Recent content by Kirk

The silver ones

I'm back from a 10 day trip in the Costa Rica Rain forests. I saw a large number of beetles and actually got pictures of some of them. These I saw on the first night at Monteverde. They are all Chrysinia species. They may be isoforms of the same species. They have seen the silver and gold ones...

I went to the Cincinnati Zoo to practice with a new camera that I am taking on a trip next week. I thought I would post the beetle pictures. My entomology professor told my class that the Cincinnati Zoo housed the largest living insect collection in the US. Whether that is true or not, it is an...

Hi everyone, I'm a high school biology teacher. I took a class on insects last summer and became hooked on the inverts. Last year, I brought predacious diving beetles and water boatman into my classroom. I prefer water organisms as they don't go very far when student "accidently" release them...