First off, I want to start off with the most important question I have in this post, and that would be asking if my dead T.molitor was infected with the entomophagous fungus.
Here is a couple pics of it.
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| T.molitor underside view |
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| T.molitor dorsal view |
Secondly, I wanted to find out what these small beetles are that I have been seeing outside for most of life. I commonly find them under rocks and when they are provoked they release a strong smell similar to that of a stink bug.
Hope you guys can help me out, here's a photo!
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| Unidentified beetle |
Looks more to me that the beetle died of other causes and was then devoured by the mold, so it's probably not entomophagus fungi.
ReplyDeleteThose "beetles" are actually burrowing bugs, closely related to stink bugs, see here: http://bugguide.net/node/view/6980
Ok, that's great to hear! None of my insects are really dying off, so I figured that it wasn't the fungi, but just wanted to make sure!
DeleteThanks for the I.D!