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My first specimen of Dynastes tityus collected in Louisiana this year. They appear in Louisiana starting the first or second week of May, but their peak active time is around mid-June to mid-July. The biggest number collected in a single night in Louisiana with my colleague was over 15...

Strategus antaeus male, collected couple weeks ago in Louisiana. Their peak season is about to slow down, and of course, a seasonal rainfall just started. Research on Genus Strategus occurrence in Louisiana can be found in ResearchGate and Academia, if interested...

As Garin has suggested, you have to keep your car on all the time if you are to use a car battery. Or it won't last long enough, and your car will be dead out of nowhere. If you are puchasing new unit of mercury vapor, no you cannot as a ballast for mercury vapor cannot be purchased anymore...

Thanks guys. Total of 5 sets of 100 beetle jellies are sold. This sale has now ended.

A freshly emerged male Lucanus placidus from a female collected at the State Louisiana in 2018.

Vernon Antoine Brou Jr. and I have been working on a manuscript to publish a species account on Dynastes tityus occurring in the state Louisiana, a continuation work to the Genus Strategus Kirby (Kim and Brou 2018) finally published. Anyone interested, PM me your email address, I'll share you a...

I know right??? It was such a surprising finding to me too! I didn't actually realize that there are CPs in my area. I just noticed some red spotty mold-like things on lawn where it has less grass, so I took a closer look, and there you go~~~!! Here is an image of one in 4 oz deli cup I dug...

Here I'm attaching a female pupa of Lucanus placidus I reared from an egg. I collected an adult female some time ago, and got some eggs from her.

Nope, I don't see a mold unless I leave it for several weeks (I'm lazy sometimes :lol: :lol: ). Other than that, when I actually do the work on time, I don't see any mold. Just in case, if you are referring this in the image below, it is not a mold. It is hyphae.

I've been pretty busy past couple months... no collection trip, no handling of beetles, just couple pinning works and couple image processing. Spent most of my time in job, and wrapping up current scarab researches. Meanwhile, seven containers (1 container = 20 lbs pellet bag) are about to...

cooler, refrigerator, wine cooler, wine cellar, etc. I believe there is only two products from two different companies selling cooler manufactured to keep beetles inside. Other than that, they are ALL just coolers for wines and foodies. You can EASILY diy it on a regular refrigerator for home...

An image of L1-L2 larvae of Pelidnota punctata 

Sharing detailed images of Strategus aloeus male pupa, before preservation. This specimen is collected as L3 larva in Texas on January this year.