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I see a number of little weevils around (never any big ones here) and some have pretty neat shapes. This 6mm guy (northern Ohio) really caught my eye.

If you're looking for a small number in the USA I've got lactose, banana, or brown sugar. 5/$5 Great food for Dynastes tityus, Lucanus, Osmoderma and others.

Here's the photosynthetic clam I mentioned. The colors appear completely different depending on angle and lighting. ~3" Tridacna maxima

I've seen pictures of this species and have seen some info on the net. Anyone have good success with this beetle or photos to share?

I came across a story I'd never heard before in an old book. One of the largest and most impressive longhorn beetles in the world was Xixuthrus heros a species just a little smaller than Titaneus giganteus. I'd never heard of this neat looking species. It reportedly was considered a delicacy by...

Overall my native beetle fauna is sparse and small. This one I've seen a bunch of lately. The larvae feed on grasshopper eggs which makes it, at best, difficult to rear.

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Hello Russ, I visited your museum and Arizona for the first time last week for the ATS conference. The museum was a highlight of my trip. Of course you have many beetles to choose from but the most spectacular like the largest longhorns and Plusiotis species live only a few weeks so displays...

Anyone have photos of this species? I have a book called Insects Their Natural History and Diversity by Stephen Marshall with a photograph of a live specimen of this darkling. It appears to be an undoctored photo and the animal is striped in metallic red, blue, green and gold, incredible for a...

Does anyone know a good source for giant darkling dead specimens (all the big ones I know of are from Africa)? There was a place in Texas that carried all sorts of great dried specimens but when I went to order they had gone out of business. Also want to purchase a darkling found from PA to FL...

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They're hanging from each other's legs like the monkey game. This is nearly impossible to cause to happen or I'd get a quality photo.

Any darkling beetle breeders out there?

Although we have some very nice, large darking species in the USA, they aren't in the ballpark.