Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: Beetle

I was so happy that we found a number of these tiny beetles at the end of our wet day, out at Bow Valley Provincial Park, on 18 June 2013. After a long, rather fast-paced hike in the rain around the two lakes and then back to the cars, we drove down to the river and, as the rain had finally stopped, went for just a short, slow walk along the trail through the woods. "Cottonwoods (which are Poplars) are host to quite an array of destructive insect herbivores, ten species are well known, and some can reach population densities of pest proportions. The most damaging are defoliators and wood borers, each exhibiting characteristic damage on particular parts of the trees. The former cause loss of vigor and the latter reduce lumber quality. Important defoliating insects are the cottonwood leaf beetle (Chrysomela scripta), cottonwood dagger moth (Acronicta lepusculina), forest tent caterpillar (Malacosoma disstria), poplar leaffolding sawfly (Phyllocolpa bozemani), fall cankerworm (Alsophila pometaria), tentmaker (Ichthyura maimbachiana) and the fall webworm (Hyphantria cunea). Borers include the poplar borer (Saperda calcarata), cottonwood borer (Plectrodera scalator), flatheaded wood borer (Dicerca divaricata), carpenterworm (Prionoxystus robiniae), poplar-and-willow borer (Cryptorhynchus lapathi), clearwing borers (Paranthrene spp.) and the bronze poplar borer (Agrilus liragus). Several mites and aphids infest cottonwood, but not often with fatal effects." www.isaontario.com/content/confusing-cottonwoods

I'm not sure what this Beetle is - also not sure how much if its appearance is actually pollen. Photographed on a Yarrow plant on 21 July 2012, NW of Cochrane. Thanks to Art (LeapFrog!) for the ID! bugguide.net/node/view/126517

I was thrilled to bits to see a tiny Tiger Beetle yesterday, when a few of us went north west of the city to the Medicine River Wildlife Centre for the day. We had a very enjoyable time hearing about and seeing the centre itself with some of the injured wildlife that are being cared for at the moment. We also botanized the land around the centre, recording all flora and fauna that we came across. Our interesting and passionate guide was Judy, and we really appreciated her spending so much time showing us around and coming on the walk with us. Thanks so much for a lovely day, Judy! One of the many things we found was this tiny Tiger Beetle. I'm not sure, but the closest I've come to for an ID is a Bronzed Tiger Beetle. A very heavily cropped image!

Went with two friends this afternoon to look for these colourful, attractive Tiger Beetles. They are only tiny and not easily noticed. If you didn't know what you were looking for, I don't think you'd find them. This photo is greatly magnified.

Sometimes you get an unexpected bonus if you stop and smell the roses!