The database of the map module just increased to 26,197 records. Thanks to Klaas Reißmann, Ingrid Altmann, Heidi Röder, Reinhard Weidlich, Horst Schlüter, Mario Finkel, Tara Bornschein and Frank Drabow. Additionally I added a small update with 7 new species from second half of 2011. The number of species available on kerbtier.de increases to 2365.

I've just fixed a bug that occurred in IE9 when displaying high-res photos. Upon opening the photo, it unintentionally faded as soon as the mouse left the picture rectangle. In Firefox, Chrome and IE8 the error did not occur. After a slight modification of the underlying javascript everything is back to normal for IE9 users. Please press refresh in your browser to reload the corrected javascript. Sorry for the inconvenience and thanks to Marion for reporting this bug!

Starting today, kerbtier.de offers a connection to the social media. For this purpose, I've added a new icon to the top navigation bar ("Share"). Clicking the icon opens a small window, which allows the user to share the contents of the respective kerbtier.de page with other internet usern on social networks, like Facebook, Twitter and Google+.

The database of the map module just increased to 25,686 records. Thanks to Josef Bücker, Reinhard Weidlich, Jochen Schwarz and Roland Schlegel.

Update with new events in the Calendar of events in coleopterology.

I wish all visitors of kerbtier.de a happy and prosperous New Year 2012 and lots of fun with the beetle hobby!