Phasmid hatchlings

I know these are not beetles -but- my phasmid eggs finally hatched. These were from the lone female that Travis spotted during our trip to central Louisiana last summer.

My Dynastes tityus grubs

This is what 57 tityus grubs look like:

Later

Here is the same grub 3 hours later:

.. and here is the shed skin. You can see where the head capsule splits into three parts:

Dynastes tityus grub: 02/09/10

I spotted this grub just molting to L3:

Closeup:

Gymnetis caseyi

The first adult to emerge from the grubs of the beetles Michael and I caught last summer

Cotinis nitida

I wanted to post a pic of a few of my C. nitida grubs. I was sorting large and small grubs into separate containers.

Dynastes tityus grub: 01/27/10

Here is a shot of what the D. tityus grubs look like now:

I currently have 59 of these, and they are all hungry.