Dynastes Posted December 28, 2008 Report Share Posted December 28, 2008 Although we have some very nice, large darking species in the USA, they aren't in the ballpark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Clausen Posted December 29, 2008 Report Share Posted December 29, 2008 Do you have any taxonomic details on that tenebrionid? The brown areas...substrate traces or part of the beetle? We have some smallish, rounded darklings up here in the Pacific NW that are pretty neat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dynastes Posted January 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 It's dirt, but it's only where there are also long, dense setae. How about some pictures of your local darklings? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Clausen Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 I've only had them once. When I received them from a local friend, I believe all but one was dead. The last one died a month or two ago. I'll pull them out of the freezer and snap a photo this weekend if they aren't buried too deep. Come to think of it, I have received instructions from my wife that it's past time for me to consolidate some of the containers piling up in that spare garage freezer. Maybe I'll plug in my old upright freezer and just transfer everything....hmmm.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dynastes Posted January 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2009 There's actually a bit of history on that giant darkling, it's also known as the radiant-sun beetle and was one of the main beetles in Egyptian funeral mythology 5000-7000 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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