Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada

Dark Scarab - Euetheola rugiceps
Dark Scarab - Euetheola rugiceps
Alexandria, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
October 8, 2011
4 of 4 images of this specimen.
This shot really shows off the array of spines on the legs. I guess this beetle does a lot of digging?

Dark Scarab - Euetheola rugiceps
Dark Scarab - Euetheola rugiceps
Alexandria, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
October 8, 2011
3 of 4 images of this specimen.
It's got this interesting round hair-rimmed structure between its front pair of legs.

Hairy Worm - Apatelodes torrefacta
Hairy Worm - Apatelodes torrefacta
Harris County, Georgia, USA
September 1, 2011
Size: 1 -1/2 inch
2 of 2 images of this specimen.

Dark Scarab - Euetheola rugiceps
Dark Scarab - Euetheola rugiceps
Alexandria, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
October 8, 2011
2 of 4 images of this specimen.
I brought it inside for a photo shoot and it couldn't seem to get its wings under cover.

Dark Scarab - Euetheola rugiceps
Dark Scarab - Euetheola rugiceps
Alexandria, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
October 8, 2011
1 of 4 images of this specimen.
As originally found outside on my welcome mat

Hairy Worm - Apatelodes torrefacta
Hairy Worm - Apatelodes torrefacta
Harris County, Georgia, USA
September 1, 2011
Size: 1 -1/2 inch
1 of 2 images of this specimen.

surprising tick - Ixodes
surprising tick - Ixodes
Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida, USA
February 20, 2012
The closest that I came to being in a natural setting today was walking near our lawn, but I found this little critter attached to me.

Stream Cruiser - Didymops transversa
Stream Cruiser - Didymops transversa
Marshall (Ozark Mountains), Searcy County, Arkansas, USA
April 11, 2011

Red Rainbow Scarab - Maladera formosae
Red Rainbow Scarab - Maladera formosae
Alexandria, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
August 11, 2011
Size: ~7mm
2 of 2 images of this specimen.

Red Rainbow Scarab - Maladera formosae
Red Rainbow Scarab - Maladera formosae
Alexandria, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
August 11, 2011
Size: ~7mm
1 of 2 images of this specimen.
I really like that rainbow sheen on it. Makes it a little more interesting than the usual bumbling red chafers that show up around my door.