We’ve gotten a lot of questions publicly and privately about our beetle capture, but for the record, the bug(missing a leg at the time of capture) was at all times in total captivity, after which it was entirely and completely and 100% euthanize without ever being outside a closed and secure environment. The beetle is, was, and will remain totally dead. In no way should beetles EVER be transported outside the quarantine zone, something we are now very very aware of.
August 29, 2008...5:03 pm
The beetle died immediately
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August 29, 2008 at 6:56 pm
You wouldn’t be an alt-weekly if you just crushed the thing on the spot. Taking the little bastard for a ride was the irresponsible, yet totally awesome thing to do.
Could you imagine if you were born, lived your whole life and died in Burncoat? What a terrible existence.
August 30, 2008 at 7:04 am
The little guy looks more like a Vernon Hill species.
Notice the claivcal sentimium of the posterior centivical.
Definitely a Vernon Hill species.