weevil and a really tiny unknown beetle.its a warm day and the bugs are out
👍👍 Really like the textures on the carrion beetle.
Well caught, you are on a 'roll' today.
tinusbum wrote:
weevil and a really tiny unknown beetle.its a warm day and the bugs are out
The second 'weevil is probably not. I believe it to be an engraver beetle, family Scolytidae. A story about the carrion beetle.
A lady friend, a biology major, and I were collecting along C&O Canal in Montgomery County. MD. Chicken livers are a commonly used fish bait there. I was a bit ahead, had seen a rotting container of livers and these beetles. A few minutes later, she catches up, holding her arm as far away as she could. I started laughing. What the h--- is funny?, her. Pretty, aren't they?, me. She had picked one up from the cup of putrid livers. I had wipes and alcohol, no problem.
She became a much more cautious collector. The lesson? Nature has warning colors for a reason. Pay attention, notes won't help.
Bill
Great shots, keep them coming.
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