These interesting beetles from the Nullidae family are hard to find but if you are lucky, you can see them running around even in winter when other insects aren't active. I found the ones shown in this post early in the morning before Christmas of 2021, on the rusted facade of one of the oldest houses in my neighborhood.
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Very little is known about these mysterious insects besides the scientific name. That's why today's post can't be very long, unfortunately.
The name of the species is Graphopterus burrula. The first half of the name derives from graphos, the ancient Greek word for something written, drawn, or recorded. The second half is a colloquial Latin word burrula which means nonsense, or trickery.
Now, with that information in mind, you'll probably know what is the place of this species in the natural world.
I'm pretty sure you'll never encounter these beetles in nature or anywhere else outside my blog on Hive. However, If you do see them - don't panic! Just visit the nearest mental health professional.
In the following photograph ...
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... you can see a very ordinary butterfly I photographed on the 13th of May 2007. The name of the species is Melitaea cinxia. It belongs to the Nymphalidae family.
These butterflies can be seen in dry meadows all across Europe and temperate parts of Asia. The caterpillars feed on two plants. Plantago lanceolata and Veronica spicata.
An interesting and kinda funny little fact I found today on the Internet is that Adult females prefer one plant over the other when choosing where to lay their eggs, but the larvae do not have a feeding preference for either plant when they are born.
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Yeeeee 😳😳😳😳 I gat so many insect on my wall, 🥶🥶🥶, I need to get my insect killer... 🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Omg... this butterfly is so beautiful ❤️
You captured it perfectly 👍
Always :-)
Those aren't anywhere around here!
Beautiful photos! Keep up the excellent work!
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Thank you. 🙂 Glad you like these imaginary insects ... and glad to see you still active.
Yep we are definitely enjoying life!
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@borjan
Insects in the first one photo rarely found in my side and looks dangerous. I feel fear a little from these type of insects. While cleaning we found these sometimes.
Butterfly in the second one photo looks amazing. You truly said these type of butterfly are mostly found in Asia. I have kept these manytimes while cutting grass.
Childs in my side mostly hunt these type of butterflies just for fun. Sometimes they treat badly with these butterflies..
Your post is short but full of info and interesting points.. Love it..
I also love to draw and draw butterfly on paper.
First of all the cover image is very beautiful and amazing.
Beetles crawling. It's a cool GIF. The butterfly photo looks amazing too.
beautiful butterflies with very good lighting
Your pictures are always amazing and they never disappoint
Hahaha... Seriously, I should also come hunting for insects in your neighbourhood, maybe then, I would also be able to draw like you do.
The real insect, the butterfly is a good shot lying at that angle, in the colours of Autumn.
This is beautiful, you drew the beetles well, how I wish I know how to draw like you
Thank you. You probably can draw things like these. 😀 These are some very simple insects. They look cool in animation but drawings really aren't great.
Really?? I will definitely give myself a try in drawing it.
Yes, if you feel the need to try - try it ... it isn't hard, the important thing is to express yourself, maybe you'll invent some completely different insects
Okay, thank you 😊🤗
It's cool how you make those GIF
The drew the beetles well
I also love the butterfly
It is colorful