Types of beetles

Beetles

My summer is packed with events and activities that all have to do with the insects that finally get plentiful when the monsoon arrives. If you go to the 'Events' page on the top menu you'll see how busy it's getting. At some of these festivals, like Southwest Wings in Sierra Vista at the beginning of August, I will not only present a power-point program and lead a black lighting field trip at night, but also have a booth for my art work. The art work I sell consists mostly of my watercolor…

Know your ladybugs. Most ladybugs voraciously consume plant-eating insects such as aphids and in doing so they help to protect crops. One #ladybug can eat up to 5000 insects in its lifetime! Ask about our ladybugs here at the nursery.

Beetles make up around 40% of all insect species ever described and around 25% of all animals. Are there really that many different kinds of beetles, or do scientists have a strong pro-beetle bias?