I just recently purchased an insect collection, and it seems to be infected with dermestid beetles I can see larvae in one of the cases. They are in riker...
Place the collection in frezer for a few days, if you do use moth balls check that they are paradichlorobenzene based as nalphatamine and other moth balls only...
Are you sure it is a beetle? Looks like a Green Longhorn moth (Adela reaumurella).
mirandahodgson wrote:
> Could someone please help me ID this beetle? It...
Ruby Tiger (Phragmatobia fuliginosa).
mirandahodgson wrote:
> We saw this moth in north Lincolnshire on the 28th of April. Does
> anyone recognise it, please....
I am a writer, publishing my first children's picture book and I took a picture of this bug in front of our yard. It was huge! It was probably 2 1/2 inches -...
It's a Jerusalem Cricket, Stenopelmatus sp. http://www.sdnhm.org/fieldguide/inverts/sten-fus.html I wouldn't say they are dangerous, but they can bite if...
Thank you, David. Yes, you're right, it's a moth. Someone else told me that it is Adela reaumurella. With its wings closed it really looked like a beetle! I...
I'm trying to id some flies and beetles for my forensic science dissertation and not having much luck. If I put the pics up on the site, would anyone be kind...
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Hi I was wandering if you could help me with a beetle i.d. I have been recently been told by two people (expertise unknown) that the beetle is a Tansy Beetle -...
Are there any insect expos or such events in the United States? Like around Utah? If you have links or names or don't know of any such, let me know. Thanks!...
Hi Helen im sure if you put the photos up people will try and offer as much help as they can, incidently what is you uni project on and where are you studying?...
Hi Your beetle is very unlikely to be the Tansy Leaf Beetle, though quite a few people would be very pleased to find another population away from the Yorkshire...
Yes, please put up some pics. That's the best way to help. I'm pretty familiar with beetles. ... offer as ... ive just ... on the ... science ... the ... ...
I have dozens of these spiders around the outside of my house and they look like the shape and color of the black widow but on their underside it is just a...
I've put up the pics that I have of my insects. They're in a folder called 'Unknown beetles and flies' (how original!). Unfortunately some of the photos...
Hi Andy I'm studying the decomposition and associated insect succession on rabbit carcasses. I have 3 rabbits, 1 is exposed and the other two are wrapped, one...
Hi Helen Dr Ian Dadour (University of Western Australia) has done loads of similar work using pig carcasses. You could probably get an interlibrary loan of...
unidentified beetle 1 looks like a silphid beetle beetle 11 is a hister beetle beetle 13 is a rove beetle beetle 2 is silphidae beetle larvae beetle 3 is a...
It sounds like you have a Stetoda grossa (the false black widow). They are in the same family as widow spiders but generally they are harmless (less you are...
To what level do you need id help with? I don't know where you are so I can only be of help to the family level for some of your flies. Fly 5 looks like some...
Thanks for those! They're all flies that were found on and around carrion, in woodland in the UK. All help is very much appreciated!! michelle montgomery...
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