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It came from outer space! (and landed in the living room)
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peggy
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after I stopped screaming, I'd do what you did & take it's picture!
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--what would you do if you found this on your walls?
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Kimberly85208
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WHAT IS THAT?! Looks huge!
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Loren Charif
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Yikes! I certainly wouldn't hold it in my hand! What a monster!
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Tom L.
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MOVE!!!!
OMG, what the Heck is that thing!?!?!?
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Ann McRae
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Actually, he's a very attractive beetle. His legs seem kind of out of proportion to the rest of him, though. Are they common in your neighborhood?
I like bugs.
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Johnny B.81195
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It's not common here in Trinidad, in fact its the first I'd ever seen, except for in museums, but even a dead one of these monsters was intimidating–Its definitely the largest beetle I'd ever seen. FYI it turned out to be a Harlequin beetle, native to South America and parts of the Caribbean.
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p5freak
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It sure would scare me. No way i could hold it in my hand. The only way i would make a photo of it is with a B-300 !
I sure wouldn't pick it up!what would you do if you found this on your walls?
Phil
yeah I thought it was beautiful too,
a co-worker brought it in–dead, she killed it, and was roundly criticised by all for destroying such a magnificent insect, but I guess seeing something like that inside your house late at night would cause such a rection
V
a co-worker brought it in–dead, she killed it, and was roundly criticised by all for destroying such a magnificent insect, but I guess seeing something like that inside your house late at night would cause such a rection
V
gee, I am terribly sorry, but anything with that many legs puts me into spider fright, and I am sure I would be taking my swiffer sweeper and squishing it, your very brave to hold that thing in your hands, I dont suppose even if it were dead I would have the nerve to touch it. lol, nice shot though
Loren Charif
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hehe...at least it was only dead. If that had been me, it would likely have been either flat or crumpled.
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Stever46789
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Vix...
I collect and would love to add him to my collection! He is absolutely spectacular!! We have nothing even close to that in Chicago. One of the small blessings of snow and cold half of the year!
You should spread his legs (if he's not too dry already) and pose him on some tree branches then take some shots. If he's dry you might be able to make him pliable again by placing him in a sealed jar on some wet paper towels.
Very cool... Stever
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I collect and would love to add him to my collection! He is absolutely spectacular!! We have nothing even close to that in Chicago. One of the small blessings of snow and cold half of the year!
You should spread his legs (if he's not too dry already) and pose him on some tree branches then take some shots. If he's dry you might be able to make him pliable again by placing him in a sealed jar on some wet paper towels.
Very cool... Stever
--what would you do if you found this on your walls?
...they don't qualify as 'galleries' but http://www.fotki.com/pukrat
Johnny B.81195
Leading Member
OOOOOHHH no you don't there buddy. We don't want those creepy looking things anywhere near Chicagoland.
Next thing you know there'll be some strange "X-Files-style" incident where this thing spontainiously reproduces after it dies and eats our brains out through our ears while we sleep.
Look at the problem we're having with those ladybug lookalikes. My house is overrun with those buggers because someone wanted to bring them into this area to eat some other critter that was eating their crops.
All joking aside, it's a cool looking bug, but I hate bugs.
Stever46789
Senior Member
LoL Johnny! Those ladybugs are unbelievable - especially in the fall. They bite too - don't let anyone tell you otherwise!!
Man, worse than those is that Chinese Borer thing they found downtown (remember they had to cut like 400 trees down in the city and in 2 suburbs) to kill them all and their larvae! The cops wouldn't even let me have a dead one for my collection. Bah!
Stever
...they don't qualify as 'galleries' but http://www.fotki.com/pukrat
Man, worse than those is that Chinese Borer thing they found downtown (remember they had to cut like 400 trees down in the city and in 2 suburbs) to kill them all and their larvae! The cops wouldn't even let me have a dead one for my collection. Bah!
Stever
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Johnny B.81195
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Yea they bite! My wife goes psycho with our vaccum cleaner, and she has a evil cackle everytime she sucks one up. We have to spray Raid all over the place at least every 2 weeks to keep them at bay. We are trying to find out what the gestation cycle is so we can stay one step ahead. It just seems like they drink that raid like it's a happy hour cocktail.
Oh yea...Asian Longhorn Beetle...how could we forget those buggers...
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