New Longhorn Beetles; Beetles care

[findi]

Beautiful longhorn #beetles discovered in China http://bit.ly/YDe925 Keeping large beetles http://bit.ly/kfCXtK

 

[Galapoheros]

This really keeps me fired up about what I saw while walking/riding the local hike and bike trail(Austin area,tx). The Longhorn beetles I saw stuck in my head. A strange thing is that I can't grasp whether they were metallic blue or green, I just can't remember, but I'm going with green, and they were medium to large in size. This was about 2 years ago. There were two mating specimens on the concrete walkway, I looked then continued to walked to my bike I had locked up at the other end of the trail. What the hell was I thinking!, I've never seen those before, I've never seen those in books or on the internet! Not picking those up was one of the dumbest things I've ever done. I've been back several times hoping to get a specimen. But I don't think I will get the chance again. Anybody have an idea of what I saw?

 

[findi]

This really keeps me fired up about what I saw while walking/riding the local hike and bike trail(Austin area,tx). The Longhorn beetles I saw stuck in my head. A strange thing is that I can't grasp whether they were metallic blue or green, I just can't remember, but I'm going with green, and they were medium to large in size. This was about 2 years ago. There were two mating specimens on the concrete walkway, I looked then continued to walked to my bike I had locked up at the other end of the trail. What the hell was I thinking!, I've never seen those before, I've never seen those in books or on the internet! Not picking those up was one of the dumbest things I've ever done. I've been back several times hoping to get a specimen. But I don't think I will get the chance again. Anybody have an idea of what I saw?

Hi,

I've had similar experiences...even though I work with inverts, l have many "should-haves"...huge orb weavers in Costa Rica that plucked the legs from grasshoppers tossed into their web before wrapping them up, yet did not do so with less sturdy katydids of same size; Lethocerus maximus, a giant water bug half again as large as the US species (very common at one field site in Venezuela, but I had no permits, etc...ahh!'

Check out the photos and info on common Texas beetles here ; try wood borers (from about #171 ); a good filed guide would likely have others. I've found the Asian species that is introduced here in NYC...causing problems, but a spectacular insect none the less. let me know what you come up with, best, Frank
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[Scolopendra55]

Galapoheros, what you saw was most likely a species of Plinthocoelium, and based on the specific local you saw it at, quite possibly P.suaveolens plicatum. Hope this helped!