Southern California Beetles

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Arachnodemon
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Here are a few beetle photos from the last year. I'm going to make an effort to photograph more beetle and more invertebrates in general from now on.

Cotinis mutabilis - Green Fig Beetle


Poyphylla decemlineata - Ten-ilned June Beetle


Trichiasida sp.


Scyphophorus yuccae - Yucca Weevil


Trigonoscuta sp. - Dune Weevil
 

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awesome!

i think i caught two of those ten lined june beetles one time and put one on each of my shoulders and walked around with them on for about an hour

if i poked them the beetles would hiss pretty loudly.

i actually went a bought cigs with them on my shoulders. eventually one flew away and i put the other one on a bush by where i found it.

good times
 

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Arachnodemon
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Heheh. Yep, their hiss is actually fairly loud. :) I think the one pictured is a male. If i recall correctly, the males are the ones with the little horn looking projections. The horns are actually made up of several feather like projections that separate. I wish I could have taken a photo of the the feathers separated. It suprised me the first time I saw it. I initially thought the horns were solid.
 

Scolopendra55

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GQ. said:
Heheh. Yep, their hiss is actually fairly loud. :) I think the one pictured is a male. If i recall correctly, the males are the ones with the little horn looking projections. The horns are actually made up of several feather like projections that separate. I wish I could have taken a photo of the the feathers separated. It suprised me the first time I saw it. I initially thought the horns were solid.
Yes the beetle you have is a male(the "horns" are actually feathered antenna used for picking up females hormones). Do you breed any of these beetles?
 

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Arachnodemon
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Scolopendra55 said:
Do you breed any of these beetles?
No I have yet to try my hand at breeding beetles. I don't have the room or time for any more projects. I also don't have a ready supply of decomposing wood. I wouldn't mind giving it a shot someday. I would make sure to have a nice sized backyard pile of decomposing wood before I would try my hand with the beetles.
 
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