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  1. Insects and Spiders

Beetles

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  • Mating Asian Spotted Ladybird Beetles

    Mating Asian Spotted Ladybird Beetles

  • Three beetles and an Argentine Ant share this very small flower

    Three beetles and an Argentine Ant share this very small flower

  • Ladybug and aphid prey.

    Ladybug and aphid prey.

  • Ladybird Beetle Larva

    Ladybird Beetle Larva

  • Asian Spotted Ladybird Beetle on a rose petal.

    Asian Spotted Ladybird Beetle on a rose petal.

  • Mealy Bug Destroyer larva.

    Mealy Bug Destroyer larva.

  • Ashy Gray Ladybird Beetle

    Ashy Gray Ladybird Beetle

  • Ladybird Beetle larva

    Ladybird Beetle larva

  • Spotless Ladybird Beetle

    Spotless Ladybird Beetle

  • Ashy Gray Ladybird Beetle - minutes after eclosure

    Ashy Gray Ladybird Beetle - minutes after eclosure

  • Stink Beetles:  Pair on left is mating.  The beetles are on a broken-off piece of a large mushroom.

    Stink Beetles: Pair on left is mating. The beetles are on a broken-off piece of a large mushroom.

  • Two-stabbed Ladybird Beetle

    Two-stabbed Ladybird Beetle

  • Rove Beetle

    Rove Beetle

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  • Blunt-nosed Weevil

    Blunt-nosed Weevil

  • Western Blood-Red Ladybird Beetle

    Western Blood-Red Ladybird Beetle

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  • Mating Beetles

    Mating Beetles

  • Beetle

    Beetle

  • Beetle

    Beetle

  • A Ladybug in the making.

    A Ladybug in the making.

  • Blunt-nosed Weevil - missing the lower part of its left front leg.

    Blunt-nosed Weevil - missing the lower part of its left front leg.

  • A wood-boring beetle.

    A wood-boring beetle.

  • Newly emerged Asian Spotted Ladybird Beetle.  Spots have not yet darkened.

    Newly emerged Asian Spotted Ladybird Beetle. Spots have not yet darkened.

  • Black Lampyrid - a type of firefly beetle that does not glow.

    Black Lampyrid - a type of firefly beetle that does not glow.

  • Possibly a Golden Buprestid beetle - or something similar.  This is a wood-boring beetle of which there are several hundred species in the Western U.S.

    Possibly a Golden Buprestid beetle - or something similar. This is a wood-boring beetle of which there are several hundred species in the Western U.S.

  • Small ground beetle.

    Small ground beetle.

  • Downy Leather-wing Beetle.  An aphid and mite predator.

    Downy Leather-wing Beetle. An aphid and mite predator.

  • Mating Beetles.  The species is in the same family as fireflies - but has no light.

    Mating Beetles. The species is in the same family as fireflies - but has no light.

  • 8 Mar:  Rove Beetle.  There are 3,100 species of Rove Beetles in North America alone.  They scavenge in the leaf litter and are considered to be beneficial because they feed on smaller insects.

    8 Mar: Rove Beetle. There are 3,100 species of Rove Beetles in North America alone. They scavenge in the leaf litter and are considered to be beneficial because they feed on smaller insects.

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  • A member of the family of Lamellicorn Beetles, named for the  plate-like structures that comprise the third segment of their antennae.  These structures are called "lamellae."

    A member of the family of Lamellicorn Beetles, named for the plate-like structures that comprise the third segment of their antennae. These structures are called "lamellae."

  • Weevil.

    Weevil.

  • Black Vine Weevil.

    Black Vine Weevil.

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  • Seven-spotted Ladybird Beetle.

    Seven-spotted Ladybird Beetle.

  • Soldier Bug.

    Soldier Bug.

  • Pine Ladybird Beetle

    Pine Ladybird Beetle

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