Prionids (Subfamily Prioninae) make up about 350 species of big, long beetles whose larvae chew their way through rotten wood. The group includes the longest beetles on earth (Titanus giganteus) and the one I found at a gathering at my friends' house, Orthosoma brunneum. Actually, they found it, and gently covered it so that it would still be ( Read more... )

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