Subject: Bright Green beetle, dark blue legs and orange head. Geographic location of the bug: Mitcham Victoria Australia Date: 01/30/2019 Time: 11:40 PM EDT Your letter to the bugman: Can you identify this beetle? I would be very great full if you can. How you want your letter signed: Yours truly Andrea King This is … Read more
Subject: A bronze lucanid species Geographic location of the bug: Seoul, Korea Date: 11/25/2018 Time: 03:26 AM EDT Your letter to the bugman: I found this little bugger last month. Our security guard attempted to kill it, but I saved it just in time. I think it’s a Prismognathus dauricus because I saw a picture … Read more
Subject: Australian green beetle Location: Australia December 13, 2015 1:31 am Hi there, I found this bug upside down on the road. I’m not sure what type of beetle it is. Is it a stag beetle? Signature: Thanks! We believe this is a Golden Green Stag Beetle, Lamprima latreillii, but we would not rule out … Read more
Subject: Some type of Red Jewel Beetle? Location: Chidlow, Western Australia December 4, 2015 8:41 pm Hi, We were cleaning out our gutters and found this chap dead amongst the accumulated leaves. Looks a lot like one of the pictures on the WA Museum’s composite photos of red jewel beetles, but ours seems to have … Read more
Iridescent Christmas Beetle from Australia November 3, 2009 Hi, I’ve seen some recent posts about the brownish Christmas Beetles. Here are some photos of a gorgeous bright green beetle rescued from our swimming pool last summer. We always called these ones Christmas Beetles as kids (ignored the bworn ones), they were highly sought-after. The CSIRO … Read more
Pair of Beetles in Northwestern Sydney, Australia Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 4:44 PM Hey guys! This is my second time writing in, only not for a few years. I was ratting around in a rotten wood pile in my backyard in Galston (which is northwestern outskirts of Sydney), and found this glorious pair of … Read more