With as many as six people a week dying from overdoses of heroin and synthetic opiates in Broward County, county officials and drug experts met Wednesday to sound the alarm. They're unveiling a plan to deal with a South Florida crisis that reflects a nationwide epidemic. The warning is that the...
The Hercules beetle (Dynastes hercules, Dynastinae) is a rhinoceros beetle native to the rainforests of Central America, South America, Lesser Antilles, and the Andes. They are large beetles, with some males reaching 17.5 cm including the horn, and a slightly iridescent coloration to their elytra, which also vary in color from beetle to beetle, and even depending on the humidity.
Emerald Ash Borer. The emerald ash borer, (Agrilus planipennis. fairmaire) is a small (1/2 inch long, 1/8 inch wide) metallic green beetle native to Asia. While it was. first found in Michigan in 2002, it is likely that the. beetle population had been established quite a few. years before discovery.