July 01, 2006

A rare behemoth of a beetle has been found in Wales, UK, where it was thought extinct since the 1700s.

Strangely, the discovery mirrors almost the exact same event that happened around the same time last year in Warwickshire, UK. Perhaps this species is making a comeback in Britain.

posted by Scary Corn Imp 18 years ago
  • This will not console me for the way they killed-off the Blue Beetle.
  • Workers at the furniture plant have set up a tank for the beetle to live in and plan to donate its remains to the National Museum of Wales when it dies. Shouldn't they let it go?
  • Kudos to the man who found it. Most people would have smushed first and asked questions later.
  • If my wife had found it, she would have shrieked theatrically and gone running for...well, me. She's terrified of bugs. This will not console me for the way they killed-off the Blue Beetle. No. The Mexican kid is nice, and it's fun watching him discover his abilities, but Ted Kord deserved better.
  • Behemoth, lovely word that.
  • I love these "returned from extinction" stories. It's like the best anti-depressant in the world :)
  • Who would smoosh it first and ask questions later? Smooshing bugs leads to rain, everyone knows that.
  • The beetles make a screeching noise by rubbing their legs together to warn off predators and have large, powerful jaws capable of biting through wood. This looks like the real headliner here. I wonder if the Crocodile Hunter would give 'er a go.
  • Bunnies aren't yawning, they're silently screaming in terror! I'm glad this thing is apparently doing ok, but I don't want to find it anywhere near me. *doesn't mind snakes, hates sneaky bugs
  • Oh gosh, I love bugs! So does God! He made fuckin' heaps of 'em, he love 'em so much.
  • Don't remind me, Chy. It's not just the bugs you can see that bother me--what about bed mites, eyelash mites, the fleas that fleas have... *shudders thinking about bugs
  • *smiles, bats mite-crusted lashes*
  • bugs are neat and go squish beneath our feet they are harmless we are careless remember please don't step on bees ;]
  • I love to squish bugs with my hands. I think that no one understands. Their bodies just go crunch and munch And make me wish I'd brought my lunch.
  • Last time I stepped on a bee (accidentally, of course!), he let me know in no uncertain terms how unhappy he was about the whole thing. People think I'm crazy because I won't kill bugs. I do my best to not even step on ants, and I'm the office spider relocator. They're released into the wild of a massive planter thingy outside.
  • So they can continue plotting their reign of terror? When the arachnid revolution comes I hope YOU get eaten first.
  • Ha! But when it comes, and it will come, I will be spared. And I will send my relocated city spider friends for you first!
  • Pah! Your eight-legged contras don't scare me and my millipede buddies. Only those beings with sufficient limbs (i.e. more than 8) will survive the coming omni-exoskeletal wars.
  • *counts limbs* *considers ways of making himself useful to the New Regime*
  • Stand back! I'm armed. And this fella's on my side.
  • can we PLEASE not talk about armed take-over by 8 & more limbed creatures?? /arachniphobe extraordinaire
  • Ahhh! KillitKillitKillitKillit!
  • *
  • Looks like BlueHorse squished something tiny on my monitor. Poor dead little critter.
  • Well I certainly hope it was a Chybug or a Nickdangerpede. The bites I've gotten offa them bloodsuckers you wouldn't believe.
  • we catch bugs brush them into lidded boxes rush them to the nearest door dump them outside from the corners and the sills arise the cries of hungry spiders
  • We toss the spidies, too, you see No more bugs in here for me Six legs or eight, all things wee It's best they go, we set them free