Filed under: nature, photography, wildlife | Tags: beetles, bugs, critters, gross, insects, nature, outdoors, wildlife
warning: this post has a bug!
so i go outside last night with my dogs and right as i let them out i see this….
this giant beetle! last summer my freak out on a scale of 1 to 10 would have been an 8. this time, since my entomology friends have been convincing me how cool ground critters are, it was only a 5.
i rush the dogs in and grab the camera. in retrospect, it is easier to sweep a bug away after you have blinded it with a flash. had i done that with the giant 5 inch beetle last summer, it wouldn’t have put up such a fight, clinging to the cement and repeatedly walking towards me and all.
anyway, as i said, i grabbed my camera and snapped it. then to show you how huge this thing was, i found a penny and took another picture…
then, uploading the shot, i realized that the beetle i thought was like THREE inches long, was not much bigger than a penny. s’ok, they could still do a number on me, i’m sure!
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hello goodbear its dennis the vizsla dog that is a scarry luking beetel i wood be careful giving it pennies it mite pick them up and throw them at yoo ok bye
Comment by jamesviscosi June 30, 2008 @ 3:16 pmI bet that bug would taste good with a smidgen of ham wrapped around him!
Comment by Checkers June 30, 2008 @ 4:18 pmdennis, beetles are frugal. they don’t waste money by tossing it at folks.
Comment by goodbear July 1, 2008 @ 5:57 amcheckers, the dogs have agreed to test your beetle rumaki recipi. one beetle, wrapped in a strip of hame with one tiny caper on a toothpick.
Comment by goodbear July 1, 2008 @ 5:58 amCongratulations on increasing your creepy-crawly comfort zone! I like the little guy’s striped antlers.
Comment by lavenderbay July 1, 2008 @ 10:20 am