The Beetles

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#003333" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="050d4c00dduajq.gif"> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="95" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 46 WIDTH="91"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="46" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="91" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#003333" FACE="Arial" ><B>The Invertebrate Fauna of Kerr County, Texas</B></FONT>     |     <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Invertebrate Fauna of Kerr County, T"><U>home</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Microbes"><U>The Microbes</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id30.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Molluscs"><U>The Molluscs</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id31.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Crustaceans"><U>The Crustaceans</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id54.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Mites, Ticks and Lice"><U>The Mites, Ticks and Lice</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id33.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Spiders"><U>The Spiders</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id32.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Harvestmen and Tarantulas"><U>Harvestmen and Tarantulas</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id34.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Grasshoppers, Crickets, Mantids and "><U>The Grasshoppers, Crickets, Mantids and Katydids</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Bugs"><U>The Bugs</U></A>   |   <B>The Beetles</B>   |   <A HREF="id29.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Flies"><U>The Flies</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Bees"><U>The Bees</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id23.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Ants and Termites"><U>The Ants and Termites</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Wasps"><U>The Wasps</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id63.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Stoneflies and The Mayflies"><U>The Stoneflies and The Mayflies</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id27.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Damselflies I"><U>The Damselflies I</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id61.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Damselflies II"><U>The Damselflies II</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Dragonflies"><U>The Dragonflies</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id24.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Moths"><U>The Moths</U></A>   |   <A HREF="home.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Butterflies and Skippers"><U>The Butterflies and Skippers</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Other Insects"><U>Other Insects</U></A></div> <div> The Beetles</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="05678320.gif" border=0 width="120" height="50" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Cicindelidae -- Tiger Beetles</B></I></div> <div> <B>Tiger Beetle sp., </B><I>Cicindela politula</I></div> <div> The current source of documentation for this species in Kerr County is the Tiger Beetles of North America database of the Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center (April 2003). As additional data becomes available on their, or other, records they will be posted here.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Tiger Beetle sp., </B><I>Cicindela ocellata</I></div> <div> These photos represent a new county record for this species.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="8b713e60.jpg" border=0 width="275" height="230" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="8b6e6e60.jpg" border=0 width="230" height="230" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>tiger beetle sp., </B><I>Cicindela ocellata</I></div> <div> Camp Rio Vista, 17 October 2002</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>red ladybug (ladybird beetle) sp.</B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="0aeabd60.jpg" border=0 width="171" height="214" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>red ladybug sp.</B></div> <div> On power pole near midnight, Camp Rio Vista, 29 September 2002</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0b054bb0.jpg" border=0 width="340" height="443" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="0b23cbb0.jpg" border=0 width="316" height="443" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>red labybug sp., </B>ranching <B>aphids</B></div> <div> Camp Rio Vista, 1 October 2002</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <B>green ladybird beetle sp.</B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="51881650.jpg" border=0 width="385" height="357" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>green ladybird beetle sp.</B></div> <div> On Thoroughwort, Mountain Home roadcut, Jct. Texas 27 and Texas 41, 30 October 2002</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <B>flower beetle sp.</B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="5774dfc0.jpg" border=0 width="333" height="252" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>flower beetle sp.</B></div> <div> On Brooomweed, Western Canyon drainage, Texas 39, west county, 19 October 2002</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B>Carabidae -- Carabid Beetles</B></I></div> <div> <B>carabid beetle sp.</B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="0b4bda20.jpg" border=0 width="189" height="162" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="0b6d3a20.jpg" border=0 width="211" height="162" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="0b8bfa20.jpg" border=0 width="191" height="162" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>carabid beetle sp.</B></div> <div> Camp Rio Vista, 15 September 2002</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="84b5d060.jpg" border=0 width="349" height="262" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="84a82060.jpg" border=0 width="386" height="262" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="84e58c00.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="448" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="85144f30.jpg" border=0 width="324" height="243" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="85244f30.jpg" border=0 width="324" height="243" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>carabid beetle sp.</B></div> <div> Camp Rio Vista, 11 October 2002</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B>Scarabidae -- Scarab and Dung Beetles</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <B>rhinoceros-horned scarab beetle sp. (dung beetle sp.)</B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="0ba733e0.jpg" border=0 width="371" height="318" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="0bc753e0.jpg" border=0 width="373" height="318" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="0be957f0.jpg" border=0 width="149" height="127" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="0c0a97f0.jpg" border=0 width="169" height="127" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="0c28b7f0.jpg" border=0 width="139" height="127" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="0c48e7f0.jpg" border=0 width="142" height="127" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>rhinoceros-horned scarab beetle sp. (dung beetle sp.)</B></div> <div> Camp Rio Vista, 14 September 2002</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Brown Rhinoceros Beetle, </B><I>Strategus antaeus</I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><IMG SRC="0c6ba8a0.jpg" border=0 width="442" height="394" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><IMG SRC="0c8ebb00.jpg" border=0 width="235" height="176" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="0cae5b00.jpg" border=0 width="229" height="176" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <B>Brown Rhinoceros Beetle, </B><I>Strategus antaeus</I></div> <div> Collected, Camp Rio Vista, June 1999</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <B>Eastern Hercules Beetle, </B><I>Dynastes tityus</I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><IMG SRC="0ccd49f0.jpg" border=0 width="212" height="159" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="0ceca9f0.jpg" border=0 width="202" height="159" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="0d0e69f0.jpg" border=0 width="230" height="159" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <B>Eastern Hercules Beetle, </B><I>Dynastes tityus, </I>female</div> <div> Collected, Camp Rio Vista, June 2000</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><IMG SRC="0d1589a0.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="410" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><IMG SRC="0d30da50.jpg" border=0 width="269" height="165" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="0d5dca50.jpg" border=0 width="220" height="165" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="0d7dca50.jpg" border=0 width="220" height="165" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <B>Eastern Hercules Beetle, </B><I>Dynastes tityus, </I>male</div> <div> Collected, Camp Rio Vista, July 2001</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>The following additional species of Tiger Beetles </B></FONT><B>have not yet been reported from Kerr County, but have been reported from one of the immediate surrounding counties which share a county line with Kerr (Kendall, Kimble, Edwards, Real), and might reasonably be expected to occur here. No additional species have been reported from Bandera County. No species at all are listed as documented from Gillespie, Edwards, Kendall or Real Counties. The list includes Common Name, </B><I>Scientific name </I>(Counties where documented). <B>All county record information here is derived from the Tiger Beetles of North America database at the Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center (April 2003) in range maps and the searchable database, for which i am much indebted and appreciative.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Cicindelidae</B></div> <div> <B>Tiger Beetle sp., </B><I>Cicindela schauppii </I>(Kimble)</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>