Steph Martinez

Insect enthusiast 🪲

[dutto @TBeetles]

2nd Jan, first Cerambycidae record of the year. Found crawling over carpet in office room. Rhagium bifasciatum, an escapee from one of my larval rearing containers. From Birch although generally has a stronger association with Scots Pine. @ColSocBI

[Steph Martinez @springtailparty]

don’t mind me, just catching lantern flies before i leave my hometown

[D. Allan Drummond Art @dadrummondart]

The climb begins. Neotibicen nymph (actually adult squished into robotic nymph armor at this point) headed up to molt and fly. #InverteFest

[Steph Martinez @springtailparty]

@sagaOptics @SysEB_Entsoc i immediately thought of this scene for some reason

[BioQuip Products @BioQuip]

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[Nicky Bay @singaporemacro]

Mum has gathered the kids again. What are they talking about???

[Thorben Danke @sagaOptics]

Scorpion fly, Panorpa spec. In summer, they can often be seen in shady areas, especially on bushes. For mating, the female receives a dead insect or self-produced saliva pellets from the male as a gift. They are eaten by the female during copulation.

[Gil Wizen @wizentrop]

Believe it or not, that's a spider here
(Poltys sp.)

[Steph Martinez @springtailparty]

This is a really cool video. They just DROP to the ground and it’s so weird lol @PurdueSciComm

[Steph Martinez @springtailparty]

OMG THESE ARE SO COOL

[Elfa dos Insetos 🐛🦋 @ElfaDosInsetos]

Se acharem dentro de casa, podem resgatar eles e por pra fora

https://t.co/KaF0yXprk3

[Steph Martinez @springtailparty]

very beautiful very powerful

[Oliver Keller Ph.D. @dr_firefly]

Titanus giganteus #Coleoptera #Cerambycidae. The biggest longhorn of them all, and what a fitting name.

#AmazingBeetles #FSCA #WappesCollection

[Steph Martinez @springtailparty]

I’ve yet to see any #dobsonflies (alive) in the wild… I always thought they were cool (giant mouthparts are always cool) but this one is GORGEOUS. Look at those polka dotted wings!!!! 😍 @PurdueSciComm

[Ross Piper @DrRossPiper]

Nearly all Dobsonflies are drab and nocturnal. Not these though. Probably mimicking toxic, diurnal moths. Many Dysphania moths (R) flying about in the same place.

Neurhermes selysi, Htamanthi Wildlife Sanctuary, Myanmar.

More info on this genus
https://t.co/igXpfl1pMt

[Steph Martinez @springtailparty]

#Treehoppers never fail to disappoint me with all their colors and patterns 😍 I love this #ESA photo! @PurdueSciComm

[Entomological Society of America @EntsocAmerica]

Arthropod Photo of the Week: Nov. 24, 2021
Treehoppers
Metcalfiella sp.
Hemiptera: Membracidae
Santander, Colombia
By Francisco Arango Ceballos (@frangoud)
#arthropodPOTW

[Steph Martinez @springtailparty]

Living in a world without pollinators would be a nightmare. Thanksgiving dinner (along with all our dinners) would not look the way they do now without them. Team #SaveTheBees! @PurdueSciComm

[Rachael Winfree @rachael_winfree]

A nice popular article on the lab's work on forest-associated bee species. These species were likely the original native bee fauna of the eastern USA, yet we are just discovering who they are. Let's start including them in pollinator conservation programs!
https://t.co/3pwHmfyypB

[Steph Martinez @springtailparty]

To celebrate our first #snowfall of the season, here’s a #beetle that looks warmer than I am ❄️!

@PurdueSciComm

[Oliver Keller Ph.D. @dr_firefly]

Feast your eyes on Sparmannia flava. Maybe the greatest melolonthine of them all. That "winter" coat though...

#AmazingBeetles #Coleoptera #Africa #Scarabaeidae #FSCA

[Steph Martinez @springtailparty]

I’ve never seen #treehoppers like this before and I can’t get over how cool they look!!!! @PurdueSciComm

[Oliver Keller Ph.D. @dr_firefly]

Nature totally went crazy during the #evolution of Membracidae. A thread of great specimens in the Wappes collection #FSCA. #Hemiptera

First Bicydium globuliferum

[Steph Martinez @springtailparty]

Whenever I read articles like this I really worry that I’ll witness the extinction of one of my favorite aquatic insects like #dragonflies during my lifetime. 😔
@PurdueSciComm

[Yijie Shen @shen425]

One of my favorite #beetle. This is a captive bred female Mecynorhina kraatzi. A super rare flower beetle species native to Africa. The color pattern is so cool it looks like something from a sci-fi movie. Males are even cooler with a horn like a rhino beetle. @PurdueSciComm