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I was out doing some survey work with a few of my friends and colleagues, and I made sure to give myself some time to collect at my leisure. There were many tiger beetles that dotted the paths we walked upon. As an entomologist, you love to see tiger beetles while collecting. Tiger beetles are...

I'm helping out a few friends with a project which involves surveying the Coccinellidae species in our area. It would be helpful if someone knows of an identification key for species that occur across the front range, so that we can accurately conduct the survey. Thanks!

I caught a Scarites sp. beetle while out collecting, and I'm wondering how well they do in captivity. I'll keep it as a live specimen if they do well. If not I'll just pin it.

I just mixed some substrate for this species up. I have wood fermenting now, but until then I have a substrate that they should survive and grow in. I'll post a picture, and you guys can tell me if it looks like it's mixed right. It's 50% hardwood leaves. 25% worm compost, (mostly worm frass)...

Hi! I've had this account for a while, but I just decided to start posting. Here's me first post on Beetleforum. I'm looking into starting to breed G. caseyi, but I'm getting conflicting reports regarding what is an appropriate substrate for these guys. I know they need dead leaves in their...