https://www.thebugandthebeetle.net/people-portraits-gallery daily 0.75 2023-01-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1674479731010-GL1YYNK3XOG3D9ZQZX11/image-asset.jpeg People Portraits Pak Sudin offers me the fruit of Tuptup Kabali. This fruit is often eaten by orangutans at Tuanan in the Mawas Conservation Area. It is also edible for humans. I tried it and it was mildly sweet, however there wasn’t much edible flesh around the seed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1674479731010-GL1YYNK3XOG3D9ZQZX11/image-asset.jpeg People Portraits Pak Sudin offers me the fruit of Tuptup Kabali. This fruit is often eaten by orangutans at Tuanan in the Mawas Conservation Area. It is also edible for humans. I tried it and it was mildly sweet, however there wasn’t much edible flesh around the seed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1573593582432-ANWF5QBFNGSE8RPA3JYY/6K9A1919.jpg People Portraits Dr. Gelhaus, one of the few world experts on crane flies, examines craneflies in the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University Entomology Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1573593695958-56QQHXL9SVTA5A2YT9NM/20180314+untitled-19.jpg People Portraits - Ladybug Legacy Anwar identified a ladybug and so his name goes on the ID label to be preserved forever in the collection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1467823322242-ONS3L3WVYYI8C65Y8RF1/20160624+FEM+Field+Trip+Bear+Meadow-4.jpg People Portraits Rachel Davis, Biodiversity Intern at Penn State University's Frost museum encounters a baby turtle while out in the field. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1442860991149-75ETDV1APQCHAL3KDUFI/10359008_2724595481588_2674643871678199952_o.jpg People Portraits Steve Mason, a Curatorial Assistant at the Academy of Natural Sciences prepares moths specimens for integration into the collection through a meticulous process called spreading. The wings are drawn apart using pins and wax paper. They are then held flat in place with glass slides. When the wings, body, and antennae are in their proper places, the spreading board is placed into a cabinet to sit for almost a month to allow the parts to dry and therefore fix in place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1442860927900-I0708KP8AG2U1GMHZI9Z/20150128+Bornean+Carpenter-2.jpg People Portraits Pak Harley constructs desks for the rooms of the Tuanan Research Camp in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1442860921526-G7LGWYZE3BXBKO2BZ3DP/20150507+Idun+Bornean+Assistant-2.jpg People Portraits Local research assistant, Idun, poses for the camera goofily by holding the GPS up to his ear as if it is a phone. (Tuanan Orangutan Research Project) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1442858756483-09OCW4MN0QTDM995VNLO/Rumaan+on+a+vine+20150510.jpg People Portraits https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1452827605435-U81Z4JERTF0MKSA6C92R/image-asset.jpeg People Portraits Looking Out from Upon An Ancient Indian Fort https://www.thebugandthebeetle.net/bug-ambassador-insect-photography daily 0.75 2023-01-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1598752648400-XEXFV6N5WPG714ZH5WWK/image-asset.jpeg Insect Photography - Cratosomus Weevil. Colombia Portrait of a Cratosomus weevil in Colombia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1598752648400-XEXFV6N5WPG714ZH5WWK/image-asset.jpeg Insect Photography - Cratosomus Weevil. Colombia Portrait of a Cratosomus weevil in Colombia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1662806241603-YRKCDL9LI8B361NOWF6L/image-asset.jpeg Insect Photography When he noticed that I was looking for insects to photograph, the gardener walked over to me with a bright red dragonfly. Kolkata, India. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1662806417601-I6F0V8VZIK6AY4L9WKIO/image-asset.jpeg Insect Photography The vibrant red flower of the mistletoe attracts butterflies such as the Large Orange Sulphur (Phoebis agarithe). La Paz, BCS, Mexico https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1598752576197-JQ0CVN8O2EJ0QFIGV1OB/image-asset.jpeg Insect Photography - Pipevine Swallowtail. Battus philenor Portrait of a freshly emerged Pipevine Swallowtail Butterfly (Battus philenor) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1598753715537-GH019ORBPE6MF02E4YNS/image-asset.jpeg Insect Photography - Leaf-cutter bee visits flowers in Logan Square Philadelphia A leaf-cutter bee (Megachilidae) visits flowers in Logan Square, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The scopa under the abdomen is brimming with pollen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1662806391277-MD6CPOY8OGN483J52110/image-asset.jpeg Insect Photography - Birthday Party Happy Birthday baby bugs! Thirteen young true bug nymphs remain gathered around their egg cluster. Interestingly, they are of two different instars or molt development stages. The two paler baby bugs on the right side have freshly molted into the second instar and will soon darken like the others of the second instar. They were born on the underside of a redbud leaf in my backyard when I lived in Ann Arbor, Michigan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1598753626451-2Q96M6N7HMCG96YIVVAD/image-asset.jpeg Insect Photography - Orb weaver on her wonderfully woven web An Orb weaver rests ready and listening on her wonderfully woven web in a New Jersey backyard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1514009933604-62PKOMVM5ZJXHGAL5IRF/20170117+costa+rica+moth.jpg Insect Photography An earthy emerald (Phrudocentra janeira), which visited a porch light in Costa Rica https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1598752701104-N5AMNF327CO0UUUYXRD4/image-asset.jpeg Insect Photography - Blue in Colombia Once upon a leaf in Colombia. Mesosemia mevania (Hewitson 1857) Family: Riodinidae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1514009861554-1PKM695HJDBVN3MSFPGP/20170731+costa+rica+cuccoon-2.jpg Insect Photography - Protection Protected by a shield of its larval hairs, a tiger moth goes through the incredible process of metamorphosis. While it looks inactive from the outside, there is an abundance of molecular activity inside pupa. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1514009939189-D7N01PLRX3LEWYDRPDWA/20170726+colombia+betancourt+sphagnum.jpg Insect Photography Perched so the wings are in full view. Butterfly wings are mosaics carrying all sorts of messages and purpose. The patterns of the scales range in purpose from defending the butterfly to attracting a mates. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1447036091663-BBEXV4CWBHF3AA3Z7FVN/image-asset.jpeg Insect Photography Portrait of Macracantha arcuata. A spikey spider from the Bornean peat swamp forest of Central Kalimantan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1514009933487-T0L4EOD1JO9PKTXQJVEE/20170116+costa+rica+sunset+butterfly.jpg Insect Photography On the western coast of Costa Rica, a butterfly catches the final glow of the day perched on top of a cactus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1442862592832-HQPAVE8UW84C7MLBFDSI/20141104+Dragonfly+Thorax+B%26W.jpg Insect Photography Dragonfly wings and color are dazzling indeed. Even taking those away and focusing on their other forms and structures, they are a sight to behold. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1514009936631-4BRHUOUFWTGAYVE7YNZM/20170121+costa+rica+ant+eat+orthop.jpg Insect Photography Costa Rica - Through the power of teamwork, ants take down prey ten times their size. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1446683608463-IEOZZXKJ75KLA4DRNZ20/image-asset.jpeg Insect Photography - Borneo Bee At Tuanan Orangutan Research Station in Indonesia, the laundry soap is popular among the resident bees and butterflies. They fly to the clothes and the laundry lines to lap up minerals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1442862558264-XNIUL17CEFVMHKS6RBGX/Mating+Butterflies+Palangkaraya+20141104-2.jpg Insect Photography As dusk falls in Palangka Raya, Indonesia, two butterflies mate upon a fallen and shriveled palm leaf. (Tribe Satyrini) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1442862550356-F42ODRS9T05GNJ9Z8JE1/Orthoptera+Display+20150315.jpg Insect Photography - Strike a pose! Strike a pose! Some insects run and others hide, but this raspy cricket stands her ground, flings open her wings, and lifts her front food like she going to stomp it on the ground. An impressive display! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1442862587304-S4U8TP321VHCM0MGRBPY/20141106+Lynx+Spider.jpg Insect Photography The Lynx spider’s front legs are lifted and ready to sense whatever might come near. Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1454455193670-ZREA6V9G7Q3Q74RSY21W/20140912+Mantis+Munching+leg_.jpg Insect Photography The Chinese Mantis (Tenodera sinensis) locks her spikey front raptorial leg around a cricket leg to secure it as she devourers it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1452827470638-1ILO68KQ3I8N1PVD37GA/20150430+Tuanan+Tarantula+Betancourt_-2.jpg Insect Photography - Not welcome. With her front legs raised and fangs bared, is clear that the tarantula wants no visitors. Be gone! Tuanan, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1598842614380-3JNM3FHH8CFT6EFSH0S9/image-asset.jpeg Insect Photography A non-native species on a non-native plant. The thistle tortoise beetle on thistle matches it’s host plant’s hue impeccably. Backyard, Ann Arbor, Michigan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1662806206385-CIFU9GG463KTQ40XJM9I/image-asset.jpeg Insect Photography Native bee on a native flower. Despite having lost one antennae, the sweat bee is still going strong and engages her remaining antennae with the flower surface as she forages. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1662806327287-GFAV6M3OM1TPA5FWHF82/image-asset.jpeg Insect Photography Eggs from the insides of her prey drip down as the mantis devours her feast. Tenodera sinensis (Saurssure, 1871) Backyard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1662806352168-JZDZ8VF3EHUAR1BIEKXV/image-asset.jpeg Insect Photography While working outside on the picnic blanket during the pandemic, I had the honor of being joined by a crab spider. Backyard, Ann Arbor, Michigan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1662806502598-WUWMKIQPKR71Y9YA1DKQ/image-asset.jpeg Insect Photography A native Pearl Crescent Butterfly (Phyciodes tharos) perched on a non-native Queen Anne’s Lace flower. Backyard, Ann Arbor, Michigan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1662806712483-Z03QHJKFRZN1L3K82411/image-asset.jpeg Insect Photography Once upon a cone flower in my grandmother’s garden. You can clearly see the three ocelli on the ‘forehead’ of the sweat bee. These extra eyes help with detecting movement and light! New Jersey, United States. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1674481052166-FUOFSMAWHCGXFWVKE9IW/20221225+untitled-282.jpg Insect Photography A robber fly rests atop a leafless branch close to the peak of Gunung Ungaran. The moisture of the passing clouds collects on its body. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1674481695612-BE95QJC1QXIGTC627JW9/20230111%2Buntitled-14.jpg Insect Photography Not an ant but an and-mimicking spider rests in its silky hide upon a leaf in a Yogyakarta backyard. https://www.thebugandthebeetle.net/blog daily 0.75 2023-12-25 https://www.thebugandthebeetle.net/blog/2023/9/29/what-is-isa-up-to-in-indonesia monthly 0.5 2023-10-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/27024417-f2cd-4cf4-a1e7-7619992e3153/Betancourt+in+tree+with+natgeo+flag+3.jpeg Blog - What is Isa up to in Indonesia? - Make it stand out Selfie with the National Geographic Society flag and an orangutan nest. For my project, I am visiting an orangutan nest to see what insects use the nest as a home after the orangutans leave.. https://www.thebugandthebeetle.net/blog/2022/1/17/heres-to-blue-skies-and-beetles-for-all monthly 0.5 2022-01-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/ca40e524-cc6a-49ff-9e9b-eebc7f658598/20170727+Colombia+Betancourt+Eumolpus+blue+beetle.jpg Blog - Here’s to blue skies and beetles for all - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/b3989a3f-8f54-40ef-b276-fefc4364f52a/20170727+Colombia+betancourt+Eumolpus+beetle+colombia+dorsal Blog - Here’s to blue skies and beetles for all - Make it stand out The blue Eumolpus beetle cruises across a leaf that lies upon dead plant parts and live sphagnum moss. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1642456703566-L89KOS7UKS7MJO57TXDN/20170727+Colombia+Viaje-418.jpg Blog - Here’s to blue skies and beetles for all https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1642456706042-AVN2H1C60USJMU867IYQ/20170727+Colombia+Viaje-426.jpg Blog - Here’s to blue skies and beetles for all https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1642456703455-5FQMY8JKP6R8PX3V69OR/20170727+Colombia+Viaje-419.jpg Blog - Here’s to blue skies and beetles for all https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1642456707964-FXSWEZ5WWSMYCDR1ELSD/20170727+Colombia+Viaje-423-3.jpg Blog - Here’s to blue skies and beetles for all https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1642456706145-0EFT014YSADXF1T26REQ/20170727+Colombia+Viaje-403.jpg Blog - Here’s to blue skies and beetles for all https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1642456708293-L1OUP305C2JHIKEK1NJ5/20170727+Colombia+Viaje-408.jpg Blog - Here’s to blue skies and beetles for all https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/e308ad94-6983-4cf9-8314-edf343dd1783/20170727+Colombia+Viaje-421.jpg Blog - Here’s to blue skies and beetles for all - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.thebugandthebeetle.net/blog/2021/7/25/out-of-diapause-taking-flight monthly 0.5 2021-07-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1627271377795-XCN7VXSTZO7LOGF1SXAQ/20200525+Backyard+bugs+moth+pupa.jpg Blog - Out of Diapause, taking flight! - Make it stand out Moth pupa in diapause. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1627272890521-C2H9WSHZRG0OPX1FRLF0/betancourt+isa+solange+rumaan+malhotra+cliff+camera.jpg Blog - Out of Diapause, taking flight! - Make it stand out My camera at the ready. Photo by Rumaan Malhotra https://www.thebugandthebeetle.net/blog/2020/10/2/materials-for-spreading-a-moth-or-butterfly-for-preservation monthly 0.5 2020-10-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1601649138324-WZ0YA2LRO9P7AH7FH3N9/isabetabug+Spreading+Moths+Butterflies.jpg Blog - Materials for Spreading a Moth or Butterfly for Preservation https://www.thebugandthebeetle.net/blog/2019/8/6/life-in-an-entomology-collection monthly 0.5 2019-08-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1565211823916-LTDLNKH5P0BWH19IZPEL/Betancourt_20170606_ANSP_Entomology_+Denton_mountsjpg Blog - How a collection of dead insect specimens is alive with activity - There may not be a single live bee but the place is still abuzz. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1565212088363-Q1LAUDDP3ZLE8NCK5JH0/ANSP_Entomology_Team_2017 Blog - How a collection of dead insect specimens is alive with activity The Academy of Natural Sciences Entomology Community (2017), the group includes a curator, collection manager, curatorial assistants, visiting scholars, visiting PhD students, undergraduate student interns, and volunteers. On either side of the group are cabinets that contain drawers upon drawers of insect research specimens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1565211899885-IA9UO1EB1DX3CO463M9Y/Betancourt_ansp_entomology_leopard_moth_pinned_specimen Blog - How a collection of dead insect specimens is alive with activity A leopard moth specimen two upward facing data labels and a barcode and unique identifying number, which is used for collection management. This specimen is about 100 years old, but it is in great shape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1565211993786-E1M2BMZXN1L5L22VTEJ6/Betancourt_ansp_entomology_orthoptera_drawers Blog - How a collection of dead insect specimens is alive with activity https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1565212028161-L979JR28MQI2XW3O6JDL/Betancourt_ansp_entomology_orthoptera_orange Blog - How a collection of dead insect specimens is alive with activity Open a cabinet to find full columns of drawers of pinned insects. These particular drawers contain large grasshoppers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1565286131261-Z9OS8Z3EUE2359LD63Y0/betancourt_university_michigan_entomology Blog - How a collection of dead insect specimens is alive with activity Dr. Erika Tucker, entomology collection manager at the University of Michigan, opens a cabinet to access insects within the compactor aisle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1565212134429-O9N1OJDOSTYRK87TQISB/Betancourt_ansp_entomology_mantispid_mantis_raptorial_forlegs Blog - How a collection of dead insect specimens is alive with activity These insect specimens look very similar; Both have raptorial front legs for catching prey. However, they are not closely related. The mantisfly, in the foreground, is in the scientific order, Neuroptera. The praying mantis, in the background, is in the scientific order, Mantodea. They are as related to each other as grasshoppers are related to butterflies. Having insect specimens available to compare with each other is critical for solving entomological problems. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1565212541822-X9Y1SGHIPCA8RHGSXWSZ/Betancourt_ansp_entomology_gelhaus_crane_flies Blog - How a collection of dead insect specimens is alive with activity Dr. Jon Gelhaus, Curator of the collection, examines crane fly specimens. He is a world expert on this insect group and has amassed over 10,000 crane flies at the Academy of Natural Sciences. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1565212238578-CSJBVZ4GAU1ZFHOYB0KX/Betancourt_ansp_entomology_anwar_volunteer Blog - How a collection of dead insect specimens is alive with activity Volunteer, Anwar Abdul-Qawi, uses the collection as a reference to help identify a ladybug. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1565212269493-SDMLXF67YAMI1KCJ2RVE/Betancourt_ansp_entomology_anwar_determination Blog - How a collection of dead insect specimens is alive with activity Once Abdul-Qawi identifies his ladybug, he adds a label with the species name and his own name. He identified this ladybug as the Seven-spotted Lady Beetle (Coccinella septempunctata). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1565211765528-2V8TGAQA33COQ7X9RKQ2/ANSP_Entomology_bee_researcher_Meghan Blog - How a collection of dead insect specimens is alive with activity Drexel University graduate student, Meghan Barrett examines bee mandibles as part of a collective effort across bee researchers and collections to see if bees might be left or right jawed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1565212365542-M6HRTJ8MDH3K34ZVL6X9/Betancourt_ansp_entomology_PSU_bumblebee+researcher Blog - How a collection of dead insect specimens is alive with activity A visiting post-doc researcher from Pennsylvania State University, Dr. Li Tian visit the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University’s Entomology Collection for a day to study specimens in the collection. He records the abdominal patterns of several different bumblebee species. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1565212412579-N7FEZN1LE5Z0LY1GKHKI/Betancourt_ansp_entomology_PSU_Bumblebee_researcher Blog - How a collection of dead insect specimens is alive with activity A visiting post-doc researcher from Pennsylvania State University, Dr. Li Tian visit the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University’s Entomology Collection for a day to study specimens in the collection. He records the abdominal patterns of several different bumblebee species. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1565220712370-MFX9QEKXJNSKJ83UP2JH/20160929+McGuire+Lepidoptera-39.jpg Blog - How a collection of dead insect specimens is alive with activity Dr. Jon Gelhaus and Mr. Greg Cowper of Entomology Department at the Academy of Natural Sciences examine a drawer of butterfly specimens at the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera & Biodiversity at the University of Florida. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1565220653502-4HJ6IAUWIJ4CEOPP5WQZ/20160929+McGuire+Lepidoptera-52.jpg Blog - How a collection of dead insect specimens is alive with activity A researcher pops over to wave hello to the visiting group from the Academy of Natural Sciences. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1565220623142-1OEP1DVZL9DN5NZNP2RH/20160517+untitled-66.jpg Blog - How a collection of dead insect specimens is alive with activity A graduate student and an undergrad intern use magnification to identify and sort insect samples. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1565220731450-3YZJCUS4340OM18QJLMU/6K9A7150.jpg Blog - How a collection of dead insect specimens is alive with activity Moth specimens in a foam lined unit tray. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1565220749875-QHEGC7YDGEC4KTDVVL3M/IMG_2551.jpg Blog - How a collection of dead insect specimens is alive with activity Spreading boards, such as the one here, are used to prepare butterflies and moth specimens for the collection. 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Various tools and softwares are used for this process. The process typically involves transcribing label data and photographing specimens. Where in other natural history collections, such as botany collections, a single photograph can capture specimen image and label the data, the vertical stacking of insect label data poses a unique challenge to the digitization process. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1565212196940-670IYKLYTE4YUDFW9M3G/Betancourt_ansp_entomology_mason_jolly_ranchers Blog - How a collection of dead insect specimens is alive with activity PhD Student, Stephen C. Mason, Jr. brightens the office with his curated drawer of not insects, but jolly ranchers, which he offers to students and volunteers. https://www.thebugandthebeetle.net/blog/2019/6/4/journey-through-south-africa monthly 0.5 2019-06-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1559671912786-4MXBETJEPJ4GFNK6U08I/SouthAfrica_Orange_Cockroach_Betancourt Blog - Journey Through South Africa Stunning orange roach on the side of the trail in Stellenbosch, South Africa. Shout out to Ceci for finding it! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1559672103102-CQITEI8PFF9TXGP8N75D/SouthAfrica_Orange_Cockroach_Betancourt_2 Blog - Journey Through South Africa The orange cockroach looked so beautiful against beside the orange lichens (?) in Stellenbosch, South Africa! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1559672175749-1HHMYHU3AJ8GYQW0VIC5/SouthAfrica_Orange_Cockroach_Stellenbosch_Betancourt Blog - Journey Through South Africa We also found this one between rocks to the side of the trail in Stellenbosch, South Africa. 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In Costa Rica they call this spot the teñidero which translates to "dye" in english. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1489960388935-YFX8B5PIMZYWVR6IJZD8/20170120+Costa+Rica+Rio+Celeste-6.jpg Blog - The Chemical Secret behind Rio Celeste's dazzling blue waters https://www.thebugandthebeetle.net/blog/2017/3/21/slick-super-bloom monthly 0.5 2017-03-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1490126719565-7QK8C7STOK4M4VKF8X37/Rumaan+Caterpillar Blog - Slick Super Bloom The White-lined sphinx (Hyles lineata) Photograph by Rumaan Malhotra, Posted with permission. https://www.thebugandthebeetle.net/blog/2016/6/15/puddling-pals monthly 0.5 2020-03-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1470601296279-1MCRN178W6RJS0DOOTCW/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Puddling Pals https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1466045118403-H9P9PJG6W8L32H96F0BW/Betancourt+Borneo+Puddling+single Blog - Puddling Pals https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1466044708273-AVK57QZCC5FA1XVYBVPR/Betancourt+Borneo+Flutter+Puddling Blog - Puddling Pals Puddling Pals https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1466044739927-9309RTIC2AYTGY75UBAP/Betancourt+Borneo+Puddling+Squirt Blog - Puddling Pals Before and... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1466044776801-VXKEV37CMTWADXIVX9MQ/Betancourt+Borneo+Puddling+squirt+action Blog - Puddling Pals ... a moment later. 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Photo courtesy of Colin Purrington https://www.thebugandthebeetle.net/borneo daily 0.75 2016-10-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1466051668567-SPNGUX58RACD2Y7TQORT/Betancourt+Lepidoptera+borneo+celestial Borneo Bugs Eudocima sp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1466045750953-JTAW2UVJSX3PZXN4IS37/Betancourt+Borneo+Puddling+Bottle+Blue Borneo Bugs Common Bottle Blue Butterflies (Graphium sarpedon) suck up nutrients from moist soil. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1466052188100-F4BDWHTJ569E948L5Z36/Betancourt+Borneo+Bee+Laundry+Line Borneo Bugs A bee gathers nutrients from the research camp laundry line. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1466052682759-3E6KGGTC5OCQBB097GH3/Betancourt+agorius+salticidae Borneo Bugs Is it an ant? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1466052709918-EVH3DJQA1QMZVWMUC2UJ/betancourt+agorius Borneo Bugs Those big shiny eyes reveal the true identity of this hungry predator... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1466052336908-ZG27DFLIQTHL0P7TROB2/image-asset.jpeg Borneo Bugs An ant mimicking jumping spider (Agorious sp.) snacks on a freshly caught meal of springtail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1466052938845-6FJQUYL942ES7UCRJLEP/Betancourt+favorite+phasmid+camouflage Borneo Bugs Many walking stick insects [Phasmatodea] avoid being eaten through camouflaging as twigs that have lichen on them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1466046901052-V3LPXTXSOPJTXQ4Q3TH8/Borneo+Betancourt+Phasmid+Dark Borneo Bugs A walking stick insect [Phasmatodea] sits unmoving in the dark of night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1466080450729-T1G0UU596NME6DY9I6XN/image-asset.jpeg Borneo Bugs A female and male pair of long horned beetles are right at home on the lichenous bark of a dead tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1466053102035-Y9R5QWQFOVN3Q7MM6L0E/image-asset.jpeg Borneo Bugs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1466053121060-QSIW73NPRG0NFGUHP86Y/image-asset.jpeg Borneo Bugs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1466078713574-9E1ZIMW7PI2Z22DM8AB0/Betancourt+Borneo Borneo Bugs Indicated by its spectacular coloration, it is likely that this katydid (Scambophyllum sp.) is predacious. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1466079162190-1OJGI4WXT6KHW8SV9PCL/image-asset.jpeg Borneo Bugs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1466079086471-7RAVENIIZG30ZTJM0G9Z/image-asset.jpeg Borneo Bugs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1466081541116-VJJZ81YJ4X1FG2BOCBX9/image-asset.jpeg Borneo Bugs To defend her home, the tarantula threatens intruders with her fearsome fangs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1466081944883-NF3WV9G0M0BGECBEJ5TO/image-asset.jpeg Borneo Bugs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1466080619500-X6GC2IEO8JAGKCEW5GHO/image-asset.jpeg Borneo Bugs The Long Horned Orb Weaver (Macracantha arcuata) builds webs at all heights https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1466080602667-KUX0W4FKHXIGT9ZWKHAN/20150319+Borneo+betancourt+red+spider.jpeg Borneo Bugs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54a9eb8de4b0a61122def868/1466052903031-3OXS1QDVU0BWTAGMFUAG/Betancourt+Borneo+Trilobite+Beetle Borneo Bugs We conclude the gallery with the tail end of a trilobite beetle [Platerodrilus sp.] . 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