Lamprosoma Sp.

Rainbow Scarab (Phanaeus vindex), male, family Scarabaeidae, Pennsylvania, USA

a species of "true dung beetle".

photograph by Michael Reed

Dome lace bug, Oecharis sp., Tingidae

Found in Queensland, Australia

Photos 1-5 by bridgetteaussiemacro, 6 by deemc, 7-8 by tjeales, and 9-10 (for scale) by cynthia_c

Claude Rains ~ 1930 Broadway Portrait ~

1-6 my little bug!!!!!!!!!!! 🐞💛

7-10 my dumbo billy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🐁💕

The Grackles

are also still around, and some are still feeding babies, but molting has also begun, giving some of them the best and most dramatic looks. As if they couldn’t already do that with their plumage fully intact!

Tripodfish, Discoverichthys praecox larva Appreciation Post!! 🩵 💙 🌊

Rare Tripodfish larva, an Ipnopidae species, found on a blackwater dive off Kona, Hawaii. Body size about 3.5cm

📷 credit: Steven Kovacs

You love to sea it 🌊

Spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta), family Hyaenidae (hyenas)

The largest extant species of hyena, and the most social carnivoran.

Young hyenas are born with a black coat, but begin to develop a lighter spotted coat around 2-3 months old. Their spots are better defined than adults, and fade with age.

Safaripark Beekse Bergen, taken July 2024

Jewel longhorn beetle, Sternotomis bohemani, Cerambycidae

Found primarily in the southeastern region of Africa

Photo 1-2 by michelemenegon, 3 by ottob-c, 4 by martingrimm, 5-6 by m_d, 7-8 by bartwursten, 9 by joachim, and 10 by zarek

*BLEEP*