



Family tiphiidae it seems, and my uneducated guess would be Tiphia minuta.
I’m talking about magnesium, calcium, sodium, potassium, all the common electrolytes I can think of. Surely it’s linked.
I’ve heard of gutting and stuffing large insects but is that necessary for beetles? He was nice and plump when I found him and after about a week on the board he’s shriveled and looking sad. I’m still proud of my pin job, especially for my first beetle, but how to prevent this in the future?
The first photo has a very gray foxy face but the second looks more like a cross fox.
Camera in the Adirondack mountains in upstate New York.
Do we think this is a young bear or a full grown adult? We saw some pictures before this video was captured and it seemed to be a freshly graduated cub ready to make his way in the world but this one looks a lot bigger