[image] [image] The beetle on the right is not Carabidae Hey everyone! This is for anyone who is in Keizer, Oregon, and likes looking for, or photographing beetles. If you find any Carabidae in Keizer, Oregon, and they have a small chip* like in the images, please do not kill, collect, or try to…

Sounds like an interesting project! Though if you just made the resin last month, how have you tested it for five months breakdown in a terrarium?

Using an Xacto knife and microscope, we managed to engrave various series of lines on the thin side of the chips so that we know which beetles traveled what distance. For example, the Pterostichus melanarius in the photo has four vertical lines on the short side of the chip that is closer to the be…

Oh, I didn’t realize that I said last month. Thanks for commenting @cthawley , I will correct that! : )

Sorry, for the mistake, I´m also trying to finish writing an essay, and I was using the keyboard for my computer which is connected to the essay doc. when I should have been typing on my laptop keyboard! I thought that I had retyped everything that I had messed up on here.

This sounds like a very interesting project, but it also sounds like a super-villain origin story. Or maybe a super-hero origin story?

Maybe I should get myself a spandex suit, grow antennae, and call myself the beetle lord… : )

Beetle marking project in Keizer, Oregon, USA

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Beetle marking project in Keizer, Oregon, USA

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