Identifying Beetles

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Beetles are so interesting!

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Originally Posted by havalotta

I hadn't noticed them previously. They're like looking at a fancied up June bug. Same family?

Yes, Japanese beetles belong to the same family (Scarabaeidae) as May beetles/June bugs.

[havalotta]

These have been labeled as such gleaned from past posts in the site.

Red milkweed beetle (Tetraopes tetraophthalmus)

and the milkweed longhorn (Coleoptera Cerambycidae)

I'm not seeing any difference. Do I have one mislabeled or are they actually different....and if you could ....in what respect are they different?
I see four different species listed here: HPIPM:Milkweed Longhorn Beetle - Bugwoodwiki

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Originally Posted by havalotta

These have been labeled as such gleaned from past posts in the site.
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Red milkweed beetle (Tetraopes tetraophthalmus)
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and the milkweed longhorn (Coleoptera Cerambycidae)

I'm not seeing any difference. Do I have one mislabeled or are they actually different....and if you could ....in what respect are they different?
I see four different species listed here: HPIPM:Milkweed Longhorn Beetle - Bugwoodwiki

All milkweed longhorns belong to the genus Tetraopes; your images both are of Tetraopes tetrophthalmus. There are at least 26 species in this genus in North America, you can see some more examples at North American Tetraopes spp. - Milkweed Longhorn Beetles

[havalotta]

So the second one should be corrected....It also being a Tetraopes tetrophthalmus.

[havalotta]

Lady bugs.....

Coccinella septempunctata, sevenspotted ladybug.

Anatis Mali

Dinnertime.

It appears he had crawled into the center, got caught and passed on? Maybe not....

Quite a few found along the bay in the moist sand.

Last three unidentified.....

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Originally Posted by havalotta

Lady bugs.....Last three unidentified.....

The last three all are variants of the Asian multicolored lady beetle, Harmonia axyridis. See Harmonia axyridis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia for more details. The spott pattern on thier wing covers (elytra) are extremely variable, but the black and white pattern on their pronotum (behind the head) is more constant.

[havalotta]

One last lady bug (Type unknown)

A lady bug pupa

A leather wing inspecting a well hidden spider and a tiny little weevil? near its rear.

Mating leather wings but what's the little red item on their behind? A mite, parasite, scat or other?

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Originally Posted by havalotta

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One last lady bug (Type unknown)
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A lady bug pupa
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A leather wing inspecting a well hidden spider and a tiny little weevil? near its rear.
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Mating leather wings but what's the little red item on their behind? A mite, parasite, scat or other?

The lady beetle is a seven-spotted one (Coccinella septempunctata); the spider appears to be an orb weaver (rather than a crab spider which one would expect to find hiding in or on a flower), and it is indeed a tiny weevil in the background. The red object in the fourth photo is a mite, but it is difficult to tell whether it actually is feeding on the beetle or merely hitching a ride (phoresy).

[havalotta]

Tomentose burying beetle