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2 3 Spotting

Spotting

by RodrigodeAraujoMG, Brazil

Astylus sp. (Melyridae) Thanks to Michael ...

4 5 Spotted Maize Beetle

Spotted Maize Beetle

by asergioCuritiba, Paraná, Brazil

0 1 Soft Winged Flower Beetle

Soft Winged Flower Beetle

by S.E. ThomasGainesville, Texas, USA

0 1 Soft-winged flower beetle.

Soft-winged flower beetle.

by Daniela BracamonteSalta, Salta, Argentina

Possibly Astylus sp.

0 0 Escarabajo (Beetle)

Escarabajo (Beetle)

by kozogaComunidad Valenciana, Spain

0 0 Soft-winged Flower Beetle

Soft-winged Flower Beetle

by LaurenZarateTuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, Mexico

elytra. Some species have peculiar antennae with the basal segments enlarged. ...

0 1 Malachite beetle

Malachite beetle

by Marta RubioTexeiraTorrevieja, Comunitat Valenciana, Spain

Psilothrix Familia : Melyridae Genero: ...

3 1 Spotting

Spotting

by RachaelBVictoria, Australia

About 12mm long. Red and black.

0 2 Soft-winged flower beetle larva

Soft-winged flower beetle larva

by KarenLFranklin, Tennessee, USA

2 mm long fast moving bright orange larva.

9 6 Astylus atromaculatus

Astylus atromaculatus

by raphaelacamposJuiz de Fora, MG, Brazil

0 0 Spotting

Spotting

by Robb HannawackerArizona, USA

Cantharidae? Melyridae?

1 0 Soft-winged Flower Beetle Larva

Soft-winged Flower Beetle Larva

by MachiMaine, USA

Family Melyridae Subfamily Malachiinae

2 0 Astylus Beetle

Astylus Beetle

by GustavoMorejonProvincia del Azuay, Ecuador

A Melyridae beetle, probably of the genus ...

0 0 Softwing flower beetle

Softwing flower beetle

by Mark RidgwayVictoria, Australia

About 12mm long; olive green with bright orange between segments.

1 2 Soft-wing Flower Beetle

Soft-wing Flower Beetle

by LeubaMelbourne, Victoria, Australia

A long beetle about 10 mm long with a black head, red thorax and a black and ...

0 0 Soft-winged Flower Beetle

Soft-winged Flower Beetle

by JellisPueblo, Colorado, USA

Observed for a short while these small dark narrow beetles all over the cactus ...

0 0 Soft-winged Flower Beetle

Soft-winged Flower Beetle

by KeithRoragenNebraska, USA

About 6mm long

2 2 Soft Wing Flower Beetle

Soft Wing Flower Beetle

by LaurenZarateSan Cristóbal, Chiapas, Mexico

Melyridae, subfamily Malachiinae.

1 2 Red and blue pollen beetle

Red and blue pollen beetle

by martinlVictoria, Australia

A distinctive blue and red metallic beetle. A first in the family

0 0 Pollen Beetle

Pollen Beetle

by LeubaMelbourne, Victoria, Australia

A small beetle about 8 mm long with a black head, shiny red thorax and dark ...

4 2 Red and Blue Beetle

Red and Blue Beetle

by LeubaVictoria, Australia

This 8 mm long beetle is beautifully coloured in red and metallic blue. The ...

0 2 Softwing flower beetle

Softwing flower beetle

by Mark RidgwayVictoria, Australia

Several of these beetles were seen on a variety of plants. This one had ...

4 0 Softwing flower beetle

Softwing flower beetle

by Mark RidgwayNarre Warren East, Victoria, Australia

About 12mm long. Fairly inactive maybe due to an unusually cold day.

2 3 Spotted Maize Beetle

Spotted Maize Beetle

by asergioAraucária, Paraná, Brazil

In the place I went to photograph today there where literally hundreds of these ...

2 2 Spotted Maize Beetle.

Spotted Maize Beetle.

by Daniela BracamonteSalta, Salta, Argentina

This species is native to South America. The adults feed on pollen.The larvae ...

5 2 Soft-wing Flower beetle

Soft-wing Flower beetle

by Andrea LimCairns, Queensland, Australia

Small beetle. Length 4mm. Striking colours of red and white with contrasting ...

1 0 Soft-winged Flower Beetle

Soft-winged Flower Beetle

by CindyBinghamKeiserSan Mateo, California, USA

Black and red beetle? It looks like it has immature wings.

0 2 Flower bugs

Flower bugs

by Hema ShahCalifornia, USA

This gum plant attracts a variety of insects. I am looking for the ID of the ...

3 0 Soft-winged Flower Beetle

Soft-winged Flower Beetle

by CindyBinghamKeiserPoway, California, USA

Small grayish brown and black beetle with quite a bit of fuzz :)

1 0 Soft Wing Flower Beetle

Soft Wing Flower Beetle

by LaurenZarateChiapas, Mexico

. Family Melyridae, Subfamily Dasytinae. ...

16 12 Unknown moth

Unknown moth

by GustavoMorejonSan Miguel de Jima, Azuay, Ecuador

A bright red butterfly living side by side with a specie of beetle of the genus ...

0 10 Melyrid beetle

Melyrid beetle

by Mark RidgwayThe Basin, Victoria, Australia

A simple beetle with orange thorax, black head, orange abdomen with discrete ...

1 2 Soft Winged Flower Beetle

Soft Winged Flower Beetle

by LaurenZarateChiapas, Mexico

some kind of unpleasant chemical. See Thaptor's comment below. Family

1 0 Red&Blue flower beetle

Red&Blue flower beetle

by Argy BeeMelbourne, Victoria, Australia

8mm long; alternate red and metallic blue; busy searching

2 0 Beetle

Beetle

George Local Municipality, Western Cape, South Africa

. They generally are slightly flat in shape, and like most

0 6 Soft-Winged Flower Beetle

Soft-Winged Flower Beetle

by misako.hillCalifornia, USA

Soft-Winged Flower Beetle. Most are elongate-oval, soft-bodied beetles 10 mm ...

1 0 Malachite Beetle

Malachite Beetle

by injicaCroatia

The body is 5–7 millimetres (0.20–0.28 in) long, the head and pronotum are ...

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