Coleoptera - Beetles dried insect

Betsy Beetles are a large beetle that looks great in a school insect collection. The Betsy Beetle also go by the names Bess Beetle, Bess Bug, Betsy Beetle or Bug, Patent Leather Beetle and Peg Beetle depending on the area of the country they are collected. They feed on fungi found in rotting wood. They are easily collected by tearing into a rotting log in the woodlands. Where one is present there are usually many.  Collecting a Betsy Beetle for your pinned insect collection can be an...

The Dark Flower Scarab is found throughout the United States from Texas to Florida and Nebraska to New York. The specimen pictured was collected in Missouri on a leaf of some Oak seedlings. The specimen pictured is representative of the dead insect specimen you would receive. 

The Deathwatch Beetle infests old hardwood rafter. Often at night the the clicking sound made by the adult deathwatch beetle can be heard. The name comes from the belief that the clicking sound made by the adult beetle is a forcast of an impending death.

Drugstore Beetle - Stegobium paniceum The Drugstore Beetle is found throughout the United States and feeds on a variety of stored Plant foods. The common name in the USA could have come from the beetle infesting herbs that were used as medicine by early druggists. Around the world it is also known as the Biscuit Beetle or Bread Beetle but in the USA it is known as the Drugstore Beetle. Most of these specimens were collected from my kitchen pantry where they had infested a variety of stored...