Mostly shot with a Canon 40D, Canon MPE65 1X-5X macro lens
and MT24EX Twin Flash.
Longhorn beetle. Ukranian Photographer's Magazine front cover.
My first Trilobite beetle, and I thought it was just another firefly larva:D
Side view of the same Trilobite beetle
A different one from Gunung Gading, Sarawak.
And the firefly larva, (Lampyridae), a Trilobite look-alike that got me confused :D
Profile shot
Amazing Violin Beetle (Mormolyce sp.) from Maliau Basin
Stunningly beautiful longhorn beetle, Cyriopalus pascoei, Thomson, 1878, male. Maliau Basin
Gorgeous Jewel Beetle, Catoxantha opulenta, also from Maliau Basin
A dead Chrysochroa fulminans I found at night in the forest.
Buprestidae: Endelus sp.
Another Buprestidae
Rhinoceros beetle, Chalcosoma mollenkampi, male. Also from Maliau Basin
Stag beetle, also from Maliau Basin
Tortoise beetle, Aspidomorpha miliaris with a couple of parasitoid wasps on it.
Mating pair of tortoise beetle, Laccoptera sp. (?). More bugs porn here.
Blue Tiger beetle, Neocollyris sp.
Blue tiger beetle, Tricondyla sp.
Rhinoceros beetle
Stag beetle
Stag beetle, Prosopocoilus occipitalis
Longhorn beetle, natural light shot. Tips on shooting with natural light here.
Tumbling flower beetle, Mordellidae: Glipa sp. black and white in colors.
A different type of tumbling flower beetle, Mordellidae: Hoshihananomia sp. family
I think it's a tortoise beetle. Notosacantha rufa (Wagener, 1881)
a very tiny ground beetle...normally found on tree trunks
Pericalina subtribe, probably Catascopus
Pericalus sp. (Lebiini: Pericalina)
Coptodera sp.
a hairy ladybird like beetle, Endomychidae?
a really cool striped yellow beetle. Cistelomorpha sp.?
A yellow spotless ladybird
Orange spotless lady beetle
Face to face with a tortoise beetle, Aspidomorpha miliaris
A newly emerged golden tortoise beetle, Aspidimorpha sanctaecrucis?
Face to face with a longhorn beetle, Batocera thomsoni. There were mites on the beetle. Reader's Digest Unseen Asia March 2011 winner.
Green leaf beetle
Another leaf beetle (Chrysomelida), Hispinae subfamily, Gonophora sp.?
Tenebrionidae, Strongyliine sp.
Handsome male click beetle, Callirhipidae, Elateridae
Rove beetle.
Two beetles. Tenebrionidae - Amarygmus sp.
Green tiger beetle
Another type of tiger beetle
Hyberis cf. araneiformis (Zopheridae)
Ambrosia beetle (Platypodidae)
Orange click beetle
Big white Scarab beetle.
Mating pair of leaf beetles
A wet beetle
A beetle fallen prey to a Lynx spider. More tropical spiders here.
Leaf beetle (Chrysomelidae, Hispinae subfamily) with two parasitoid wasps on it
A pair of Handsome Fungus Beetles (Endomychidae)?
Fungus beetles (Family: Anthribidae)
Tiger beetle with ant's head on its atenenna
Longhorn beetle, Gnoma subfasciata from Danum Valley
Beetle outnumbered by yellow crazy ants.
A ribbon worm, Nemertea, trying to prey on a beetle. Found this during night macro.
Yellow longhorn beetle with black stripes, Glenea sp.
Blister beetle, Epicauta sp.?
Endomychidae(?) beetle larva with parasitoid wasp
Typodryas callichromoides Thomson, 1864
Sap beetle, Nitidulidae.
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