22 October 2012
Posted by Callan Bentley
This one popped up as I was splitting wood the other day. Here’s a very long beetle on fresh oak:
As near I can figure, this fellow might be in the genus Calleida. I couldn’t find a perfect match, though.
Callan Bentley is Associate Professor of Geology at Piedmont Virginia Community College in Charlottesville, Virginia. He is a Fellow of the Geological Society of America. For his work on this blog, the National Association of Geoscience Teachers recognized him with the James Shea Award. He has also won the Outstanding Faculty Award from the State Council on Higher Education in Virginia, and the Biggs Award for Excellence in Geoscience Teaching from the Geoscience Education Division of the Geological Society of America. In previous years, Callan served as a contributing editor at EARTH magazine, President of the Geological Society of Washington and President the Geo2YC division of NAGT.
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Great jaws!
And wet, wet oak.
Have you ever tried waiting til subfreezing temperatures to split wet oak?
Try it sometime, if you haven’t.
Thanks – I’m learning a lot about wood harvest these days – but this isn’t fresh oak; it’s been dead for 6 years – just wet due to a soaking from the rain, I think. I’ll try the subfreezing split. Thanks.