Tetraopes sp. red milkweed beetle (Cerambycidae). Nixon, Nevada, USA. filename: Tetraopes1 - Alex Wild Photography - Insect Images - Insect Pictures

Beetles are older than the dinosaurs and contain more species than any other order of insects. My current research at the University of Arizona traces the evolutionary history of the major beetle lineages using DNA sequence data, and consequently I have started paying more photographic attention to these charismatic insects. This gallery showcases some of the beetles I have recently encountered.

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alexwild > Scaphinotus petersi - Ground Beetle (Carabidae). Arizona, USA.

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alexwild > Laccophilus pictus - Predaceous Diving Beetle. Arizona, USA.

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alexwild > Amblycheila cylindriformis, North America's largest tiger beetle.

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alexwild > Chrysina beyeri - Beyer's Scarab. Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, USA.

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alexwild > Chrysina beyeri - Beyer's Scarab. Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, USA.

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alexwild > Chrysochus auratus, the dogbane leaf beetle (Chrysomelidae). Naples, New York, USA.

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alexwild > Tetraopes sp. red milkweed beetle (Cerambycidae). Nixon, Nevada, USA.

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alexwild > Gibbifer californicus - Pleasing Fungus Beetle. Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, USA.

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Tetraopes sp. red milkweed beetle (Cerambycidae). Nixon, Nevada, USA.

filename: Tetraopes1

> Tetraopes sp. red milkweed beetle (Cerambycidae). Nixon, Nevada, USA.

filename: Tetraopes1

Tetraopes sp. red milkweed beetle (Cerambycidae). Nixon, Nevada, USA.

filename: Tetraopes1

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Keywords: bug beetle bugs milkweed insect insects beetles coleoptera asclepias tetraopes polyphaga milkweed beetle cerambycidae

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