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This is Blaps gigas recently emerged from the pupa - just trying to get a culture of these started. I'm UK based, if anyone has any interesting darkling larvae available I'd be interested in getting some new species. Drop me a PM Matt

The same seems to apply to other species of Dynastes and things like Goliathus, which are described as "fragile". My experience of both is that the eggs are really only "delicate" shortly after they are laid, as they absorb water from the substrate and expand they get less fragile and will...

Your bumblebees are Bombus terrestris - the brown/buff tail is typical of the UK subspecies. You probably have a nest in the cavity wall or similar, most likely the bees are coming in through an airbrick rather that leaving the colony through the "correct" entrance. B.terrestris colonies are...

1 Mealy Bug 2 Beetle Larva, possibly an early instar Carabid larva 3 Lacewing Larva 4 Harlequin / Asian Ladybird Larva - Harmonia axyridis 5 Lepidoptera larva, possibly a Bagworm - Psychidae

Me too - great illustration. But, from an entomological point of view, if I were going to use a colour logo for my business, I'd want the colours correct. If it were me, I'd add more orange into the elytra and wings so it matched the "real life" colours of the beetle, otherwise it look...

Check with Bugguide - http://bugguide.net/node/view/139668 - this lists several US Prionus species.

Nope - still far too many segments for a fly larva, Brachycera or not. :)

Bringing back from where?

Worms Too many segments and no head capsule rules out it being a fly or moth larva.

No. Simple answer - you need permits to bring anything live back into the US, and the animals need to pass inspection on arrival.

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Private individual are very unlikely to get a permit. See http://www.insectnet.com/cgi/dcforum/dcboard.cgi?az=read_count&om=154&forum=DCForumID5 for mre details and links.

I'd agree, a honeybee (Apis). Looking at the picture, I suspect the photo was of a "guard bee" telling others that intruders were near, the high abdomen pose, wing fanning and the exposed alarm gland towards the end of the abdomen are typical of this behaviour.

The cells inside need to do a lot of rearrangement, so tissue structures are broken down and rearranged, hence most of the inside is "goo" in the early stages. As the new structures are laid down, you find less "goo".

Your beetle is a Ground Beetle - Carabidae. At a guess, Harpalus rufipes, but there may be other similar species in the Roumanian fauna.

Yes - it is climate related, Florida has an essentially sub-tropical climate so Achinata can survive and breed in the wild.

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I'd say a Firebrat, a member of the Silverfish family.

Most wasp nests only last for 1 season, the cold weather should kill the nest off soon.

Not a Soldierfly, but a Hoverfly (Syrphidae). I bet you have a wasp nest in your wall or roof........... :) This is the larvae of one of the larger Volucella species, probably Volucella inanis. These breed in the nests of social wasps (Vespula sp). At this time of year they leave the...