Ainsley S
@americanbeetles.bsky.social
I hope you like pictures of bugs.
Curating at CMNH, teaching at CMU, beetling everywhere
Curating at CMNH, teaching at CMU, beetling everywhere
Very fancy lil beetle larva from Puerto Rico samples, I’m thinking Nitidulidae but never met one with those sclerotized lateral processes
December 8, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Very fancy lil beetle larva from Puerto Rico samples, I’m thinking Nitidulidae but never met one with those sclerotized lateral processes
Prepping more beetles from PR; love it when u find a ptiliid and then there’s an EVEN SMALLER PTILIID
December 8, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Prepping more beetles from PR; love it when u find a ptiliid and then there’s an EVEN SMALLER PTILIID
Re:last RT, not a recent article but I will take any opportunity to share the perfect crustaceans of Australia. We had a pet Cherax destructor, who was ALSO electric blue
December 8, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Re:last RT, not a recent article but I will take any opportunity to share the perfect crustaceans of Australia. We had a pet Cherax destructor, who was ALSO electric blue
Apparently it was first published in the Pogo Stepmother Goose; I encountered it in a later anthology. Dad had 3 or 4 of them shelved with the Doonesbury collections, and that’s how I learned US history ~1950-1975.
December 6, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Apparently it was first published in the Pogo Stepmother Goose; I encountered it in a later anthology. Dad had 3 or 4 of them shelved with the Doonesbury collections, and that’s how I learned US history ~1950-1975.
thanks to @hellabarnes.bsky.social for alerting me to the existence of Thismia, another entry for my growing database of Deeply Weird Plants Visited By Tiny Beetles
December 5, 2025 at 9:48 PM
thanks to @hellabarnes.bsky.social for alerting me to the existence of Thismia, another entry for my growing database of Deeply Weird Plants Visited By Tiny Beetles
I, too, visited this exhibition and took pictures of my favorite guys
December 5, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I, too, visited this exhibition and took pictures of my favorite guys
1965 brochure for the Wild M5, “stereomicroscope most likely to be mistaken for an artillery shell”
December 3, 2025 at 10:18 PM
1965 brochure for the Wild M5, “stereomicroscope most likely to be mistaken for an artillery shell”
Going thru an old photo stash at the museum, anyone recognize this be-fannypacked goofball?
December 3, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Going thru an old photo stash at the museum, anyone recognize this be-fannypacked goofball?
Right there with u🫡
December 3, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Right there with u🫡
Finally time to say goodbye to Thanksgiving chow and hello to regular grub
December 2, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Finally time to say goodbye to Thanksgiving chow and hello to regular grub
The full-page plate also includes leptotyphlines, the only beetle group I got actually mad at for being too small
December 1, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The full-page plate also includes leptotyphlines, the only beetle group I got actually mad at for being too small
Sub-millimeter scydmaenine from a fantastic and horrifying new paper about the dark taxa of Chilean leaf litter and soil: soil-organisms.org/index.php/SO...
December 1, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Sub-millimeter scydmaenine from a fantastic and horrifying new paper about the dark taxa of Chilean leaf litter and soil: soil-organisms.org/index.php/SO...
Pselaphines star in a whole genre of BugGuide photograph I like to call "beetle too small to get in focus near ruler" bugguide.net/node/view/24...
December 1, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Pselaphines star in a whole genre of BugGuide photograph I like to call "beetle too small to get in focus near ruler" bugguide.net/node/view/24...
Clocking in at a hearty 0.83mm, an undescribed sphaeriusid from Alabama-- click through for stupendous views of the wings and venter bugguide.net/node/view/11...
December 1, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Clocking in at a hearty 0.83mm, an undescribed sphaeriusid from Alabama-- click through for stupendous views of the wings and venter bugguide.net/node/view/11...
His assistant is already hard at work
*biting the upper right corner off every issue of the New Yorker
*biting the upper right corner off every issue of the New Yorker
November 26, 2025 at 2:37 PM
His assistant is already hard at work
*biting the upper right corner off every issue of the New Yorker
*biting the upper right corner off every issue of the New Yorker
I’m sorry, I didn’t realize I was in your office, Professor
November 26, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I’m sorry, I didn’t realize I was in your office, Professor
the joke is that there's one enormous, brightly colored weevil species in PR and that's the one everybody takes a picture of, bc look at it bugguide.net/node/view/20...
November 24, 2025 at 5:29 PM
the joke is that there's one enormous, brightly colored weevil species in PR and that's the one everybody takes a picture of, bc look at it bugguide.net/node/view/20...
I guess you can’t argue with results
November 24, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I guess you can’t argue with results
Well that’s a new one, even for me
November 24, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Well that’s a new one, even for me
lest we think that tenebs are the only beetles who like to get weird with it, here's the brentid weevil Calodromus with his signature defensive move (stick he leggy out)
November 21, 2025 at 5:38 PM
lest we think that tenebs are the only beetles who like to get weird with it, here's the brentid weevil Calodromus with his signature defensive move (stick he leggy out)
it's true, there are SO many and most of them are tiny and brown! Fortunately I have made a helpful guide for the novice
November 21, 2025 at 5:13 PM
it's true, there are SO many and most of them are tiny and brown! Fortunately I have made a helpful guide for the novice
Byrsax tsushimenis, great example of a species I would like to 3-D print so our visually impaired museum visitors can experience Full Beetle Weirdness for themselves
November 21, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Byrsax tsushimenis, great example of a species I would like to 3-D print so our visually impaired museum visitors can experience Full Beetle Weirdness for themselves
this is the least tenebrionid I've ever seen a tenebrionid be, like it's not even following the amarygmine visual branding
November 21, 2025 at 4:19 PM
this is the least tenebrionid I've ever seen a tenebrionid be, like it's not even following the amarygmine visual branding