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I have been offered wood from two ash trees that were killed by salting. Will salted wood harm larva? Does the wood have hypersalinity if it is killed this way?  Thanks in advance.

On July 28th 2014 I collected two males and one female Amblycheila baroni at Madera Canyon, Pima Co, AZ. On July 30th, I placed the three beetles in a 16qt Steralite container that had 4cm of a 50% sand/ 50% loess mixture. The substrates were sifted through a #14 soil sieve and then mixed 50/50...

I was changing out my Lucanus sp. Larval substrates today and I noticed one of the pieces of wood was vibrating and making a little squeeking noise. Upon further investigation I found an L3 larva inside the chunk of wood and it was stridulating whenever the wood was bumped. I was unaware that...

Hi everyone! I am an Entomo-culturist in Omaha Nebraska and have about 4 years experience with exotic and native beetles, mantids, phasmids, and a long list of other Arthropods. But I am here for advice and to maybe offer some new ideas to the rest of the group. A list of the coleoptera I have...

I was curious if there was any Luanus larval keys, or if anyone had any tips to tell Lucanus elaphus from Lucanus capreolus? I found both species at Indian Cave State Park, in South Eastern Nebraska, this summer while black lighting. I also spent 3 days in the park looking for larva and found 20...