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Old 07-04-2011, 02:51 PM
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Here's a bug you don't want to meet in the dark...or the light.
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Old 07-04-2011, 03:28 PM
 
Location: So Cal
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Here's a bug you don't want to meet in the dark...or the light.
LOL, it's so awesome-looking, though! I'm loving the bug pics.

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Old 07-04-2011, 05:47 PM
 
Location: Finally made it to Florida and lovin' every minute!
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I love them, too. Every time we're out and I have the camera, I end up coming home with more and more palm tree pics, LOL. I hit the palm tree jackpot with this one:

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This is the view from a table at our favorite patio restaurant:

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In honor of our OP?

I don't have anything exciting to share, but I took this down by the beach yesterday:

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I have to admit, I thought of OP when I saw those magnificent herons.

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Here's a bug you don't want to meet in the dark...or the light.
Holy kadoodles! That is one big bad bug! At lest he's not as ugly as the one Nomad showed us.
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Old 07-04-2011, 08:44 PM
 
Location: Covington County, Alabama
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I watched two young squirrels play under an oak tree tonight while I ate my supper. They were just big enough to be out of the nest.
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Old 07-04-2011, 09:53 PM
 
Location: South Central Texas
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Here's a bug you don't want to meet in the dark...or the light.
Holy Scmoley is that thing for real???
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Old 07-04-2011, 10:05 PM
 
Location: Covington County, Alabama
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Here's a bug you don't want to meet in the dark...or the light.
Next one I find I'll do a little hoodwinking with the photo. Godzilla type bug....
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Old 07-04-2011, 11:08 PM
 
Location: So Cal
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Holy Scmoley is that thing for real???
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Next one I find I'll do a little hoodwinking with the photo. Godzilla type bug....
Is it Photoshopped?? I thought there really were bugs that big, in the rainforests or some stuff like that.
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Old 07-04-2011, 11:17 PM
 
Location: Covington County, Alabama
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Is it Photoshopped?? I thought there really were bugs that big, in the rainforests or some stuff like that.
What I take will be real and not photoshopped. It's all in knowing how to use the camera. I just have to beat the cats to one of them in the back yard at night.
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Old 07-05-2011, 12:13 AM
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Is it Photoshopped?? I thought there really were bugs that big, in the rainforests or some stuff like that.
You're right. There are some really big bugs in the world. That bug is this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant_Beetle

Females grow to 2-4 inches and males are 2-3 times bigger. That one is so big it's probably a male.

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Old 07-05-2011, 12:34 AM
 
Location: Out there somewhere...a traveling man.
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Here's a bug you don't want to meet in the dark...or the light.
Looks more like the Dynastes Hercules beetle, native to Central America that grow to almost 7 inches long. Sometimes called Rhinocerous beetle.
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