Big beetle

[Ky hills]

Usually see a few of these a year.

 

[kenny thomas]

If that's a dung beetle you found something great.

 

[Ky hills]

If that's a dung beetle you found something great.

Actually that is an eastern Hercules beetle. In the same family as dung beetles or as the old timers called them tumblebugs. I recently came across a tumblebug too, first one I'd seen in a few years.

 

[kenny thomas]

Actually that is an eastern Hercules beetle. In the same family as dung beetles or as the old timers called them tumblebugs. I recently came across a tumblebug too, first one I'd seen in a few years.

Had to look that one up. Not a dung beetles. Pretty neat find though

 

[kenny thomas]

I stopped by a friend's place near Gainesville FL a week ago and was fascinated by the amount and size of the dump beetles there. Cow piles were almost gone 2 days after the cows were in that paddock

 

[M.Magis]

I found one of those in the pool skimmer the other day. Left it there to scare the kids but I guess it found its way out. Ugly damn thing.

 

[Ky hills]

I stopped by a friend's place near Gainesville FL a week ago and was fascinated by the amount and size of the dump beetles there. Cow piles were almost gone 2 days after the cows were in that paddock

Used to see them pretty often here, but kind of rare nowadays.

 

[kenny thomas]

Wormers and pesticides are their enemy

 

[TCRanch]

I got the willies just looking at the pic of you holding that thing. NO.

 

[greybeard]

The first time I saw one of these (the male) stuck on my porch window screen, I said WTF IS THAT?

Dobson Fly but aren't really a fly.

(The male has the long pinchers just to hold the female while they are making whoopie)

The larval stage is found in or around water and is called a hellgramite. Supposedly good fish bait but I never tried them.

 

[kenny thomas]

The first time I saw one of these (the male) stuck on my porch window screen, I said WTF IS THAT?
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Dobson Fly but aren't really a fly.

(The male has the long pinchers just to hold the female while they are making whoopie)

The larval stage is found in or around water and is called a hellgramite. Supposedly good fish bait but I never tried them.
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Great fish bait.

 

[cowgirl8]

I found one of those in the pool skimmer the other day. Left it there to scare the kids but I guess it found its way out. Ugly damn thing.

The things you find in a pool skimmer, right...lol. The worst thing i found in our pool was a scorpion and it was walking on the floor of the pool. FOR DAYS!!!! I left one in a skimmer once to see how long it would live, i can tell you, a long time. God i hate those things...

 

[A.J.]

Great fish bait.

Yes they are. I've always heard em called grampus around here.