Today is Beetle Day! :D

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Nice driftwood Neil! That is a big crane; what are you building in backyard !

Hahahaha! But the driftwood is a superstar by itself. It can't seem to compliment the animals i'm thinking of housing it with.

What Carlos said! That's a nice find =)

All insects are cool, but I kind of have opposite feelings as you... While I think some beetles are super awesome, and can't deny that they are remarkably successful (if not THE most successful of all animals), I never found them all that exciting to study. Wasps on the other hand? Yeah buddy!

Not a beetle guy, so don't laugh. I'll take a rough stab at families just for fun.

1) Reminds me of a Scarabaeidae, maybe subfamily Melolonthinae?
2) Also looks like a Scarabaeid?
3) Reminds me of Histeridae - Such as those in the genus Hololepta that have the predatory pincer-like mandibles. Elytra seem to long, though.

I have zero clues as to what those beetles are, sorry haha. The first one is quite common though and seems to pester the pine trees in the neighborhood.

Neil, the beetles are cool!! I just got rid of about 5 branches of manzanita that look just like that.

I thought the crane was you expecting a feeder delivery, what with the zoo you have going there! Lol

Jeff, face it buddy, beetles are cool. Honeybees are cool. Wasps are just a**holes!! LoL


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Wahaha you make that sound like a relief operation deep in the woods lol

Love beetles so much Neil! its too bad most beetles don't live long in the pet trade though

I know, tell me about it! Mother nature is unfair to pretty insects lol