Moth and Beetle

At Moth and Beetle, we are focused on sourcing and supplying a wide range of supplies for those interested in the study and collecting of insect specimens.

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With the closing of BioQuip, we hope some of you who are looking for entomological supplies will take a look at our site!

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[Bernoid @bernoid]

Xylaria hypoxylon. Candlesnuff spaceship.

[iNaturalist @inaturalist]

The creature you see here is a relative of snails, octopuses, and clams! This one here is possibly a Pink Spotted Jacket Tonicia (Tonicia calbucensis).

📷 nicolas_lobos on iNaturalist
📍 Chile
🔗: https://t.co/oZMiVeguT8
#ObservationOfTheDay

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[Matt Berry @_Matt_Berry_]

'And it was all yellow'

Clouded Yellow among the Woody Fleabane flowers.

Greece 🇬🇷
Nov 25

[Manfred R. Ulitzka @Thrips_iD]

Scirtothrips dorsalis (Chili Thrips) female — first record from Italy (Sicily) on mango.
Originating from SE Asia and introduced through horticultural trade, it continues expanding globally.
In Europe, it was known only from Spain and Portugal — now also from Italy.
Not yet listed in the EPPO Global Database.
Body length: 0.9mm
#thrips #thysanoptera #entomology

[iNaturalist @inaturalist]

This incredible fly (Hermya anhamberu) is a newly described species! 🧵⤵️

📷 aranda87 on iNaturalist
📍 Brazil
🔗: https://t.co/qPWN3wLSIX
#ObservationOfTheDay

[Ivysuckle💚(the garden reef)🍃 @ivysuckle]

Little diplazontine ichneumon Homotropus sp searching for late hoverfly larvae in the garden today 💚🍃

[Ivysuckle💚(the garden reef)🍃 @ivysuckle]

Slightly fuzzy shots of a beautiful pimpline ichneumon in the garden earlier (with antenna injury), a parasitoid of spider egg sacs, maybe Tromatobia ovivora? @jaswboparai 💚🍃

[Thorben Danke @sagaOptics]

Finally!The moment shortly after hatching
Diacrisia sannio, female.

[iNaturalist @inaturalist]

Happy October! Here's a Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) ... oh, and a large (decorative) skeleton. 🎃💀👻

📷 robin04 on iNaturalist
📍 Canada
🔗: https://t.co/LWW0Ufove1
#ObservationOfTheDay

[Matt Berry @_Matt_Berry_]

Good morning! For day 2 of #Leptember here is one of natures finest, an Oleander Hawk-moth (Daphnis nerii).

A home reared specimen, held by my daughter just before its release.

[Manfred R. Ulitzka @Thrips_iD]

😊FINALLY!!!
After many hours of work, ThripsWiki (https://t.co/Y2mCay3YqK) is online again and up to date!
Following the serious server problems caused by the Log4J catastrophe, ThripsWiki was lost. In 2022, it was restored, but just in read-only mode. Now we have set it up on a new server.
During the last week 250 species have been added resulting in about 6,600 extant #thrips and 190 fossil species.
Certainly, not everything is complete yet. We know that numerous photos are still missing. But surely we have overlooked also some species, synonyms, and similar details. Individual publications of individual authors are also surely not yet fully covered.
If you work on thrips and discover any errors or gaps, we kindly ask you to inform us and thank you in advance for your support!

[iNaturalist @inaturalist]

We're big fans of snails over here. Here's a species that has less than 10 iNaturalist observations: Sheldonia cotyledonis!

📷 cliffdorse on iNaturalist
📍 South Africa
🔗: https://t.co/OkMY9BDIcv
#ObservationOfTheDay #InverteFest

[Thorben Danke @sagaOptics]

Pale tussock, Calliteara pudibunda. The caterpillar is highly fluorescent under UV light and easy to find at night.

[Matt Berry @_Matt_Berry_]

Good evening from Greece 🇬🇷 A male Lesser Fiery Copper (Lycaena thersamon).

[Entomemeology @entomemeology]

Happy weevil Wednesday yall

[john lindsell @jonnycaribouthe]

Really happy to find these Fluted Birds nest fungi.A lifer for me.