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>> I've been working here long enough

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that I can actually do most of the identifications fairly rapidly.

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I at least recognize the group to which most species belong.

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I don't, I don't often see things that are completely, baffle me.

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Most of the time my specimens are adults,

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but maybe 20 to 30 percent of the time they come in as larvae.

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And that's a bit of a problem because larvae are far more difficult to identify

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and it's very rare that you can even make generic identification.

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Often I'll only go to sub-family for larvae.

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They're just poorly known.

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The larval stages haven't been described, haven't been researched as much.

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So it's very, very difficult.

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I'm always happy to receive adult beetles, they're far easier to identify.