I found this cool bug outside!

[XemaSab]

Does anyone know what it is???

[GOPisEvil]

1. Hmmm...I left my entomology degree in my other pants.

Wish I could help.

[Logiola]

2. looks like a dobson fly

but i know agree with the post below :D

[XemaSab]

24. what's a dobson fly?

n/t

[gmoney]

3. I'd guess...

It's a valley_elderberry_longhorn_beetle.jpg

[progmom]

4. yeah i was about to say the same thing

:rofl:

[havocmom]

5. yep, that's my guess too, based on a quick right click

www.backfromthebrink.org/speciesimages/15/3_valley_elderberry_longhorn_beetle

[XemaSab]

23. LIES!

n/t

[trackfan]

6. RUN LIKE HELL!!

[XemaSab]

7. Why????

What is it???????

[trackfan]

8. Sorry. Just kidding.

(Though I would probably run anyway, being afraid of bugs).

[XemaSab]

9. wow... you had me scared there

it was like something straight out of an urban legend there for a minute....

[Whoa_Nelly]

10. Save it! It's on endagered species list!

:yoiks: Really! :yoiks:

http://essig.berkeley.edu/endins/desmocer.htm

[XemaSab]

11. you're kidding, right?

:shrug:

[Whoa_Nelly]

15. Nope not kidding

Gave one link, and here's another:

http://www.fws.gov/pacific/sacramento/es/documents/velb_conservation.htm

<snip>
The valley elderberry longhorn beetle (Desmocerus californicus dimorphus), was listed as a threatened species on August 8, 1980 (Federal Register 45: 52803-52807). This animal is fully protected under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).

[XNASA]

12. Oh those are delicious!!!!

I'm not sure what they're called, though.

[XemaSab]

13. How do you fix them?

Or do you just eat 'em straight?

[XNASA]

17. I sprinkle Montreal Beetle Seasoning on them.....

...wrap them in bacon and put 'em on the grill.

Then I dip them in bleu cheese sauce.

[XemaSab]

18. Can you get that at the grocery store

or do you have to go to the french-canadian grocery?

[LastKnight]

14. it looks slightly frosted

whatever it is.

just a little bit of powdered sugar on it, or so it appears.

[XemaSab]

19. looks sticky

I don't think I really want to touch it without a paper towel.

[BamaLefty]

16. It Looks Mean

kill it's sorry ass. :evilgrin:

[XemaSab]

20. How do you suggest

I do that?

[BamaLefty]

21. By Taking Your Foot

And stomping him. :D

[XemaSab]

22. he's up in a

blue elderberry (Sambucus mexicana). My foot doesn't go that high.

[BamaLefty]

25. Then Cut It Down

you liberal treehugging hippie!

[XemaSab]

26. Good call!

Can I borrow your chainsaw?

[BamaLefty]

27. Shit no!

What the hell do I look like? Your liberal, communist, big, imposing, federal government? I don't hand out crap to anybody except Enron and other large corporations. Your probably a dirt poor lib living on minimum wage, no sympathy for you--- you did it to yourself!! Now go worry about finding some decent healthcare and quit fretting over that damn bug.

If you seriously want to cut it down, find some other illogical liberal to give you some friggin handout in the form of a chainsaw. 'Cause if your name ain't Ken Lay, stay the hell away from me!

[Pobeka]

30. Seriously though, don't kill it.

It may be a federal crime to harass, or harm it.

That's the way it is with any other species on the threatened list, not sure about bugs.

Given you've made a public posting here, err on the side of staying out of federal jail...

[BamaLefty]

31. LOL

If your not joking I apologize for laughing at you. :evilgrin:

[Pobeka]

32. Not joking. But it is funny to contemplate jail time for stomping a bug!

You just don't mess with anything on the threatened or endangered species list.

[BamaLefty]

33. I Understand That

as in the law.

I was laughing about going to jail for stomping a bug.

[SlavesandBulldozers]

28. that's a Mail-Bug

(you can tell by the two little balls on it)

-with thanks to the Three Amigos

[XemaSab]

29. righton

n/t