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Guarding his Woman, Part 2 - _TNY_8226 by Calle Söderberg

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Guarding his Woman, Part 2 -  _TNY_8226

Here is a female timberman beetle (Acanthocinus aedilis) in the process of depositing her eggs underneath the bark on a recently felled pine tree near lake Stensjön in the Tyresta National Park, Sweden.

Next to her, the larger male is keeping a careful eye on her progress.

As I was watching these two, a second male actually showed up and tried to make a move on this lady which turned into a short fight where this male quickly chased the new suitor away.

Two shots of that can be found here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/48906462242/

and here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/51199363230/

These belong to the longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae) and if you look at the other picture it is easy to see why they came up with this name - timberman beetles probably have the longest "horns" of all.

Part 1 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/50791729858/

For a shot which really shows how amazingly long the antennae are, have a look here for one of the males on my hand: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52814260227/

Phillips & Rigsbee Longhorns by USN Vet 6770

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Phillips & Rigsbee Longhorns

Summers AR

Phillips & Rigsbee Longhorns by USN Vet 6770

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Phillips & Rigsbee Longhorns

Summers AR

Phillips & Rigsbee Longhorns by USN Vet 6770

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Phillips & Rigsbee Longhorns

Summers AR

Phillips & Rigsbee Longhorns by USN Vet 6770

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Phillips & Rigsbee Longhorns

Summers AR

Phillips & Rigsbee Longhorns by USN Vet 6770

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Phillips & Rigsbee Longhorns

Summers AR

Phillips & Rigsbee Longhorns by USN Vet 6770

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Phillips & Rigsbee Longhorns

Summers AR

Phillips & Rigsbee Longhorns by USN Vet 6770

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Phillips & Rigsbee Longhorns

Summers AR

Phillips & Rigsbee Longhorns by USN Vet 6770

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Phillips & Rigsbee Longhorns

Summers AR

Phillips & Rigsbee Longhorns by USN Vet 6770

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Phillips & Rigsbee Longhorns

Summers AR

Fyrbandad Blombock / Four Banded Longhorn (Leptura quadrifasciata) by Martin1446

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Fyrbandad Blombock / Four Banded Longhorn (Leptura quadrifasciata)

Steer wrestling by keidong

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Steer wrestling

cowboy wallpaper, found under the old paneling in Marlea’s craft room

Biting Power, Pt. 5 - _TNY_9642 by Calle Söderberg

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Biting Power, Pt. 5 - _TNY_9642

While at my mom's summer house back in late July, I walked by one of the water barrels in the garden and noticed something moving on the surface.

That something turned out to be a very black beetle so I put my hand down in the water next to it and it eagerly climbed up on my finger.

That's when I noticed the spectacular pair of mandibles on it which at first it was trying to sink into my finger! - but then decided against it and raised it's head instead.

Thankful for this, I set it down on a piece of wood and began trying to figure out what it was.

While I figured out that this is a longhorn beetle known as the black longicorn beetle (Spondylis buprestoides), it stayed completely still there for me so I could experiment a bit with how to photograph it.

The black armour really sucked in all the light so it took a while before I had shots showing more than just a black hole.

If you zoom in on it you'll notice that there are a couple of very small little somethings on its head. These are springtails (Collembola, possibly Isotomidae sp. - thanks FransJanssens@www.collembola.org.) which aren't in any way parasitizing on the beetle. They were most likely stuck in the water as well and climbed onto the beetle to get out of there.

Part 1 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52246969777/

Part 2 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52424913881/

Part 3 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52675217994/

The One Who Stayed, Pt. 2 - _TNY_5470 by Calle Söderberg

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The One Who Stayed, Pt. 2 - _TNY_5470

The scientific name for this nice and fairly large longhorn beetle is Lepturobosca virens. It lacks an English name, but translating the Swedish one gives (grön blombock) us "green flower longhorn". This particular one was muching pollen on a meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria).

When I closed in there were a whole bunch of flies, including several hoverflies around it, but they all soon left, leaving the beetle alone in front of the lens.

Part 1 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53114285445/

Yearling23-3810 by jon_bowie

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Yearling23-3810

Horn flies buzz around the yearling named Mary-Anne

University Co-Op and UT Tower, 14 Mar 2023 by photography.by.ROEVER

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University Co-Op and UT Tower, 14 Mar 2023

University Co-Op and UT Tower.
Austin, Texas
Tuesday afternoon 14 March 2023

Yearling24-8377 by jon_bowie

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Yearling24-8377

A black and white spotted longhorn yearling

Reign and Millie by ladyelfsnapshots

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Reign and Millie

These pretty ladies belong to a friend of mine. They are so gentle and will eat cake right out of your hand. They were almost a year old when I took this. Time to go visit them again.
Beaver County Oklahoma

english longhorn by harveyhudson

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english longhorn

Yearling23-3813 by jon_bowie

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Yearling23-3813

The longhorn yearling named Mary-Anne