Stag Beetle
2009/08/17 02:56 PM Filed in:
Video
Added video of a Reddish Brown Stag
Beetle I picked up and played with
for a while then let go. In the
Critter section.
Giant Grub
2009/05/15 09:08 AM Filed in:
Video
Added another video of one mean
looking Giant Beetle Grub in the
Critters section. It looks like it
was on its back with what I suppose
are legs in the air. The sucker was
a good 1.5 to 2” long. Yikes!
Summer bug time
2007/07/12 06:47 PM Filed in:
Picture
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.
