Saturday, August 21, 2010

Beetles

While working in the yard, I saw a wood boring beetle in a stump.  Its parent apparently had used old carpenter ant hole as a place to lay eggs.  Several had hatched and flown off already, but one got its head and two front legs out and then was stuck because the hole was too small for its size.  It looked like it was relaxing, kicking back with a beer.  Once I realized what was happening, I tried to help it get out of the hole, but in the process pulled its head off.

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