[Homestead] Beetles was: more pictures
Sage Austin | Eureka! Design
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Mon Jan 5 10:08:02 EST 2009
Wow, that's an interesting "use" of flesh eating beetles. I don't know
that much about beetles, but apparently there are so many that once,
when E.O. Wilson was asked what he knew about God, he said "He was
inordinately fond of beetles" because they comprise something like 90
percent of all species on Earth.
We have dung beetles here, and I love them. In good years they are able
to keep my backyard free of dog poop. I love their antics, hand standing
and rolling dungballs across our rugged terrain with their hind legs,
usually as partners. I video taped this once, should post to my blog for
those who are unfamiliar with them.
I also photographed the carcass of a beetle I found in a town west of me
that was huge, palm sized, the biggest bug I'd ever seen. I would have
taken it with me, but I was on a business trip and the woman driving
would have had a fit if I'd picked that thing up. If there is an
entomologist among us maybe I can find that pic for identification.
--Sage
bobf wrote:
> When the group of beetles had eaten their fill, did they go over to the corner for a nap ;-) ?
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> --- On Mon, 1/5/09, roxann <roxann at ancientearthwisdom.com> wrote:
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> In one of my first jobs we had a chamber of flesh-eating beetles, and I always wondered where they came from. we used them for cleaning skeletons of frogs and small animals. the lab was a supplier for Carolina Biological Supply House. If you've ever dissected a frog or cat in science lab, it
> probably came from us. it was the grossest job I ever worked.
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>> Roxann, NW AR
>> http://blog.ancientearthwisdom.com (Ozark Musings from the
>> homestead)
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