Beetles at night

Some nights I get more beetles than moths. Beetles, especially the large ones, blunder into things, including me. The land on the sheet and, frequently, find themselves upside down on the concrete. I've become adept at kicking them off the porch with a soccer-style sweep of the foot. But occasionally an interesting one lands on the sheet and I take a photo, like this one of a net-winged beetle, Calopteron reticulatum, that showed up this morning. Fun!

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