Beth’s Bug Blog — insect collection

The feather-horned beetle is a rare, elegant insect with some of the most dramatic antennae in nature. With a hidden, parasitic larval stage and a short-lived adult life, this beetle remains one of the insect world’s most intriguing enigmas.

Longhorned beetles are the dashing lumberjacks of the insect world:  hardworking, highly adapted, and dressed to impress with antennae that stretch for days.

The glasswing butterfly proves that sometimes, the most mesmerizing things in nature aren’t the ones you can see, but the ones that vanish right before your eyes.

The orchid mantis is the perfect blend of beauty and brawn. With its dazzling floral disguise and sharp hunting skills, it’s a bug that’s equal parts mesmerizing and deadly.

Ever heard of a bug that looks like it time-traveled from the Jurassic era? Meet Platerodrilus, aka the trilobite beetle, a bizarre insect found in Southeast Asia’s rainforests. While the males look like typical beetles, the females steal the show with their flat, segmented bodies that resemble ancient trilobites.