TX-Beetles Google Group

FW: Req for Phanaeus (Rainbow Scarab) dung beetles - Dallas Zoo

2008-07-02T20:17:25Z

Request for assistance. Mike
-----Original Message-----
Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 1:11 PM
To: Brush Freeman; Mike E. Merchant; Mike Quinn; Rich Oris-Beetles; rich
orisbessbeetle; Robert Snow- Rainbow Scarabs
Hello everyone, It's Tim from the Dallas Zoo and I have some requests. I
have a 7th grade volunteer named Grayson who is very intelligent and has

Re: [TX-Beetles] Passalid Beetle - Req for county record data

2008-06-09T19:32:42Z

Mike: Here are the counties I have recorded:
Anderson
Bell
Bowie
Brazos
Colorado
Fayette
Fort Bend
Gonzales
Grimes
Harris
Houston
Jasper
Lavaca
Leon
Madison
Nacogdoches
Sabine
San Patricio
Tyler
Walker
Waller
Wood
Ed Riley
Edward G. Riley
Associate Curator
Department of Entomology
Texas A&M University

Passalid Beetle - Req for county record data

2008-06-09T18:49:36Z

I'd be most appreciative if anyone could provide county record data for
this beast.
Horned Passalus
Odontotaenius disjunctus (Illiger 1800)
Superfamily Scarabaeoidea - Family Passalidae
[link]
Thanks, Mike Quinn, Austin

Re: [TX-Beetles] Rhynchophorus photos posted; Euphoria kernsii at Bentsen-RGV SP

2008-05-16T14:39:33Z

Josh, Thanks, Mike
[link]
On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 10:42 PM, Joshua Rose <Joshua.R...@tpwd.state.tx.us>
wrote:

Randy Gibson is out of the office.

2008-05-16T04:02:59Z

I will be out of the office starting 05/14/2008 and will not return until
05/19/2008.
I will respond to messages as soon as possible.

Rhynchophorus photos posted; Euphoria kernsii at Bentsen-RGV SP

2008-05-16T03:42:41Z

Howdy folks,
By popular demand, have posted my photos to BugGuide of the Giant
Palmetto Weevil (Rhynchophorus cruentatus) that appeared here at
Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park a few weeks ago. Mike, feel free to
crib these for the Texas-Ento website if you like.
In other beetle news, I was checking out an unfamiliar flowering shrub

Colorful borer found during Big Thicket Ento Blitz

2008-04-28T01:54:31Z

FYI, Mike Quinn, Austin
Rustic Borer
Xylotrechus colonus (Fabricius, 1775)
Family Cerambycidae
[link]
Big Thicket National Preserve
Turkey Creek Unit, Kirby Nature Trail
SE. Village Mills, Hardin County, Texas
April 19, 2008 (Mike Quinn)

Re: [TX-Beetles] Palmetto Weevil (Rhynchophorus cruentatus) at Bentsen-RGV SP, Hidalgo County

2008-04-26T17:24:37Z

Josh, I put together the following page based on all the info we
gathered since yesterday. Mike
Palmetto Weevil
Rhynchophorus cruentatus (Fabricius 1775)
[link]

FW: Palmetto Weevil (Rhynchophorus cruentatus) atBentsen-RGV SP - April 24

2008-04-25T15:51:29Z

All, FYI, Mike
-----Original Message-----
Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 10:37 AM
To: Mike Quinn
atBentsen-RGV SP - April 24
Mike,
We found it a few years ago from Brownsville areas. (the black one)
T.-X.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Tong-Xian 'T.-X.' Liu, Ph.D.
Professor of Entomology
Texas AgriLife Research

RE: [TX-Beetles] Palmetto Weevil (Rhynchophorus cruentatus) at Bentsen-RGV SP, Hidalgo County

2008-04-25T14:30:34Z

Josh,
Per the Univ. Florida info site on the sp., it appears that the native
palmetto is the preferred host, but that they accept a WIDE variety of
other native and introduced palm genera, which strongly suggests that it
would readily take to hosting on Sabal texana.
Note that the weevil prefers to host in damaged trees.

Palmetto Weevil (Rhynchophorus cruentatus) at Bentsen-RGV SP, Hidalgo County

2008-04-25T03:42:26Z

Howdy folks,
I was puttering around this evening in preparation for the night program
when I spotted a large beetle on one of the stumps where I often leave
butterfly bait in the Bentsen-RGV SP butterfly garden. Was mildly
shocked to look closer and see a Palmetto Weevil (Rhynchophorus
cruentatus)! First time I have encountered this species. Definitely the

RE: [TX-Beetles] Phanaeus bait..

2007-07-27T21:16:37Z

Swine feces is one of the very best scarab baits.
Clipping a condiment cup on the side of your pitfall trap with a clothes
pin is the technique I was taught.
Also, to keep the rain out, you can add two more clothes pins (at 120
deg.) to the rim of your trap and push an upside down styrofoam plate
down so the pins poke through and act like a tripod supporting the

Phanaeus bait..

2007-07-27T21:00:07Z

Hello,
My name is Steven Barney from Lafayette, LA. I've been
nonprofessionally working with beetles for over six years, mostly
keeping within Scarabaeoidea.
I am posting generally to introduce myself to the group but
specifically to pose a question. I am planning a trip to Ft. Polk WMA
in a week or two and plan to set pitfall traps to hopefully catch P.

RE: Help on Beetle ID

2007-06-20T20:57:17Z

Hi Tony,
I photographed one down here last summer which was identified by A&M's
Ed Riley as being that species, subspecies E. s. nitens, distinguished
by range (south Texas) and by having a distinct bluish iridescence.
Yours seems identical in morphology and basic coloration, though with
virtually none of the white markings that mine exhibited, and less

Comal Springs Riffle Beetle makes news...

2007-05-25T14:08:00Z

Federally listed aquatic invertebrates in San Marcos Springs and Comal Springs:
Comal Springs Riffle Beetle (Heterelmis comalensis)
Comal Springs Dryopid Beetle (Stygoparnus comalensis)
Peck's Cave Amphipod (Stygobromus pecki)
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Aquifer plan endangers species, fun, some say
Groups say court battle over pumping limits is a possibility.