Beetle-Experience Posted March 9, 2011 Report Share Posted March 9, 2011 Saw my first Cicindela sexguttata of the year last weekend - spring is on it's way... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cre0broter Posted March 12, 2011 Report Share Posted March 12, 2011 spring in 8 days!!! saw a roach in the woods today!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucanus Posted March 12, 2011 Report Share Posted March 12, 2011 I wish I can find some Cicindelas in here. I've never seen one in this area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Clausen Posted March 12, 2011 Report Share Posted March 12, 2011 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cre0broter Posted March 13, 2011 Report Share Posted March 13, 2011 ha ha!!! you are in orgegon!!! it stays colder there longer!!! 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beetle-Experience Posted March 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 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). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beetle-Experience Posted March 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beetle-Experience Posted March 31, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2011 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
What Posted June 5, 2011 Report Share Posted June 5, 2011 This site might help some of you a bit? http://bcrc.bio.umass.edu/tigerbeetle/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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