Favorite beetle

[struggle4progress]

Poll question: Favorite beetle

Titanus giganteus
www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/species-of-the-day/biodiversity/loss-of-habitat/titanus-giganteus/index.html

Firefly
fireflyforest.net/firefly/2006/06/06/fire-beetle/

The Exuberant Beetles of Brazil
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,901415,00.html

Bombardier beetle
http://www.pnas.org/content/96/17/9705.full

The really loud semi beetle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuyAcky0odk

Mountain pine beetle
http://www.npr.org/2010/12/26/132348210/how-a-tiny-beetle-could-decimate-yellowstone

Dung beetle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarab_%28artifact%29

Blister beetle
http://chemweb.calpoly.edu/cbailey/377/PapersSp2000/Meredith/

Those singing beetles
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2010/02/09/20100209env-beetles0209.html

[struggle4progress]

1. I guess DUers don't much like beetles

:(

[MiddleFingerMom]

2. The dung beetle. Naturellement.

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[dimbear]

14. Not just any dung beetle, but specifically the sacred scarab.....

Symbol of immortality and rebirth to the ancient Egyptians, and model for rafts and rafts of rings and seals.

Just as our idea of angels stems from high flying swans over Egypt, the afterlife comes from this little critter.

[hailhydra]

3. Ladybugs ftw

[struggle4progress]

7. I completely forgot about ladybugs

:cry:

[Kali]

4. I like a lot of beetles

scarabs are great, but my all time favorite would have to be Crioprosopus magnificus aka Texas Canyon Longhorn Beetle

[struggle4progress]

5. Is that critter actually from around Texas Canyon? That's a beautiful place.

[Kali]

6. yes and only a few other locations in this area

most summers we get collectors from across the country looking for them

[slay]

8. Same as last time - Blue Beetle!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hV-nN5vkisI -- Batman: The Brave & The Bold: Fall Of The Blue Beetle

[HopeHoops]

9. Herbie.

[siligut]

10. The dogbane beetle

We had these, or something like them, in New Mexico when I was growing up. My mom called them Chinese beetles.

[RedCloud]

11. Another satisfied dung beetle.

Sort of like life as we know it.

[Ishoutandscream2]

12. Paul

[mikeiddy]

13. Alexander (nt)