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  1. JWRay

    Beetle & Insect Specimens for Trade

    Hello Folks, I have been working to clean up my excess these days, and found some specimens I totally forgot I had. Please note these are dead specimens! Not live beetles. Anyhow, thought I would toss a list up here of what I have and see if anyone is interested in trading. This list will be...
  2. JWRay

    Trip Report - Southern Sierras in California

    Just got back from a weekend trip to the Kernville area to collect some bugs with good ole' Peter, and we had another successful adventure! Here are a few of the beetle finds: Some Tenebs in their new home. A closeup. These guys were very abundant after dark on & under the bark of...
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    Captive Rearing & Breeding Omus

    Has anyone every attempted to and/or successfully bred Omus in captivity? Just returned from a collecting trip in the southern Sierras with a handful and thought I would see if anyone on here has some advice.
  4. JWRay

    WTB / WTT for any Chlaenius specimens

    Hello Everyone, I am looking to pull together as many specimens / species of the genus Chlaenius from North America that I can. Chlaenius are easy to find ground beetles that typically occur under rocks, downed wood & debris along streams, ponds, and moist areas - although species are also...
  5. JWRay

    Snake River Outing

    On June 22nd I took a trip out to the north shore of the Snake River, primarily to hunt down some Cicindela oregona I had agreed to catch for some colleagues in California, but also in hopes of finding the season's first Cylindera terricola and Cicindela haemhorragica. Here is the typical...
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    Summer Solstice Blue Mountains Beetle Hunt

    To start the summer off right - I went out hiking - birding - bugging in the Blue Mountains today. It was a pretty short trip, pretty close to home, but the weather was beautiful. I primarily hit some mid-elevation (~4800ft) meadows that cover lots of the ridgelines among the stands of...
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    FS: Eleodes Darkling Beetles and Misc. Preserved Stock

    My breeding colonies are a little too big, and I have lots of larvae up and coming, so its time I try to move some overstock. Live Adult Stock Eleodes obscurus - huge striate darklings $5 each or 5 for $20 Odontotaenius disjunctus - Bess beetles $5 each Eleodes spp. small (Blapylis?) $2...
  8. JWRay

    A Peek Into My World

    Among my other hobbies (ok so I don't really have other hobbies....) I collect beetles. I also collect Hymenopterans, the occasional Hemipteran and Dipteran........ok so a LOT of different insects..........and spiders........ I dabble in captive breeding of a variety of inverts, but that is for...
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