Hi Guys!

Well, at the risk of inviting undue scrutiny to my "motives" - I'd need to see the genitalia... and even then, I don't know the scarab fauna outside of the U.S. well enough to resolve this one.

And this genus is a killer, as Adam mentioned - they're at their worst (best?) in the SE Asian ...

Greetings,

I believe this is a species of Anomala, but the genus has many similar species and I cannot identify it further...

Cheers,
Bandrow

Hi All,

The ability to write is a dying art. I went to the pharmacy today to pick up a prescription and there was a sign reading "Respiratory illnesses are up in your area. Protect yourself today by asking your pharmacist to get a vaccination." So, I asked the pharmacist if she had her vaccines ...

Hi Chuck,

I don't know about the moths, but that "sandy useless scrub" harbors some of the neatest species of beetles in that state!! (I know you're being facetious, as am I! )

Ciao,
Bandrow

Okay - if you can measure the width of a cell in the bed sheet, we can estimate the size of the insect. That won't provide a definitive ID, but will add info to narrow it down to some candidates.

Greetings,

I'd agree that it is likely a species of weevil - the last image shows an elongate rostrum and one can see the elbowed antennae, neither of which is presemt in ticks.

What is the mesh material in the bottom image, and could you measure the span of a cell in that? That would give a ...

Chuck,

Take your net rim and bag in your carry-on, and find a nice, straight stick for a handle. A little duct tape and you're good to go!

Happy travels!
Bandrow

Hi All,

First, Happy Thanksgiving to those of you out there who celebrate it!

I hope I'm correctly remembering exactly who this story is about, but I think it was Norville Downie, the editor of BONENA, the Beetles of Northeastern North America. He would travel to south Texas carrying just two ...

Hi Mike,

Your Phymatodes sp. from Baker County, Oregon is an interesting beast. I've never seen this species and the closest I can come to a name might be Phymatodes hardyi . There is just a single image on Bezark's site: http://bezbycids.com/byciddb/wdetails.asp?id=4571&w=n

The antennae on yours ...

Double-check your Enaphalodes atomarius - I believe this is actually Enaphalodes cortiphagus .


What is the best way to tell cortiphagus and atomarius apart? I had a hard time being certain on these.


Hi Mike,

Sorry for the slow response - I'm rarely on here much due to a workload that's ...

Hi MikeH,

Double-check your Enaphalodes atomarius - I believe this is actually Enaphalodes cortiphagus. And your Xylotrechus sp. from Cochise County is Neoclytus irroratus. Lots of good stuff!!

Cheers!
Bandrow

Hi Chuck,

I'm pretty confident that #7 is Cylindrepomus grammicus Pascoe, 1860. It is the only species currently recorded from the Solomons and matches nicely images of this species on the Cerambycidae Catalog website: http://bezbycids.com/byciddb/wdetails.asp?id=30743&w=o

Cheers!
Bandrow

Hi Again,

Success in getting a species name on number 2 - Glenea (Glenea) aluensis Gahan 1897...

Cheers!
Bandrow

Howdy,

Numbers 4, 10 and 11 are in another huge genus, Tmesisternus . Numbers 6, 8 and 9 are in yet another big genus (although getting smaller in numbers than the two previous), Acalolepta . Number 7 is in the genus Cylindrepomus . Number 5 is a mystery to me - I'll have to dig more on that one ...

Greetings,

Here are some more names, at least to the genus level. Images 2, 3, 12 and 13 are species in the genus Glenea sensu latu. This genus is one of the largest in the Cerambycidae, probably exceeding 500 or more species, primarily distributed in SE Asia and the greater Indo-Australian region ...

The second piece of fruit is #1 - this is a species of Anthribidae - the fungus weevils. The length of antennae relative to body length in some tropical species rival the Cerambycidae, and these are often sold on commercial sites as cerambycids. The antennae differ in length between the sexes like ...

The last one without a doubt is Leptorhabdium pictum - an eastern U.S. species in the Lepturinae, and feeds in dead, rotting wood. So, this one is clearly mislabeled - knocking off the low-hanging fruit first!

Greetings!

I'm going to accept this as a poke and a challenge, as I should have done this months ago!! The bark beetle work this year has consumed all of my time - one of the worst years ever - but that excuse is getting old for anyone that knows me. Give me a day or two and I'll get you as many ...

Hi Chuck,

I have to agree with you on all points - especially the refocusing of the academic world to generating income, with the epitome of that being the prioritization of sports over funding, say, a new library.

As for the general trend, I can only speak for what I see here in my institution ...

Hi Chuck,

Looks like I'm running a month behind, as usual! Hard to answer your question as I suspect the importance of collection access for non-monetized research interests depends largely on the perspective of individual board members and administrators. The few board members that I've ever ...