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I'm taking a trip out to visit my dad's side of the family next week and by chance will be camping at a known collection site for Amblycheila tiger beetles. Has anybody collected them before or have any tips for finding them? I'm thinking of laying out a bunch of pitfall traps and just searching...

A controversial subject in captivity, here is more evidence of the natural phenomenon of insects consuming "higher order" animals: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43128183/ns/technology_and_science-science

Nice photo, Sara! Here is a photo of a trail worn through the grass by Atta mexicana, in my parents' yard in Mexico. It's not uncommon to find a small tree or bush completely defoliated overnight.

Cactus longhorn beetles (Moneilema gigas) are commonly found on cholla and other cactuses in the Sonoran desert of Arizona. In captivity they feed on prickly pear leaves. I took this video at the Seattle Bug Safari (bug zoo) last week. Not too many longhorns being kept in captivity, but as soon...

I just received a box of bugs in exchange from bluefrogtat2 and was pleasantly surprised with overcounts and fast shipping. Had a nice chat on facebook too! He's been in the hobby longer than the hobby's been online. That's really cool! It's neat to "meet" somebody for the first time, whose been...

Freshly hatched L1 larvae of D. granti now available for $10 each. PM me.

Here's a video of a parasitic mite living off a Dynastes granti egg: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWOcbyapI3Q

Check out the new video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlHeOC-_7g8

This is a very beautiful species, arguably one of the prettiest US species: More photos of this specimen here: http://bugguide.net/node/view/424235/bgimage

Probably not the most interesting beetle at 4mm, but it was a new one for me and almost a new one for bugguide, minus one other entry from a photographer in my same state: Other photos here: http://bugguide.net/node/view/424226/bgimage

I found these little beetles at Lake Quinault (Olympic peninsula in Washington state): I took some video of them that I will upload soon. Little acrobats with the habits and habitat preference of tiger beetles.

I caught this beetle while blacklighting in Arizona, in July of 2009. Unfortunately, it was just a very nice male (so no reproduction). In the video, you can see a specimen of Chrysina beyeri that was eaten by the P. truncatus. The predator chewed a hole into the victim to feed. (click the 480...

I took this video of Lucanus mazama stag beetles last summer, but I posted it to Youtube last night: (click the 480 pixel version of the video for higher quality) http://www.youtube.com/user/bugsincyberspace#p/u/0/vi8NNT_B3G8

http://www.naturefg.com/pages/beetles.htm VI International Photography Exhibition “Beetles and Weevils” Call for entries: National Park Fruska Gora, Serbia is proud to announce that we are, as part of celebration of European Day of Parks on 24/05/2009 in association with Europarc Federation...

You will notice that the forum has a new "look". I changed it a bit, but still have some other issues to fix with the new "skin". Everybody will probably want to attach a new photo of themselves in their profile (or else we'll think you're a beautiful woman, by default).

Here are my new prized beetles! A friend at work brought them to me a few days ago. She found them in her driveway one morning. There are two females and I've put them on dirt. The smallest is 28mm and the larger is just slightly longer. Wish me luck! I'm not sure what species they are, but I'd...

I just realized I have a bunch of Pseudolucanus mazama larvae from the adults I collected this summer. The larvae appear to be L2 and growing quickly! I read that it is best to separate them, though I can see 8 larvae up against the side of the tank they share. At what instar does canniablism...

Paracotalpa consobrina is a rutelinae family golden beetle with an irredescent quality to its elytra.