starring Dr. Hal !
CACTUS BEETLES...
February 4, 2022 10:00pm
...ARE ONLY ONE OF MYRIAD ITEMS mentioned in these five hours. The Show featured Jett and KrOB-- we also took a Mystery Caller. In the Entomology section we mentioned that strange insect dweller of the Southwestern Sonoran Desert-- the Cactus Beetle --among others. Moneilema, or cactus longhorn beetles are a genus of large, flightless, black beetles found in North American deserts of the western United States and northern Mexico. M. gigas is native to the Sonoran desert at elevations below 4900 feet (1500m). Perhaps as the planet warms they shall ascend the Arizona mountains...