Brendan Lan
@brendanlan.bsky.social
PhD student in the Sönke lab at Duke University | Vision, behavior, sensation | Arachnids, beetles, crabs, all the arthropods | He/him
A drop dead gorgeous roach! Look at that iridescence! 💙🧡
August 15, 2025 at 1:27 AM
A drop dead gorgeous roach! Look at that iridescence! 💙🧡
Excited to find one of these! This is an adult male Phileurus truncatus (called 'triceratops beetles' tho I argue Strategus deserves that name), an oddly carnivorous rhinoceros beetle! A first for me!! 🪲🪲🪲
June 24, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Excited to find one of these! This is an adult male Phileurus truncatus (called 'triceratops beetles' tho I argue Strategus deserves that name), an oddly carnivorous rhinoceros beetle! A first for me!! 🪲🪲🪲