia tabaci whitefly. Laboratory colony at the University of Arizona. filename: encarsia2" title="Encarsia pergandiella - biocontrol wasp attacking a Bemisia tabaci whitefly. Laboratory colony at the University of Arizona. filename: encarsia2" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-07T05:05:53Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bees-Wasps-and-Sawflies/Encarsia2/248198212_L7GMy-Th.jpg 2008-01-25 15:15:32 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Encarsia pergandiella taking flight. Arizona, USA. filename: encarsia4</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bees-Wasps-and-Sawflies/4230200_rPV88#248198006_ybsXm" title="Encarsia pergandiella taking flight. Arizona, USA. filename: encarsia4"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bees-Wasps-and-Sawflies/Encarsia4/248198006_ybsXm-Th.jpg" width="150" height="106" alt="Encarsia pergandiella taking flight. Arizona, USA. filename: encarsia4" title="Encarsia pergandiella taking flight. Arizona, USA. filename: encarsia4" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-18T14:08:10Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bees-Wasps-and-Sawflies/Encarsia4/248198006_ybsXm-Th.jpg 2008-01-25 16:01:02 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Thasus neocalifornicus nymph. Arizona, USA. filename: thasus10</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bountiful-Bugs/4191931_A9Lqk#245174728_QxxMe" title="Thasus neocalifornicus nymph. Arizona, USA. filename: thasus10"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bountiful-Bugs/183724734Thasus10/245174728_QxxMe-Th.jpg" width="100" height="150" alt="Thasus neocalifornicus nymph. Arizona, USA. filename: thasus10" title="Thasus neocalifornicus nymph. Arizona, USA. filename: thasus10" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-10-06T13:28:57Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bountiful-Bugs/183724734Thasus10/245174728_QxxMe-Th.jpg 2007-07-21 16:54:52 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Thasus neocalifornicus Giant Mesquite Bug, nymph. Arizona, USA. filename: thasus4</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bountiful-Bugs/4191931_A9Lqk#245174427_hEju3" title="Thasus neocalifornicus Giant Mesquite Bug, nymph. Arizona, USA. filename: thasus4"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bountiful-Bugs/183718023Thasus4/245174427_hEju3-Th.jpg" width="107" height="150" alt="Thasus neocalifornicus Giant Mesquite Bug, nymph. Arizona, USA. filename: thasus4" title="Thasus neocalifornicus Giant Mesquite Bug, nymph. Arizona, USA. filename: thasus4" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-10-06T13:28:57Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bountiful-Bugs/183718023Thasus4/245174427_hEju3-Th.jpg 2007-07-21 15:43:51 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Thasus neocalifornicus Giant Mesquite Bug, adult. Arizona, USA. filename: thasus21</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bountiful-Bugs/4191931_A9Lqk#245173863_6JJMg" title="Thasus neocalifornicus Giant Mesquite Bug, adult. Arizona, USA. filename: thasus21"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bountiful-Bugs/183728616Thasus21/245173863_6JJMg-Th.jpg" width="100" height="150" alt="Thasus neocalifornicus Giant Mesquite Bug, adult. Arizona, USA. filename: thasus21" title="Thasus neocalifornicus Giant Mesquite Bug, adult. Arizona, USA. filename: thasus21" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-10-06T13:28:57Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bountiful-Bugs/183728616Thasus21/245173863_6JJMg-Th.jpg 2007-07-22 11:22:03 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Epicauta pardalis - Spotted Blister Beetle (Meloidae). Arizona, USA. filename: Epicauta1</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/1576730_5JFRP#165212696_sqG6D" title="Epicauta pardalis - Spotted Blister Beetle (Meloidae). Arizona, USA. filename: Epicauta1"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Epicauta1/165212696_sqG6D-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Epicauta pardalis - Spotted Blister Beetle (Meloidae). Arizona, USA. filename: Epicauta1" title="Epicauta pardalis - Spotted Blister Beetle (Meloidae). Arizona, USA. filename: Epicauta1" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-19T00:30:19Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Epicauta1/165212696_sqG6D-Th-1.jpg 2007-05-20 21:50:00 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Rhipicera femorata, cicada-parasite beetle (Rhipiceridae). Wilson's Promontory National Park, Victoria, Australia. filename: Rhipicera2</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/1576730_5JFRP#155953917_pxSkG" title="Rhipicera femorata, cicada-parasite beetle (Rhipiceridae). Wilson's Promontory National Park, Victoria, Australia. filename: Rhipicera2"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Rhipicera2/155953917_pxSkG-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Rhipicera femorata, cicada-parasite beetle (Rhipiceridae). Wilson's Promontory National Park, Victoria, Australia. filename: Rhipicera2" title="Rhipicera femorata, cicada-parasite beetle (Rhipiceridae). Wilson's Promontory National Park, Victoria, Australia. filename: Rhipicera2" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-19T00:29:51Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Rhipicera2/155953917_pxSkG-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Chrysina gloriosa - Glorius Beetle. Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, USA. filename: gloriosa1</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/1576730_5JFRP#155953819_BGzNS" title="Chrysina gloriosa - Glorius Beetle. Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, USA. filename: gloriosa1"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/gloriosa1/155953819_BGzNS-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Chrysina gloriosa - Glorius Beetle. Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, USA. filename: gloriosa1" title="Chrysina gloriosa - Glorius Beetle. Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, USA. filename: gloriosa1" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-19T00:30:04Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/gloriosa1/155953819_BGzNS-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Cymatodera tricolor, checkered beetle. Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, USA. filename: clerid1</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/1576730_5JFRP#80082045_yK6gX" title="Cymatodera tricolor, checkered beetle. Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, USA. filename: clerid1"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Enoclarus1/80082045_yK6gX-Th.jpg" width="102" height="150" alt="Cymatodera tricolor, checkered beetle. Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, USA. filename: clerid1" title="Cymatodera tricolor, checkered beetle. Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, USA. filename: clerid1" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-19T00:28:46Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Enoclarus1/80082045_yK6gX-Th.jpg 2006-07-02 10:09:41 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Chrysina lecontei - Leconte's Scarab. Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, USA. filename: lecontei2</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/1576730_5JFRP#79088647_Zs52u" title="Chrysina lecontei - Leconte's Scarab. Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, USA. filename: lecontei2"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/lecontei2/79088647_Zs52u-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Chrysina lecontei - Leconte's Scarab. Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, USA. filename: lecontei2" title="Chrysina lecontei - Leconte's Scarab. Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, USA. filename: lecontei2" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-07T05:08:26Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/lecontei2/79088647_Zs52u-Th.jpg 2006-07-01 17:35:37 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Chrysina lecontei - Leconte's Scarab. Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, USA. filename: lecontei1</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/1576730_5JFRP#642258532_u7hYP" title="Chrysina lecontei - Leconte's Scarab. Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, USA. filename: lecontei1"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/lecontei1/642258532_u7hYP-Th.jpg" width="150" height="109" alt="Chrysina lecontei - Leconte's Scarab. Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, USA. filename: lecontei1" title="Chrysina lecontei - Leconte's Scarab. Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, USA. filename: lecontei1" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-19T00:29:52Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/lecontei1/642258532_u7hYP-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />In a laboratory cage, two male Rhagoletis walnut flies joust over access to females. University of Arizona. filename: Rhagoletis8</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Fabulous-Flies/8164894_6FhJk#533291045_d9F87" title="In a laboratory cage, two male Rhagoletis walnut flies joust over access to females. University of Arizona. filename: Rhagoletis8"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Fabulous-Flies/Rhagoletis8/533291045_d9F87-Th.jpg" width="142" height="150" alt="In a laboratory cage, two male Rhagoletis walnut flies joust over access to females. University of Arizona. filename: Rhagoletis8" title="In a laboratory cage, two male Rhagoletis walnut flies joust over access to females. University of Arizona. filename: Rhagoletis8" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T15:24:59Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Fabulous-Flies/Rhagoletis8/533291045_d9F87-Th.jpg 2007-11-09 16:24:14 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Sphaeropthalma arota - nocturnal velvet ant. California, USA. filename: mutillid10</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bees-Wasps-and-Sawflies/4230200_rPV88#248207116_t7ZL8" title="Sphaeropthalma arota - nocturnal velvet ant. California, USA. filename: mutillid10"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bees-Wasps-and-Sawflies/Mutillid10/248207116_t7ZL8-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="111" alt="Sphaeropthalma arota - nocturnal velvet ant. California, USA. filename: mutillid10" title="Sphaeropthalma arota - nocturnal velvet ant. California, USA. filename: mutillid10" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:14:23Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bees-Wasps-and-Sawflies/Mutillid10/248207116_t7ZL8-Th-1.jpg <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Milkweed aphids (Aphis nerii) cluster around plant veins. Kansas, USA. filename: milkweedaphids1</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bountiful-Bugs/4191931_A9Lqk#245190777_mCsro" title="Milkweed aphids (Aphis nerii) cluster around plant veins. Kansas, USA. filename: milkweedaphids1"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bountiful-Bugs/Milkweed-Aphids/245190777_mCsro-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Milkweed aphids (Aphis nerii) cluster around plant veins. Kansas, USA. filename: milkweedaphids1" title="Milkweed aphids (Aphis nerii) cluster around plant veins. Kansas, USA. filename: milkweedaphids1" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-10-06T13:29:07Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bountiful-Bugs/Milkweed-Aphids/245190777_mCsro-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Scaphinotus petersi - Ground Beetle (Carabidae). Arizona, USA. filename: Scaphinotus1</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/1576730_5JFRP#165212122_gSdhK" title="Scaphinotus petersi - Ground Beetle (Carabidae). Arizona, USA. filename: Scaphinotus1"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Scaphinotus2/165212122_gSdhK-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="101" alt="Scaphinotus petersi - Ground Beetle (Carabidae). Arizona, USA. filename: Scaphinotus1" title="Scaphinotus petersi - Ground Beetle (Carabidae). Arizona, USA. filename: Scaphinotus1" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-19T00:30:23Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Scaphinotus2/165212122_gSdhK-Th-1.jpg 2007-06-18 21:34:05 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Strategus Rhinocerus Beetle. Tucson, Arizona, USA. filename: Strategus2</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/1576730_5JFRP#83675498_ofRJh" title="Strategus Rhinocerus Beetle. Tucson, Arizona, USA. filename: Strategus2"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Strategus2/83675498_ofRJh-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Strategus Rhinocerus Beetle. Tucson, Arizona, USA. filename: Strategus2" title="Strategus Rhinocerus Beetle. Tucson, Arizona, USA. filename: Strategus2" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-19T00:29:25Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Strategus2/83675498_ofRJh-Th.jpg 2006-07-22 17:01:31 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Gibbium sp. spider beetle (Anobiidae). Tucson, Arizona, USA. filename: Gibbium1</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/1576730_5JFRP#76288598_v66B6" title="Gibbium sp. spider beetle (Anobiidae). Tucson, Arizona, USA. filename: Gibbium1"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Gibbium1j/76288598_v66B6-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Gibbium sp. spider beetle (Anobiidae). Tucson, Arizona, USA. filename: Gibbium1" title="Gibbium sp. spider beetle (Anobiidae). Tucson, Arizona, USA. filename: Gibbium1" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-19T00:30:30Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Gibbium1j/76288598_v66B6-Th.jpg 2006-04-29 11:06:06 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Cimex lectularius adult feeding. Notice how the labium (the sheath surrounding the stylets) folds back to allow the bedbug's piercing/sucking mouthparts to sink deeper into the victim's ski ...</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/A-plague-of-Bed-Bugs/9659953_HZ4LE#652050645_gs2ro" title="Cimex lectularius adult feeding. Notice how the labium (the sheath surrounding the stylets) folds back to allow the bedbug's piercing/sucking mouthparts to sink deeper into the victim's ski ..."><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/A-plague-of-Bed-Bugs/Cimex8/652050645_gs2ro-Th.jpg" width="150" height="102" alt="Cimex lectularius adult feeding. Notice how the labium (the sheath surrounding the stylets) folds back to allow the bedbug's piercing/sucking mouthparts to sink deeper into the victim's ski ..." title="Cimex lectularius adult feeding. Notice how the labium (the sheath surrounding the stylets) folds back to allow the bedbug's piercing/sucking mouthparts to sink deeper into the victim's ski ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-12-09T06:21:40Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/A-plague-of-Bed-Bugs/Cimex8/652050645_gs2ro-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />An Aedes triseriatus eastern treehole mosquito takes a blood meal. Illinois. filename: triseriatus14</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Fabulous-Flies/8164894_6FhJk#642263163_DQHXL" title="An Aedes triseriatus eastern treehole mosquito takes a blood meal. Illinois. filename: triseriatus14"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Fabulous-Flies/triseriatus14/642263163_DQHXL-Th.jpg" width="100" height="150" alt="An Aedes triseriatus eastern treehole mosquito takes a blood meal. Illinois. filename: triseriatus14" title="An Aedes triseriatus eastern treehole mosquito takes a blood meal. Illinois. filename: triseriatus14" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T15:25:00Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Fabulous-Flies/triseriatus14/642263163_DQHXL-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Dineutus sublineatus - Whirligig Beetle. Arizona, USA. filename: Dineutus1</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/1576730_5JFRP#642257033_FPgmC" title="Dineutus sublineatus - Whirligig Beetle. Arizona, USA. filename: Dineutus1"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Dineutes1/642257033_FPgmC-Th.jpg" width="150" height="93" alt="Dineutus sublineatus - Whirligig Beetle. Arizona, USA. filename: Dineutus1" title="Dineutus sublineatus - Whirligig Beetle. Arizona, USA. filename: Dineutus1" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-07T05:08:26Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Dineutes1/642257033_FPgmC-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Laccophilus pictus - Predaceous Diving Beetle. Arizona, USA. filename: Laccophilus1</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/1576730_5JFRP#642256798_o2sWZ" title="Laccophilus pictus - Predaceous Diving Beetle. Arizona, USA. filename: Laccophilus1"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Laccophilus1/642256798_o2sWZ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Laccophilus pictus - Predaceous Diving Beetle. Arizona, USA. filename: Laccophilus1" title="Laccophilus pictus - Predaceous Diving Beetle. Arizona, USA. filename: Laccophilus1" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-07T05:02:31Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Laccophilus1/642256798_o2sWZ-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Encyrtid wasp, Comperia merceti, emerging from a parasitized cockroach egg case. Laboratory colony at the University of Arizona. filename: encyrtid2</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bees-Wasps-and-Sawflies/4230200_rPV88#642254286_ZRDZG" title="Encyrtid wasp, Comperia merceti, emerging from a parasitized cockroach egg case. Laboratory colony at the University of Arizona. filename: encyrtid2"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bees-Wasps-and-Sawflies/Encyrtid6/642254286_ZRDZG-Th.jpg" width="100" height="150" alt="Encyrtid wasp, Comperia merceti, emerging from a parasitized cockroach egg case. Laboratory colony at the University of Arizona. filename: encyrtid2" title="Encyrtid wasp, Comperia merceti, emerging from a parasitized cockroach egg case. Laboratory colony at the University of Arizona. filename: encyrtid2" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:14:23Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bees-Wasps-and-Sawflies/Encyrtid6/642254286_ZRDZG-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Eucharitid wasp, male. California, USA. filename: eucharitid1</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bees-Wasps-and-Sawflies/4230200_rPV88#630850337_9HvsB" title="Eucharitid wasp, male. California, USA. filename: eucharitid1"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bees-Wasps-and-Sawflies/Eucharitid1/630850337_9HvsB-Th.jpg" width="150" height="118" alt="Eucharitid wasp, male. California, USA. filename: eucharitid1" title="Eucharitid wasp, male. California, USA. filename: eucharitid1" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:14:20Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bees-Wasps-and-Sawflies/Eucharitid1/630850337_9HvsB-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Mallophorina sp. robber fly. Arizona. filename: Asilid10</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Fabulous-Flies/8164894_6FhJk#533472038_XMTqi" title="Mallophorina sp. robber fly. Arizona. filename: Asilid10"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Fabulous-Flies/Asilid10/533472038_XMTqi-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Mallophorina sp. robber fly. Arizona. filename: Asilid10" title="Mallophorina sp. robber fly. Arizona. filename: Asilid10" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T15:24:59Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Fabulous-Flies/Asilid10/533472038_XMTqi-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Onthophagus nigriventris dung beetle, minor (left) and major males. The different forms represent alternative reproductive strategies within the species. filename: nigriventris1</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/1576730_5JFRP#510920341_EqUmk" title="Onthophagus nigriventris dung beetle, minor (left) and major males. The different forms represent alternative reproductive strategies within the species. filename: nigriventris1"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/nigriventris1/510920341_EqUmk-Th.jpg" width="150" height="99" alt="Onthophagus nigriventris dung beetle, minor (left) and major males. The different forms represent alternative reproductive strategies within the species. filename: nigriventris1" title="Onthophagus nigriventris dung beetle, minor (left) and major males. The different forms represent alternative reproductive strategies within the species. filename: nigriventris1" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-10-12T04:12:01Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/nigriventris1/510920341_EqUmk-Th.jpg 2009-04-11 12:59:31 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />A nest of the European paper wasp, Polistes dominula. filename: dominulus6</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bees-Wasps-and-Sawflies/4230200_rPV88#457409851_4kngR" title="A nest of the European paper wasp, Polistes dominula. filename: dominulus6"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bees-Wasps-and-Sawflies/dominulus6/457409851_4kngR-Th.jpg" width="102" height="150" alt="A nest of the European paper wasp, Polistes dominula. filename: dominulus6" title="A nest of the European paper wasp, Polistes dominula. filename: dominulus6" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:14:24Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bees-Wasps-and-Sawflies/dominulus6/457409851_4kngR-Th.jpg 2007-07-01 16:49:00 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Phymata ambush bugs are sit and wait predators. Champaign, Illinois, USA</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bountiful-Bugs/4191931_A9Lqk#431880482_qRLXn" title="Phymata ambush bugs are sit and wait predators. Champaign, Illinois, USA"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bountiful-Bugs/Phymata4/431880482_qRLXn-Th.jpg" width="150" height="101" alt="Phymata ambush bugs are sit and wait predators. Champaign, Illinois, USA" title="Phymata ambush bugs are sit and wait predators. Champaign, Illinois, USA" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-10-06T13:30:11Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bountiful-Bugs/Phymata4/431880482_qRLXn-Th.jpg 2008-09-28 11:49:37 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Harmonia axyridis - Asian Multi-Colored Ladybeetle. Illinois, USA. filename: Harmonia6</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/1576730_5JFRP#388555959_YAwNJ" title="Harmonia axyridis - Asian Multi-Colored Ladybeetle. Illinois, USA. filename: Harmonia6"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Harmonia6/388555959_YAwNJ-Th.jpg" width="100" height="150" alt="Harmonia axyridis - Asian Multi-Colored Ladybeetle. Illinois, USA. filename: Harmonia6" title="Harmonia axyridis - Asian Multi-Colored Ladybeetle. Illinois, USA. filename: Harmonia6" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-19T00:29:52Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Harmonia6/388555959_YAwNJ-Th.jpg 2008-10-05 18:36:43 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Harmonia axyridis - Asian Multi-Colored Ladybeetle, taking flight. Illinois, USA. filename: Harmonia3</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/1576730_5JFRP#388554303_q3wtZ" title="Harmonia axyridis - Asian Multi-Colored Ladybeetle, taking flight. Illinois, USA. filename: Harmonia3"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Harmonia3/388554303_q3wtZ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Harmonia axyridis - Asian Multi-Colored Ladybeetle, taking flight. Illinois, USA. filename: Harmonia3" title="Harmonia axyridis - Asian Multi-Colored Ladybeetle, taking flight. Illinois, USA. filename: Harmonia3" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-19T00:30:04Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Harmonia3/388554303_q3wtZ-Th.jpg 2008-10-05 20:01:27 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Chyphotes species, Bradynobaenidae. Nevada, USA. filename: Bradynobaenid1</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bees-Wasps-and-Sawflies/4230200_rPV88#248207217_QgiTv" title="Chyphotes species, Bradynobaenidae. Nevada, USA. filename: Bradynobaenid1"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bees-Wasps-and-Sawflies/Bradynobaenid1/248207217_QgiTv-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="95" alt="Chyphotes species, Bradynobaenidae. Nevada, USA. filename: Bradynobaenid1" title="Chyphotes species, Bradynobaenidae. Nevada, USA. filename: Bradynobaenid1" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:14:23Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bees-Wasps-and-Sawflies/Bradynobaenid1/248207217_QgiTv-Th-1.jpg <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />The bright colors of this Lygaeus kalmii milkweed bug advertise its distastefulness to predators. Nevada, USA. filename: lygaeuskalmii1</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bountiful-Bugs/4191931_A9Lqk#245191223_tw3nt" title="The bright colors of this Lygaeus kalmii milkweed bug advertise its distastefulness to predators. Nevada, USA. filename: lygaeuskalmii1"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bountiful-Bugs/LygaeusKalmii/245191223_tw3nt-Th.jpg" width="150" height="102" alt="The bright colors of this Lygaeus kalmii milkweed bug advertise its distastefulness to predators. Nevada, USA. filename: lygaeuskalmii1" title="The bright colors of this Lygaeus kalmii milkweed bug advertise its distastefulness to predators. Nevada, USA. filename: lygaeuskalmii1" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-12-23T10:20:19Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bountiful-Bugs/LygaeusKalmii/245191223_tw3nt-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />A tarnished plant bug (Lygus sp.) rests on an aster in a Sierran meadow. California, USA. filename: mirid2</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bountiful-Bugs/4191931_A9Lqk#245175395_5mMNr" title="A tarnished plant bug (Lygus sp.) rests on an aster in a Sierran meadow. California, USA. filename: mirid2"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bountiful-Bugs/Mirid2/245175395_5mMNr-Th.jpg" width="150" height="103" alt="A tarnished plant bug (Lygus sp.) rests on an aster in a Sierran meadow. California, USA. filename: mirid2" title="A tarnished plant bug (Lygus sp.) rests on an aster in a Sierran meadow. California, USA. filename: mirid2" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-10-06T13:28:57Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bountiful-Bugs/Mirid2/245175395_5mMNr-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Epicauta pardalis - Blister Beetle (Meloidae). Arizona, USA. When bothered, blister beetles exude a potent toxin (Cantharadin) from their leg joints. The chemical causes painful blisters w ...</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/1576730_5JFRP#165212740_VpHa8" title="Epicauta pardalis - Blister Beetle (Meloidae). Arizona, USA. When bothered, blister beetles exude a potent toxin (Cantharadin) from their leg joints. The chemical causes painful blisters w ..."><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Epicauta7/165212740_VpHa8-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Epicauta pardalis - Blister Beetle (Meloidae). Arizona, USA. When bothered, blister beetles exude a potent toxin (Cantharadin) from their leg joints. The chemical causes painful blisters w ..." title="Epicauta pardalis - Blister Beetle (Meloidae). Arizona, USA. When bothered, blister beetles exude a potent toxin (Cantharadin) from their leg joints. The chemical causes painful blisters w ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-19T00:30:19Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Epicauta7/165212740_VpHa8-Th.jpg 2007-05-20 23:41:01 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Nemognatha sp. - Blister Beetle (Meloidae). California, USA. filename: Meloid3</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/1576730_5JFRP#165212601_A8KdA" title="Nemognatha sp. - Blister Beetle (Meloidae). California, USA. filename: Meloid3"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Meloid3/165212601_A8KdA-Th.jpg" width="150" height="101" alt="Nemognatha sp. - Blister Beetle (Meloidae). California, USA. filename: Meloid3" title="Nemognatha sp. - Blister Beetle (Meloidae). California, USA. filename: Meloid3" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-19T00:30:19Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Meloid3/165212601_A8KdA-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Opisthius richardsoni - Ground Beetle (Carabidae). Montana, USA. filename: Opisthius4</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/1576730_5JFRP#165212075_9Jrzf" title="Opisthius richardsoni - Ground Beetle (Carabidae). Montana, USA. filename: Opisthius4"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Opisthius4/165212075_9Jrzf-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="110" alt="Opisthius richardsoni - Ground Beetle (Carabidae). Montana, USA. filename: Opisthius4" title="Opisthius richardsoni - Ground Beetle (Carabidae). Montana, USA. filename: Opisthius4" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-19T00:30:19Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Opisthius4/165212075_9Jrzf-Th-1.jpg 2007-06-16 14:28:16 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Zygogramma sp. Leaf Beetle. Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, USA. filename: Zygogramma2</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/1576730_5JFRP#91049053_AqdJT" title="Zygogramma sp. Leaf Beetle. Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, USA. filename: Zygogramma2"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Calligrapha2/91049053_AqdJT-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="108" alt="Zygogramma sp. Leaf Beetle. Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, USA. filename: Zygogramma2" title="Zygogramma sp. Leaf Beetle. Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, USA. filename: Zygogramma2" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-19T00:30:19Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Calligrapha2/91049053_AqdJT-Th-1.jpg 2006-08-27 10:20:56 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Metrius contractus, Bombardier Beetle. Oregon, USA. filename: Metrius1</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/1576730_5JFRP#83675362_PcvPn" title="Metrius contractus, Bombardier Beetle. Oregon, USA. filename: Metrius1"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Metrius1/83675362_PcvPn-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Metrius contractus, Bombardier Beetle. Oregon, USA. filename: Metrius1" title="Metrius contractus, Bombardier Beetle. Oregon, USA. filename: Metrius1" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-19T00:29:51Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Metrius1/83675362_PcvPn-Th.jpg 2006-07-22 16:21:05 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Pasimachus sp. ground beetle.</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/1576730_5JFRP#76830864_ZtGb3" title="Pasimachus sp. ground beetle."><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Pasimachus1/76830864_ZtGb3-Th.jpg" width="100" height="150" alt="Pasimachus sp. ground beetle." title="Pasimachus sp. ground beetle." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-19T00:30:04Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Pasimachus1/76830864_ZtGb3-Th.jpg 2006-06-15 22:54:42 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Amblycheila cylindriformis, North America's largest tiger beetle. filename: Amblycheila2</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/1576730_5JFRP#76830805_5387k" title="Amblycheila cylindriformis, North America's largest tiger beetle. filename: Amblycheila2"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Amblycheila2/76830805_5387k-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Amblycheila cylindriformis, North America's largest tiger beetle. filename: Amblycheila2" title="Amblycheila cylindriformis, North America's largest tiger beetle. filename: Amblycheila2" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-07T05:08:26Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Amblycheila2/76830805_5387k-Th.jpg 2006-06-20 00:30:19 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Sandalus niger cicada parasite beetle (male). Urbana, Illinois, USA</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/1576730_5JFRP#694160880_sbbDZ" title="Sandalus niger cicada parasite beetle (male). Urbana, Illinois, USA"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Sandalus3/694160880_sbbDZ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Sandalus niger cicada parasite beetle (male). Urbana, Illinois, USA" title="Sandalus niger cicada parasite beetle (male). Urbana, Illinois, USA" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:12Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Sandalus3/694160880_sbbDZ-Th.jpg 2009-10-20 11:11:10 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Scarites sp. ground beetle. Urbana, Illinois, USA</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/1576730_5JFRP#677777484_7V6Sg" title="Scarites sp. ground beetle. Urbana, Illinois, USA"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Scarites1/677777484_7V6Sg-Th.jpg" width="112" height="150" alt="Scarites sp. ground beetle. Urbana, Illinois, USA" title="Scarites sp. ground beetle. Urbana, Illinois, USA" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:15Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Scarites1/677777484_7V6Sg-Th.jpg 2009-10-11 15:53:22 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Belostoma sp. giant water bug. Lake Glendale, Illinois, USA</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bountiful-Bugs/4191931_A9Lqk#672848694_FqVdT" title="Belostoma sp. giant water bug. Lake Glendale, Illinois, USA"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bountiful-Bugs/Belostoma6/672848694_FqVdT-Th.jpg" width="100" height="150" alt="Belostoma sp. giant water bug. Lake Glendale, Illinois, USA" title="Belostoma sp. giant water bug. Lake Glendale, Illinois, USA" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:16Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bountiful-Bugs/Belostoma6/672848694_FqVdT-Th.jpg 2009-09-18 10:27:34 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Odontotaenius disjunctus - horned passalus. Dixon Springs, Illinois, USA</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/1576730_5JFRP#654079167_GPZHg" title="Odontotaenius disjunctus - horned passalus. Dixon Springs, Illinois, USA"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Odontotaenius7/654079167_GPZHg-Th.jpg" width="150" height="106" alt="Odontotaenius disjunctus - horned passalus. Dixon Springs, Illinois, USA" title="Odontotaenius disjunctus - horned passalus. Dixon Springs, Illinois, USA" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:27Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Odontotaenius7/654079167_GPZHg-Th.jpg 2009-09-14 21:23:32 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Younger bed bugs are lighter in color than adults. Chicago, Illinois, USA</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/A-plague-of-Bed-Bugs/9659953_HZ4LE#652051929_hLBWu" title="Younger bed bugs are lighter in color than adults. Chicago, Illinois, USA"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/A-plague-of-Bed-Bugs/Cimex26/652051929_hLBWu-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Younger bed bugs are lighter in color than adults. Chicago, Illinois, USA" title="Younger bed bugs are lighter in color than adults. Chicago, Illinois, USA" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-12-12T12:22:02Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/A-plague-of-Bed-Bugs/Cimex26/652051929_hLBWu-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Head-on with the common bedbug, Cimex lectularius. Chicago, Illinois, USA</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/A-plague-of-Bed-Bugs/9659953_HZ4LE#652050438_Zb2io" title="Head-on with the common bedbug, Cimex lectularius. Chicago, Illinois, USA"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/A-plague-of-Bed-Bugs/Cimex4/652050438_Zb2io-Th.jpg" width="150" height="104" alt="Head-on with the common bedbug, Cimex lectularius. Chicago, Illinois, USA" title="Head-on with the common bedbug, Cimex lectularius. Chicago, Illinois, USA" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-12-09T06:21:40Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/A-plague-of-Bed-Bugs/Cimex4/652050438_Zb2io-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Eucharitid wasps are specialized parasites of ants. Arizona, USA. filename: eucharitid4</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bees-Wasps-and-Sawflies/4230200_rPV88#630850419_3axv7" title="Eucharitid wasps are specialized parasites of ants. Arizona, USA. filename: eucharitid4"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bees-Wasps-and-Sawflies/Eucharitid4s/630850419_3axv7-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Eucharitid wasps are specialized parasites of ants. Arizona, USA. filename: eucharitid4" title="Eucharitid wasps are specialized parasites of ants. Arizona, USA. filename: eucharitid4" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:14:23Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bees-Wasps-and-Sawflies/Eucharitid4s/630850419_3axv7-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Alaus oculatus - Eyed Elater. Illinois, USA. filename: Alaus1</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/1576730_5JFRP#575775843_6vppQ" title="Alaus oculatus - Eyed Elater. Illinois, USA. filename: Alaus1"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Alaus1/575775843_6vppQ-Th.jpg" width="99" height="150" alt="Alaus oculatus - Eyed Elater. Illinois, USA. filename: Alaus1" title="Alaus oculatus - Eyed Elater. Illinois, USA. filename: Alaus1" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-10-12T04:12:04Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Alaus1/575775843_6vppQ-Th.jpg 2009-06-25 21:37:48 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />A predatory syrphid fly larva sneaks up behind an oleander aphid (Aphis nerii) for a quick snack. Syrphids are excellent control agents for pest aphids. Arizona. filename: syrphidlarva1</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Fabulous-Flies/8164894_6FhJk#534406753_etBZ3" title="A predatory syrphid fly larva sneaks up behind an oleander aphid (Aphis nerii) for a quick snack. Syrphids are excellent control agents for pest aphids. Arizona. filename: syrphidlarva1"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Fabulous-Flies/SyrphidLarva1/534406753_etBZ3-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="A predatory syrphid fly larva sneaks up behind an oleander aphid (Aphis nerii) for a quick snack. Syrphids are excellent control agents for pest aphids. Arizona. filename: syrphidlarva1" title="A predatory syrphid fly larva sneaks up behind an oleander aphid (Aphis nerii) for a quick snack. Syrphids are excellent control agents for pest aphids. Arizona. filename: syrphidlarva1" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T15:08:38Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Fabulous-Flies/SyrphidLarva1/534406753_etBZ3-Th.jpg 2008-04-12 10:51:43