Ant Lab's video: Beetles in Flight with Joe Pera

12 species across 10 families, narrated by Joe Pera! Check out Joe Pera on YouTube (links below). Also, have you seen his show "Joe Pera Talks with You"? It's one of the best TV shows ever. Seriously. Joe's stand up special: https://youtu.be/9_97zE4GRZk?si=5_ZrXTPTMGZSyk9N Joe's channel: https://www.youtube.com/@UCfBAKxelvdN2XDFBcofx7Dg 00:00 - grapevine beetle 01:15 - oriental beetle 02:15 - Japanese beetle 02:38 - water scavenger beetle 03:48 - picnic beetle 04:17 - jewel beetle 04:59 - tumbling flower beetle 06:36 - tiger beetle 07:13 - clay-colored leaf beetle 08:16 - soldier, longhorn, & checkered beetles Taxonomic info Grapevine beetle - Pelidnota punctata Oriental beetle - Anomala orientalis Japanese beetle - Popillia japonica Water scavenger beetle – family Hydrophilidae Picnic beetle – Glischrochilus fasciatus Jewel beetle – Dicerca obscura (probably) Tumbling flower beetle – family Mordellidae Punctured Tiger Beetle - Cicindelidia punctulate Clay-colored leaf beetle - Anomoea laticlavia Two-lined leather-wing (soldier beetle) – Atalantycha bilineata Flat oak borer (longhorn beetle) – Smodicum cucujiforme Checkered beetle – family Cleridae Still images from Matt Bertone and Nicolás Galvez Tumbling flower beetle SEM image from: Rueter, M. (1995). Studies on the functional morphology of the jump in tumbling flower beetles (Coleoptera, Mordellidae). Acta Biologica Bendrodis 7, 99-133. Music licensed from soundofpicture.com