Beetle

Challenge #1 in the Beetle series. Hosted by majid322.

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Total comments: 16

I suggest that people that know what a beetle is can just vote non-beetle insects and Volkswagens .5. Please, enough with attacking the host. He probably realizes now the difficulty with hosting a challenge. There are lots of excellent actual Beetle photos to vote on.

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bee·tle 1 (btl)
n.
1. Any of numerous insects of the order Coleoptera, having biting mouthparts and forewings modified to form horny coverings that protect the underlying pair of membranous hind wings when at rest.
2. An insect resembling a member of the order Coleoptera.
intr.v. bee·tled, bee·tling, bee·tles

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You'd think that once one VW had been submitted then others would think "oh well - that joke's been done, nevermind."

guess not!

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tnx all of you for your comments ..
my internet have problem these day and i cant awnser your comment ..
and another thing is that my english is not that ok ..and i cant compare deffrent beetles..
when i say beetle that means every beetle ...
every pic that RuthC accept will be enter the challenge..
.
.soon i will delet wrong pic..
excuse RuthC ..

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Are there only supposed to be beetles in this challenge? Clearly many have not followed that theme.

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Excuse me dear host...I've a beautiful photo of a cow...Can I enter the challenge? :D

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No, sorry, only shots of red parrots or pine trees on misty mornings.

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generally cows are accompanied by flies, pests or bees. so you can enter a cow for sure.

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I am laughing my head off and having more fun reading the comments that actually looking at the contestants' photos. Maybe that is what the contest is about: winner photo will be the one that collects the most complains. No, seriously, it is a farce and dissapointing. If shot does not confoms with the rules and complain is ignored by host, i will not cast any vote on it.

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welle some of the insects may not be beetles, but as I am not a specialist I am kind of carefull before calling this a farce.
if you guys believe a beetle is only the red model with black dots, then you may have to look at a few definitions around before laughing ...
One of the definition I found :
bee·tle 1 (btl)
n.
1. Any of numerous insects of the order Coleoptera, having biting mouthparts and forewings modified to form horny coverings that protect the underlying pair of membranous hind wings when at rest.
2. An insect resembling a member of the order Coleoptera.
intr.v. bee·tled, bee·tling, bee·tles

with this in mind, ad doing some more researchs, I finally concluded that my entry maybe a beetle ...

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Yes, IMO, your entry is a beetle. If a Host sets a challenge with a very specific topic, such as 'Beetles,' then he should DQ anything that is not a beetle. If he had set the challenge to be 'Insects' or 'Bugs and Beetles,' there would not have been this problem.

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IMO, this challenge is a farce. The host (who has only entered 4 challenges himself, and voted only once,) seems to be allowing any insect to be in the challenge. He hasn't answered private messages concerning the challenge, and I wonder how and why DPR accepted him to be a new host! Not happy. There are responsibilities inherent to being a Challenge Host.

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Totally agree with RuthC.

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Flies and wasps? Not so beetle

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To the Host - A few of these clearly are not beetles....

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Mop-headed ones allowed?

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