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Namibia 2010
All I can say is that this is a BIG BUG and it was in a hurry!!! This creature is easily 3 inches long... Yikes!!! I managed to shoot off a couple of images but most of them are blurred.(camera hand held) They are plentiful in Namibia and makes the most aweful noise... Anyway - thought I'll share my (not so) little friend with you!!
Hope everyone has a great weekend! We have a three day weekend! Yay!!!
Stay well!
Hugs, Carin xx
Comments (28)
blinkings
That beetle is a running fool!
wysiwig
Looks a little like a scarab (dung beetle) but not so colorful. I generally avoid bugs large enough to carry off small dogs. A bravery medal for you for getting such a fantastic shot.
Chaosphoto
Looks like an elephant sized dung beetle,, and after all you do have elephants :)
helanker
Excellent shot of this little BIG beetle. LOL ! You could have it as a pet LOL !
durleybeachbum
What a super thing! I want to hear the noise now. So you were trembling? does that acccount for the shaking? I wish we had a few more this size!
BorisB
Really impressive!!
bmac62
Neat story of this mini-monster. He sure looks armored for self-defense. Maybe his noise making ability is also defensive unless he's scurrying around looking for a girlfriend:)
debbielove
lol So, you didn't kneel down then? lol Great shot ...That IS a big brute, for sure.. Thanks for showing.. Rob
Faemike55
That is a big bug! Great capture
ocoee53
Great shot! Life is amazing in all it's forms, and always rewards the effort to see it.
Hendesse
Great capture of this running bug.
auntietk
The focus on the bug is pretty good, considering his speed! I can see how fast he was moving ... the ground, his legs, the grass ... all a bit blurred. Wonderful shot showing motion! Thanks for the size warning. I had imagined him to be about an inch, tops. Three inches!!! That's incredible!
flora-crassella
really a big bug! GREAT photo!
marybelgium
Isn't it a dung-beetle ? in french bousier ? I saw them in Zambia and will post one !
Valentin
Wonderful shot of this worker!
jendellas
He is looking for some dung to work on!!!!
sandra46
FANTABULOUS CAPTURE!!!!
Katraz
Thats one big bug.
goodoleboy
Keen kapture of what looks some kind of scarab beetle, Carin, with pincer-like claws and a frontal shield to ward off the blows and nips of its foes. Looks almost prehistoric. You are so fortunate to have had the opportunity to come across this fearsome critter!
watapki66
Great shot!
danapommet
I agree with the Dung Beetle group and this excellent capture ZOOMs so well. Dana
Chipka
Ooh, this is a zoomer for sure. Definitely a dung beetle, which if you're one of those Ancient Egyptian types, you'd recognize the scarab god Khephra who was responsible for rolling the sun across the sky with his hind legs. This is an extravagant specimen, by the way, and I'd have picked him up if it's a he...if its a she, I wouldn't pick her up as she probably laid eggs in a nice ball of home-rolled dung. Anyway...this is a gorgeous shot and I love the up-close and intimate nature of it. Great stuff! And well...it's a bug so naturally I'd like it.
beachzz
I'd run the other way if that thing were coming anywhere near me--what a shot!!
sharky_
Interesting shot.... Aloha
DAVER2112
Very cool capture! Love the title.
MrsRatbag
:::shudders::: BIG bug... good capture, Carin; if it was my shot, it would be unrecognizable as I would be running away!
kgb224
Superb capture Carin.
cfulton
Dung! Glad you did not get in his way, Clive