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Fan Area => The Hydlaa Plaza => Topic started by: Prolix on May 15, 2009, 03:17:05 am

Title: One Ugly Bug
Post by: Prolix on May 15, 2009, 03:17:05 am

Found this critter in the park across the Street. Anyone recognize it? It was about two or three inches long.
(http://jenness.info/bug.jpeg)

Hmm Maybe I should have titled this thread Bugs Are Always Ugly. Got any ugly bugs where you're at?

Title: Re: One Ugly Bug
Post by: Parallo on May 15, 2009, 02:29:11 pm

Have you read Drood by Dan Simmons? I think there might be one of them in my brain. Or maybe it is all the laudanum talking.

Title: Re: One Ugly Bug
Post by: Hatchnet on May 16, 2009, 10:43:39 am

Looks like a scarab of some kind; maby a part of the dung beetle family. Hard to be sure with out cracking open a book and looking it up though.

Title: Re: One Ugly Bug
Post by: Anumesa on May 16, 2009, 11:07:41 am

GROSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  :o

Title: Re: One Ugly Bug
Post by: Prolix on May 16, 2009, 07:09:51 pm

It seems to be some kind of stag beetle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stag_beetle) according to people around here. Hard to say since there are apparently 1200 types that qualify for that name.

Title: Re: One Ugly Bug
Post by: Mouli on May 17, 2009, 02:05:05 am

(http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/3745/spidy.th.jpg) (http://img43.imageshack.us/my.php?image=spidy.jpg)

This is Spidy... She lives in my garden

Title: Re: One Ugly Bug
Post by: Prolix on May 17, 2009, 04:21:57 am

Much nicer coloring than my bug, what kind of spider is it, do you know?