The Friday Beetle returns with a splash of elytral color!
Darkling beetle (Tenebrionidae) Kibale Forest, Uganda
I found this insect walking about on a rotting log in a Ugandan Forest. It is unusually gaudy for a tenebrionid, a family which typically favors grays, blacks, and browns. I don’t know the species- if you recognize it, please speak up!
photo details: Canon MP-E 65mm 1-5x macro on a Canon EOS 7D
ISO 200, f/13, 1/250th second
Diffused overhead twin flash
A personal blog by Illinois-based biologist and photographer Alex Wild.
Most disappointed that I can only offer the comment of J. B. S. Haldane and say that I too (like God) have an inordinate fondness for beetles.
Very pretty, but I have no idea what it is!
Is this a lightling beetle then? I’ve seen some delightfully metallic tenebs on the West Coast and in Central America.