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Bloody-Nosed Beetle


Bloody-Nosed Beetle (Timarcha tenebricosa)

I love these dumpy fellows. They only appear this time of year. They are flightless and if you annoy them they squirt a vile red goo at you...hence their name. Also called Blood Spewers (nice!!)



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Lol, can't say I've ever heard of these(I'd have remembered,lol), you learn something every day on here.

13 Aug, 2010



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