Tiger

I was surprised to see some tiger beetles last spring near a lake in southern Oregon. There was still snow on the ground about half an hour from the lake. The sun was shining on the shore and the kids and I had a lot of fun trying to catch the super fast beetles. I think it was March.

Yesterday I saw a ground beetle larva crawling across the ground in the backyard, a newly emerged solitary bee of some kind sunning itself and brushing its new wings with its back legs, a whitefly and a few ants. Not much else out here yet, but my son and I sat in the backyard and looked around for a while. We had a solid hour of sun and there was plenty to go around.

 
ha ha!!! you are in orgegon!!! it stays colder there longer!!!
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just kidding!! anyways, I've seen the following insects this past year:

odd red larva

firefly

roach

flies

strange darlkling larva

my mantises (they're all inside)

also saw:

a robin (come on spring!!! 7 more days!!!)

pillbug

additionally, I've seen tiger beetles in the past during summer, very hard to catch, they run real fast

 
Hey BeetleGuy,

Both these and the "Cajun tiger beetle" Dromochorus pilatei, are pretty common in the spring down here.

I see C. sexguttata in sunny patches near woods. The ones here are spot-less-six-spotted tiger beetles (almost all green).

 
Another example of an early collecting season down here - found my first Phileurus truncatus last night. It came to my car lights while I was parked to open a gate.

 
Hey BeetleGuy,

I don't have any Phileurus valgus right now, but those are fun to keep.

We'd like to have you - maybe it will work out this year!

Steven

 
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