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A captive-bred, Blue-legged Jewel Scarab (Chrysina woodi) that emerged several days ago - the first live example of the species that I've ever seen in person.  This species is from the mountains of far West TX.  I didn't expect that I would have any adults emerging this soon - was thinking that...

Chrysina beyeri larva in 16 oz. container, in pupal cell formed in clay layer, below the organic substrate layer.  In this species, cells are nearly always formed right against the container wall.  Because of this habit, the larva remains visible through a small "window" while in its winter...

Some photos of my Chrysina beyeri and C. gloriosa - two of the four species in this genus that are found in the US.  The other two are woodi and lecontei.

For sale: Chrysina beyeri larvae (late L3).  100+ available.  The work of rearing is already essentially done - these larvae are full grown and nearly ready to build pupal cells.  $5 each (minimum order of 10) + shipping by your choice of USPS Priority or Express. Payment by PayPal, personal...

I've just been informed that Gymnetis caseyi has recently been re-named Gymnetis thula (Ratcliffe, 2018): http://texasento.net/caseyi.htm https://bugguide.net/node/view/68158  By the way, has anyone here ever seen a thula quite like this one? -  https://bugguide.net/node/view/736046

Here's a photo of some caseyi that I had emerge this morning, shown next to a quarter to give an idea of size. This species is a great favorite of mine - have been keeping it for many years.  In the American tropics and subtropics, Gymnetis essentially fills the same ecological niche as the...

A short video of a pair of Plinthocoelium suaveolens, a bright metallic green longhorn beetle that starts emerging around late May / early June, that I found on a gum bumelia (Sideroxylon lanuginosum) tree in my backyard.  The male is the one with extremely long antennae.  As you can hear in the...

A tiger beetle (Tetracha carolina) that I found crawling up the trunk of an oak tree yesterday.  It's difficult to capture its metallic green colour in a photo - it changes hue with the viewing angle.

A couple of photos of a Buprestis rufipes that I came across in my yard today.  I've only ever seen a few of these, and for a US native jewel beetle species, it's a pretty good-sized one, at between 25-30 mm.

There was once a very helpful insect hobbyist forum called bugnation.co.uk which had many members from the UK and Europe.  But, as of several years ago, it seems to have completely disappeared.  Is there anyone here who used to visit that forum, or knows what happened to it?

Females of Derobrachus hovorei are quite possibly the largest longhorn beetles found in the US so far as overall size, although, females of some species of Prionus might actually reach a greater mass. Derobrachus is almost like a smaller version of the Amazonian species Titanus giganteus...