Recent content by Hungry_Opossum

Hello all, I typically collect and freeze my specimens before pinning them - then pin them directly out of the freezer. I'm starting to explore macrophotography and am running into the issue of dried body fluid and detritus showing up on the specimens post processing. I've seen that acetone has...

Hello everyone, I thought I would take the opportunity to reach out and ask if anyone has stag beetle identification resources/citations they are willing to pass along. I have most of what is available for North American species, but wouldn't mind expanding my Zotero to include anything I could...

Hello everyone! For those of you that are interested in herps I've attached a link to the live virtual fall conference for my states herpetological society. The schedule is pretty stacked with snake talks so feel free to check out some of this years great speakers...

Hello all, I'm looking for one or more dried specimens of Lucanus elaphus for reference and education. Having both sexes would be ideal, but not necessary (I'm happy to have anything). I do not have a preference for captive or wild specimens, but would be appreciative if wild specimens had...

Hello everyone, I'm a entomology student focusing on Lucanidae, and currently working on a project utilizing citizen science data from iNaturalist to better understand the distribution and habitat associations of Lucanus elaphus in Virginia, USA. I wanted to start exploring specimen culturing...