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Name that Beetle.
2004-06-23, 8:19 PM #1
No, it's not Ringo.. It's..:

[http://24.108.231.162/etc/beetle_small.jpg]

Anyone know what it is?

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2004-06-23, 8:23 PM #2
It's about 4 centimeters (1.3 inches) long.

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2004-06-23, 8:23 PM #3
Big?

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I bet you think that's funny, don't you.
I bet you think that's funny, don't you.
2004-06-23, 8:25 PM #4
Sounds big enough.

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I bet you think that's funny, don't you.
I bet you think that's funny, don't you.
2004-06-23, 8:26 PM #5
Some relative of May Beetles?

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2004-06-23, 8:32 PM #6
a beetle with funky antennae.



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2004-06-23, 8:35 PM #7
It's clearly George. I'd recognise that hair anywhere.

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2004-06-23, 8:48 PM #8
...Where'd you find that? I found one of those just like that before. Never did figure out what it was though.

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2004-06-23, 8:53 PM #9
In our bathroom. I've sent a email off to the head of our university's entomology department. Let's see if he responds.

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2004-06-24, 7:40 AM #10
Oh, I found one of those a while back and took it to our local college's biology professor... He told me it was... I forget what it was called but he said it was highly poisonous.

Yes and this is all true.

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2004-06-24, 8:42 AM #11
Quote:
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Justin: Your specimen is a very handsome example of a male June beetle ( Family Scarabaeidae) called Polyphylla crinita. It is quite common here in Victoria, and its larva (a grub) lives on the roots of shrubs and trees (sometimes vegetable crops). Hope this is useful info for you. Regards, Richard.

Dr. Richard A. Ring
Editor-in-Chief, The Canadian Entomologist
Biology Department, University of Victoria</font>


Thanks, Dr. Ring!

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2004-06-24, 9:14 AM #12
You and your funky, Canadian June beetle. They are just brown and ugly here in Texas.

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2004-06-24, 10:05 AM #13
Those things find their way into my pool all the time.

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2004-06-24, 10:07 AM #14
Beetles are awesome. The bigger they are the cooler they are, because it's cool to let them latch on to your hand or finger or something and feel just how dad gummed strong they are.

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2004-06-24, 10:52 AM #15
Of course, having something big and exoskeletony on my hand isn't exactly my cup of tea.

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2004-06-24, 12:01 PM #16
Which is the other reason why I like beetles so much, Tony. With alot of bugs I share the same sentiment, but for some reason there are a few I don't mind. One of them being beetles. [http://forums.massassi.net/html/smile.gif]

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