Lake Tobias Petting Zoo
2009/08/17 03:20 PM
4 new pictures from the zoo.
Hornbill, Crane, Osterich and
Pheasant. In the 2009 album.
2009 Album Started
2009/07/12 12:11 PM
Created the 2009 album and added 3
pictures.
2008 Complete
2009/07/12 11:44 AM
Added 7 new pictures to the 2008
Album which completes it. Next is
2009.
Owls
2009/01/09 07:13 AM
Perroquet
2008/11/29 07:42 AM
Check out these amazing pictures
from Perroquet.
They also have some video of
Macaws in flight using super
slow motion.
Add Pictures
2008/10/25 02:16 PM
Added 3 pictures of Banjo (in the
2007 album) as a baby after I just
got her. She was about 7 weeks old
or so. Such a beautiful sweet
little girl. I love her so much!
Ducks
2008/10/25 12:56 PM
Notice anything wrong with this? A Duck with Chicken feet (no webs). Hmm.
Antoine Helbert
2008/10/24 07:46 PM
Maciej Mizer
2008/09/21 09:23 AM
More Herzog
2008/09/05 06:01 AM
Flight
2008/09/04 06:52 AM
Staring Contest
2008/09/03 07:02 AM
Party
2008/08/09 12:21 PM
No, you can't haz it!
2008/08/08 06:52 AM
No! Don't do it!
2008/08/07 07:17 AM
Love of a mother
2008/07/18 11:59 AM
“A MOTHER duck braved traffic
and a housing estate during a
TWO-MILE chase to rescue her babies
from a sewer.”
Click on picture to read the full story.
Click on picture to read the full story.
New Pictures
2008/07/10 07:37 AM
4 New pictures in the new 2008
Freeze Frame Album.
Honk honk
2008/06/10 08:04 AM
All aboard!
2008/06/09 10:02 AM
Lunch
2008/06/06 02:22 PM
Bird
2008/06/05 08:47 AM
Gotcha
2008/06/04 09:13 AM
Bird
2008/06/03 12:17 PM
News
2008/06/02 03:29 PM
Down the hatch
2008/05/23 08:52 AM
Brilliant!
2008/05/22 08:15 AM
Yahoo has
an article about a lost parrot
that was able to speak his
owner's name and address and
therefor be returned. However,
I wonder, does this mean the
owner can never move?
Nice doo
2008/05/21 12:18 PM
Kiss kiss
2008/05/20 01:51 PM
Goth Tart
2008/05/16 04:55 PM
It's my weasel!
2008/05/15 08:53 AM
Heart
2008/05/13 08:16 AM
Nom Nom
2008/05/09 10:24 AM
Herzog
2008/05/08 08:07 AM
Love
2008/05/07 08:53 AM
This way...
2008/05/06 02:28 PM
Fox likes birds
2008/05/05 11:09 AM
Was sick all last week so there
were no posts. Back in business.
New videos soon.
More Herzog
2008/04/24 11:34 AM
Linda Herzog 2
2008/04/21 08:45 AM
Fancy chicken
2008/04/18 09:24 AM
(h)Owl
2008/04/17 08:10 AM
Linda Herzog
2008/04/16 12:33 PM
My sister has a new companion
2008/04/15 08:52 AM
Do your pull-ups
2008/04/10 08:41 AM
Fuzzy Mirror
2008/04/09 08:45 AM
Duck Diver
2008/04/08 09:26 AM
Got Lunch?
2008/04/04 11:22 AM
Beware!
2008/04/03 03:17 PM
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All aboard!
2008/04/02 08:19 AM
Little people is tasty!
2008/04/01 08:25 AM
Hummingbird pen
2008/03/31 09:17 AM
Danger Will Robinson!
2008/03/31 09:17 AM
Speedy McChicken
2008/03/31 09:17 AM
Halp!
2008/03/31 09:17 AM
Mouth bigger than stomach
2008/03/31 09:16 AM
Who's watching who?
2008/03/31 09:16 AM
Good to see ya!
2008/03/31 09:16 AM
Grey
2008/03/31 09:15 AM
Bird Feeder
2008/03/31 09:15 AM
What you did there, I see it
2008/03/31 09:15 AM
More Shenanigans
2008/03/19 07:42 AM
Cat Weasel
2008/03/18 07:14 AM
Good catch
2008/03/17 11:24 AM
Mmm Tastey
2008/03/15 01:23 PM
Thief!
2008/03/14 06:13 AM
Gonna get'cha!
2008/03/13 10:36 AM
2008/03/12 06:47 AM
Well hello there
2008/03/07 08:11 AM
Macaws
2008/03/06 03:45 PM
Feed Me!
2008/03/05 03:13 PM
Eat up!
2008/03/04 04:13 PM
Oops. Fail!
2008/03/03 10:50 AM
McChick Burger
2008/03/02 09:03 AM
Blur
2008/02/29 12:29 PM
New pic
2008/02/27 09:26 AM
Located in the 2007 album.
Nom nom nom
2007/11/23 09:30 AM
Bird nest in a can? Yummy!
2007/11/21 03:16 PM
Cheese! I haz it!
2007/11/21 03:01 PM
Here's one more of the weasel.
Blah
2007/11/21 02:55 PM
Started migrating email (at work)
from 11 old mail servers to 3 brand
new ones (modern hardware, new
software, etc.) so I've either been
doing that or sleeping. Not a lot
of time to do much else. So for now
here are a few random images of
things unrelated to birds.
New pictures
2007/09/10 06:02 PM
Six new pictures of the 'fids'
outside grooming each other and
just hanging out with me. Found in
the 2007 album under Freeze Frame.
A place I need to visit more often
2007/09/10 05:45 PM
Went for a walk at a place called
Stoever's Park here in Lebanon.
Pretty nice area. A lot of life
running about. Chased some Ducks,
tried to get some Canadian Geese to
chase me, a Woodpecker (hard to see
in the pic), saw an Egret and the
strangest varmet I've seen live.
Consensus says it's a woodchuck. I
may post some of these pics on
Kleptoptics in full res glory.
Tweet tweet
2007/09/10 05:30 PM
Found this on the way to work. Poor
little thing just standing there on
the curb. I made it hop away into
an alleyway after I took some
snaps.
Huh?
2007/07/12 07:06 PM
Who would have thunk it? Cactus in
Pennsylvania? I'm from the west so
I'm used to it but this is the
first time I've seen it growing
wild out here. Click on the images
for the full res glory. (Warning,
they are huge, like 2MB+ each but
worth it.)
Summer bug time
2007/07/12 06:47 PM
Been a while since I've posted. I
updated my PowerBook to OSX 10.4.10
and ever since I've had random
crashes and kernel panics. After
about 2 weeks of this and 4
format/reinstalls later I finally
did a memtest. Bingo! Bad RAM
module. At least it has a lifetime
warranty so I sent it off today
with an RMA. 1GB of RAM instead of
2 certainly makes a difference when
you run dozens of apps all the time
at the same time. Anyhow.. I'll
start posting some pics of things
I've found around.
Colorado Potato Beetle (Leptinotarsa decimlineata)
Description : 1/4-3/8" (6-11mm). Oval, convex. Pronotum yellow-brown to orange-yellow with 2 black spots, often joined to produce a V-shaped mark, and a number of smaller black spots on each side. Each elytron has 5 black lines on whitish background. Larva is dark red, maturing to orange with black head black spots on sides.
Habitat : Mountain meadows and potato fields..
Range : Most of the United States and Canada.
Food : Potato foliage and wild members of the nightshade family.
Life Cycle : Small clusters of orange elongate eggs are attached to the underside of leaves. Larvae reach full size in 15-20 days, then drop to soil, where they pupate. Adults emerge in 10-15 days. 1-2 generations a year.
One native species of tachinid fly and at least 3 kinds of predacious bugs attack adults or prey upon their larvae. The large False Potato Beetle has a black dot on each femur and lives on nightshades in the South.
Colorado Potato Beetle (Leptinotarsa decimlineata)
Description : 1/4-3/8" (6-11mm). Oval, convex. Pronotum yellow-brown to orange-yellow with 2 black spots, often joined to produce a V-shaped mark, and a number of smaller black spots on each side. Each elytron has 5 black lines on whitish background. Larva is dark red, maturing to orange with black head black spots on sides.
Habitat : Mountain meadows and potato fields..
Range : Most of the United States and Canada.
Food : Potato foliage and wild members of the nightshade family.
Life Cycle : Small clusters of orange elongate eggs are attached to the underside of leaves. Larvae reach full size in 15-20 days, then drop to soil, where they pupate. Adults emerge in 10-15 days. 1-2 generations a year.
One native species of tachinid fly and at least 3 kinds of predacious bugs attack adults or prey upon their larvae. The large False Potato Beetle has a black dot on each femur and lives on nightshades in the South.
Eep eep! Don't step on me!
2007/07/05 04:12 PM
I walk to work most of the time and
just as I turned the corner to open
the front door of the place I work
I found this poor little guy
huddled in the corner. Its mother
was behind me on a branch screaming
at me. I moved it about 10 feet
away where there are bushes. Didn't
want anyone to step on it.
La Pew
2007/06/18 01:35 PM
Hanging out late last night and I
see a buddy walking around. Curious
little guy. Let me follow him
around and take some pictures. As
long as you're not threatening
they're cool.
Lazy Saturday
2007/06/18 01:24 PM
It's hot and I'm pooped!
Sister's Birdies
2007/05/14 11:22 AM
Thought I'd toss in a few pics of
the two parrots my sister has.
First is an Indian Ringneck (Indie)
and the second is a new addition to
her family; Goffin Cockatoo
(Jasmine). Perty!
Let the critter catching commence
2007/05/11 08:44 AM
I walked home last night after
visiting the local pub and it was
raining a little bit. Look what I
ran into. What's strange is that he
was just walking around on the
sidewalk. Seems rather far away
from his natural habitat (see
below).
Four-toed Salamander (Hemidactylium scutatum)
Description : 2-4" (5.1-10.2 cm). A small species distinguished by hind feet with 4 toes and marked constriction at base of tail. Reddish-brown above, grayish sides; white belly, with black spots. Costal grooves, 13-14.
Breeding : Late winter to spring. 2-3 dozen eggs, singly attached to sphagnum moss or other plants close to water; female guards eggs until hatching 6-8 weeks later. The 1/2" (13 mm) aquatic larvae transform in 1 1/2 months at 7/8" (22 mm). Mature in 2 1/2 years.
Habitat : Bogs, boggy streams, and floodplains; usually associated with sphagnum moss.
Range : Discontinuous. Chiefly east of Mississippi River; Nova Scotia to Wisconsin south to Gulf, but absent from Florida peninsula.
Adults live under stones and leaf litter in hardwood forests surrounding boggy areas; the need for this special habitat accounts for its spotty distribution. when a predator grabs the Four-toed's tail, it readily breaks off - a twitching morsel that distracts the enemy. A new tail is soon regenerated.
Four-toed Salamander (Hemidactylium scutatum)
Description : 2-4" (5.1-10.2 cm). A small species distinguished by hind feet with 4 toes and marked constriction at base of tail. Reddish-brown above, grayish sides; white belly, with black spots. Costal grooves, 13-14.
Breeding : Late winter to spring. 2-3 dozen eggs, singly attached to sphagnum moss or other plants close to water; female guards eggs until hatching 6-8 weeks later. The 1/2" (13 mm) aquatic larvae transform in 1 1/2 months at 7/8" (22 mm). Mature in 2 1/2 years.
Habitat : Bogs, boggy streams, and floodplains; usually associated with sphagnum moss.
Range : Discontinuous. Chiefly east of Mississippi River; Nova Scotia to Wisconsin south to Gulf, but absent from Florida peninsula.
Adults live under stones and leaf litter in hardwood forests surrounding boggy areas; the need for this special habitat accounts for its spotty distribution. when a predator grabs the Four-toed's tail, it readily breaks off - a twitching morsel that distracts the enemy. A new tail is soon regenerated.
Just a Funny
2007/05/07 06:55 PM
New Pictures
2007/05/07 01:21 PM
I spent most of the weekend just
playing with the new camera but not
really taking any serious pictures.
Just getting familiar with all of
the functions and options. But I
did post a few new snapshots
HERE.
The original resolution was 3072x1728 (widescreen 16:9) and 3072x2304 (4:3) and the file size is gigantic. So the pictures here are scaled and don't really convey the detail of what it can do.
The original resolution was 3072x1728 (widescreen 16:9) and 3072x2304 (4:3) and the file size is gigantic. So the pictures here are scaled and don't really convey the detail of what it can do.
Day 5
2007/04/28 10:36 AM
Mahana is much much better. We are
half way through our 10 days of
meds. I'm still very glad she's not
screeching till my ears bleed but
she is talking and everything else.
She's even waiting until I put her
down in the morning after I pick
her up and greet her to poop. How
nice and something new!
A little picture of Beaker making a mess while bathing.
A little picture of Beaker making a mess while bathing.
Neglect
2007/03/26 09:02 AM
Yea yea, so I haven't exactly kept
up on this site. With winter and
the cold I tend to feel sluggish
adding to that working all the time
and spending most free time
de-stressing at the local pubs.
Now that it's getting warmer I should have more time with the birds outside, taking pictures and having a ball. Here's a little shower shot from yesterday. They look so pathetic, but cute when they get a bath. They are getting better about it; don't fight it like they used to.
Now that it's getting warmer I should have more time with the birds outside, taking pictures and having a ball. Here's a little shower shot from yesterday. They look so pathetic, but cute when they get a bath. They are getting better about it; don't fight it like they used to.
Bird Wars IV : A New Home
2006/12/02 11:54 AM
I finally got the cage I wanted.
The local pet store did me good and
gave me a deal for the time it took
and the mix up (the cage they got a
few weeks ago was too small). It's
identical to Beaker's cage except
it has one extra attachment on the
top so you can hang toys on it for
the birds to play with. I'm so
excited and happy with it; happier
for Mahana actually. I hated seeing
her in that itty bitty cage. White
was definitely the right choice.
Now I just need to figure out how
to arrange the camera so both birds
can be seen. Damn. I may have to
get a second iSight. I posted a few
other pictures of the new cage and
some of how the bird room now looks
in the Freeze
Frame section.
Here fishy fishy fishy
2006/11/06 08:22 AM
Went to a great place called That
Fish Place in Lancaster. It's a
huge warehouse with all kinds of
neat things. They even have a large
indoor pool with horseshoe crabs,
sting rays, fish and star fish. I
was able to pet the sting rays.
They are REALLY soft. Anyhow, I
finally got a bird play pen which
beats my old piece of wood that I
used as a perch. I ordered a new
cage for Mahana. It's going to be
exactly like the one I have but
white. Hopefully it should be here
Friday. Can't wait!
Meet Cheeks
2006/10/23 01:27 PM
Ran home for lunch and got some
pictures. Here's one (cropped). I
posted several others in the
Freeze Frame
section.
Jabber Jaw!
2006/10/17 06:56 PM
Hey look at me. I'm talking to you.
Here's the two getting along just fine together. No fights or anything. Jahita will probably be going home tomorrow.
I'm able to rub
her belly now. Still can't get
my hands behind her.
Here's the two getting along just fine together. No fights or anything. Jahita will probably be going home tomorrow.
I'm able to rub
her belly now. Still can't get
my hands behind her.
Birdsitting
2006/10/12 08:21 AM
I've recently made some new friends
and it turns out they too have a
parrot. She is a beautiful
Yellow Headed Blue Front
Amazon. Very shy but pretty nice
(at least towards men). I know with
some quality time she could really
sweeten up and become a lover. She
makes Beaker look so small as she's
a good 3 or 4 times his size.
They have entrusted me to baby sit her for a week or so. I feel very lucky and trusted. I will attempt to hold her and talk to her every day to see if I can get her to come out of her shell. Just have to watch out for her claws. She has some real sharp talons! She has never attempted to bite me however which is promising.
I think Beaker is enamored with her. Last night he was staring at her and rocking back and forth all excited. Maybe he's just happy to have some company when I'm not around. You can barely make her out in the web cam (behind Beaker's house). I'll see if I can re-arrange my setup to get a better shot of both.
They have entrusted me to baby sit her for a week or so. I feel very lucky and trusted. I will attempt to hold her and talk to her every day to see if I can get her to come out of her shell. Just have to watch out for her claws. She has some real sharp talons! She has never attempted to bite me however which is promising.
I think Beaker is enamored with her. Last night he was staring at her and rocking back and forth all excited. Maybe he's just happy to have some company when I'm not around. You can barely make her out in the web cam (behind Beaker's house). I'll see if I can re-arrange my setup to get a better shot of both.
Hello my brother
2006/09/01 07:08 AM
The curtains are open and there are
some bird feeders just outside the
window so that Beaker can watch and
talk with his fellow bird friends.
This morning we watched a pair
(male and female) of American
Goldfinch birds. Very cute.
American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis)
Description : 4 1/2-5" (11-13 cm). Smaller than a sparrow. Breeding male bright yellow with white rump, black forehead, white edges on black wings and tail, and yellow at bend of wing. Female and winter male duller and grayer, with black wings, tail, and white wing bars. Travels in flocks; undulating flight.
Voice : Bright per-chick-o-ree, also rendered as potato-chips, delivered in flight and coinciding with each undulation.
Habitat : Brushy thickets, weedy grasslands, and nearby trees.
Nesting : 4 or 5 pale blue eggs in a well-made cup of grass, bark strips, and plant down placed in the upright fork of a small sapling or shrub.
Range : Breeds from southern British Columbia east to Newfoundland, and south to California, Utah, southern Colorado, central Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Carolinas. Winters in much of United States.
This familiar and common species is often called the "Wild Canary." Since the birds' main food is seeds, nesting does not begin until midsummer or late summer, when weed seeds are available. Thus goldfinches remain in flocks until well past the time when other species have formed pairs and are nesting. Because they nest so late, only a single brood is raised each season. In the winter they gather in large flocks, often with other finches such as redpolls and Pine Siskins.
American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis)
Description : 4 1/2-5" (11-13 cm). Smaller than a sparrow. Breeding male bright yellow with white rump, black forehead, white edges on black wings and tail, and yellow at bend of wing. Female and winter male duller and grayer, with black wings, tail, and white wing bars. Travels in flocks; undulating flight.
Voice : Bright per-chick-o-ree, also rendered as potato-chips, delivered in flight and coinciding with each undulation.
Habitat : Brushy thickets, weedy grasslands, and nearby trees.
Nesting : 4 or 5 pale blue eggs in a well-made cup of grass, bark strips, and plant down placed in the upright fork of a small sapling or shrub.
Range : Breeds from southern British Columbia east to Newfoundland, and south to California, Utah, southern Colorado, central Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Carolinas. Winters in much of United States.
This familiar and common species is often called the "Wild Canary." Since the birds' main food is seeds, nesting does not begin until midsummer or late summer, when weed seeds are available. Thus goldfinches remain in flocks until well past the time when other species have formed pairs and are nesting. Because they nest so late, only a single brood is raised each season. In the winter they gather in large flocks, often with other finches such as redpolls and Pine Siskins.
Giant Stink Bug
2006/08/16 10:26 AM
These are all over the place out
here but one was hanging out on my
back porch so I thought I'd capture
the moment. Guess I should have
read about it before picking it up.
They can dish out a nice stab when
threatened.
Wheel Bug (Arilus cristatus)
Description : 1 1/8 - 1 3/8" (28-36 mm). Gray-brown to black. Prothorax raised into a curved series of coglike teeth along midline, inspiring the common name. Nymph is blood-red with black markings.
Habitat : Meadows and crop fields.
Range : East of the Rocky Mountains, from southern Canada south to the Gulf states.
Food : Caterpillars, even large ones including hornworms, Japanese Beetle larvae, and other insects.
Life Cycle : Eggs are laid in clusters on foliage. 1 generate a year.
This handsome predator can give a painful stab when it defends itself from a careless handler.
Wheel Bug (Arilus cristatus)
Description : 1 1/8 - 1 3/8" (28-36 mm). Gray-brown to black. Prothorax raised into a curved series of coglike teeth along midline, inspiring the common name. Nymph is blood-red with black markings.
Habitat : Meadows and crop fields.
Range : East of the Rocky Mountains, from southern Canada south to the Gulf states.
Food : Caterpillars, even large ones including hornworms, Japanese Beetle larvae, and other insects.
Life Cycle : Eggs are laid in clusters on foliage. 1 generate a year.
This handsome predator can give a painful stab when it defends itself from a careless handler.
More bugs
2006/08/03 10:22 AM
I guess this is becoming the Bug
show instead of Beaker's site. I
respect and enjoy all types of wild
life so I can't help myself.
I heard a thud on the window the other night and found this Cicada buzzing around. Just had to get some snaps. Last year I caught a green one. This one is almost entirely black.
Dogday Harvestfly (Tibicen canicularis)
Description : 1 1/8 - 1 1/4" (27-33 mm), wingspam to 3 1/4" (82 mm). Black with green markings. Wings clear green along rear 1/2 of fore wing margin.
Habitat : Coniferous and mixed woods.
Range : Northeastern United States and adjacent Canada.
Food : Adult is not known to eat. Nymph feeds on root juices, especially pine.
Sound : A powerful call that sounds like a circular saw cutting through a board.
Life Cycle : Nymphs take 3 years before maturing to adult. A new generation hatches each summer in the same area.
Since this cicada disappears from mixed forests soon after all the pines are eradicated, it probably feeds on pine roots. It is seen during the hot, "dog days" of summer, hence its common name.
I heard a thud on the window the other night and found this Cicada buzzing around. Just had to get some snaps. Last year I caught a green one. This one is almost entirely black.
Dogday Harvestfly (Tibicen canicularis)
Description : 1 1/8 - 1 1/4" (27-33 mm), wingspam to 3 1/4" (82 mm). Black with green markings. Wings clear green along rear 1/2 of fore wing margin.
Habitat : Coniferous and mixed woods.
Range : Northeastern United States and adjacent Canada.
Food : Adult is not known to eat. Nymph feeds on root juices, especially pine.
Sound : A powerful call that sounds like a circular saw cutting through a board.
Life Cycle : Nymphs take 3 years before maturing to adult. A new generation hatches each summer in the same area.
Since this cicada disappears from mixed forests soon after all the pines are eradicated, it probably feeds on pine roots. It is seen during the hot, "dog days" of summer, hence its common name.
Japanese Beetle Bug
2006/07/14 11:05 AM
This isn't Beaker related but there
were a bunch of these neat green
beetles on my front lawn. Just had
to get some pictures. Bugs are so
neat. I've seen quite a few rather
large beetles here in PA so this
guy isn't huge but still quite
cool.
Green June Beetle (Cotinus nitida)
Description : 3/4 - 7/8" (20-23 mm). Robust, elongate, somewhat flattened. Head dark, with a horn. Pronotum and elytra are metallic green with brownish yellow on the sides; the underside is glittery green and brownish yellow. Tibiae green; femora are brownish yellow. Larva, to 2" (50 mm), is yellowish white with brown head.
Habitat : Gardens, orchards, open woods, and crop fields, particularly above sandy soil.
Range : New York to Florida and Gulf states, north to Missouri.
Food : Adult drinks pollen from open flowers, such as hollyhock, and devours ripening fruits, especially peaches, and the foliage and fruits of many trees and shrubs. Larva eats roots of grasses, alfalfa, vegetables, tobacco, ornamental plants, and many other plants.
Life Cycle : Grayish, spherical eggs are laid in soil with high organic content. Larvae often emerge after a prolonged rain, crawl on their backs over soil or through sod, and over winter deep in soil. Larvae develop in earthen cells near soil surface and pupate in the late spring of the 2nd year after hatching. Adults emerge June-July. 1 generation a year.
Adults fly noisily at night in search of food. This beetle is often an agricultural pest because its larvae destroy the roots of valuable plants, especially tobacco.
Green June Beetle (Cotinus nitida)
Description : 3/4 - 7/8" (20-23 mm). Robust, elongate, somewhat flattened. Head dark, with a horn. Pronotum and elytra are metallic green with brownish yellow on the sides; the underside is glittery green and brownish yellow. Tibiae green; femora are brownish yellow. Larva, to 2" (50 mm), is yellowish white with brown head.
Habitat : Gardens, orchards, open woods, and crop fields, particularly above sandy soil.
Range : New York to Florida and Gulf states, north to Missouri.
Food : Adult drinks pollen from open flowers, such as hollyhock, and devours ripening fruits, especially peaches, and the foliage and fruits of many trees and shrubs. Larva eats roots of grasses, alfalfa, vegetables, tobacco, ornamental plants, and many other plants.
Life Cycle : Grayish, spherical eggs are laid in soil with high organic content. Larvae often emerge after a prolonged rain, crawl on their backs over soil or through sod, and over winter deep in soil. Larvae develop in earthen cells near soil surface and pupate in the late spring of the 2nd year after hatching. Adults emerge June-July. 1 generation a year.
Adults fly noisily at night in search of food. This beetle is often an agricultural pest because its larvae destroy the roots of valuable plants, especially tobacco.
New pictures
2006/07/10 04:17 PM
13 new pictures of bath time and
new living quarters in the Photos
section. Wee!
