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Green Figeater Beetle
Jun 23, 2013 12:35:39   #
tinusbum Loc: east texas
 
i thought i found something good but it turned out to be a "June" beetle, aka Figeater beetle.







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Jun 23, 2013 13:21:19   #
jrb1213 Loc: McDonough GEorgia
 
It has a face only a mother could love.

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Jun 23, 2013 14:07:21   #
Nikonian72 Loc: Chico CA
 
Figeater beetle (Cotinis mutabilis): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figeater_beetle

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Jun 23, 2013 14:30:20   #
jdeanb Loc: Texas / central
 
When I was a kid would catch these beetles tie a piece of sewing thread around them then let them loose holding on the one end and they would fly around ln a circle. Would entertain us for hours

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Jun 23, 2013 22:13:33   #
gym Loc: Athens, Georgia
 
jdeanb wrote:
When I was a kid would catch these beetles tie a piece of sewing thread around them then let them loose holding on the one end and they would fly around ln a circle. Would entertain us for hours


We did the same thing. We called them our 'beetle kites'.

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Jun 24, 2013 06:29:59   #
OnDSnap Loc: NE New Jersey
 
jdeanb wrote:
When I was a kid would catch these beetles tie a piece of sewing thread around them then let them loose holding on the one end and they would fly around ln a circle. Would entertain us for hours


OMG...we did the same thing, looking back, I though we were nuts.
I guess not.

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