Comments on: Scarab Beetle http://www.insectpod.com/2007/11/12/scarab-beetle/ A daily photographic look at the world of insects, spiders, creepies, crawlies and critters. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:28:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Beth http://www.insectpod.com/2007/11/12/scarab-beetle/#comment-311 Beth Tue, 13 Nov 2007 19:31:20 +0000 http://www.insectpod.com/2007/11/12/scarab-beetle/#comment-311 I'm such a geek -- I was hoping your "reader Steve Jackson" was the Steve Jackson I want to meet ;-) That is a gorgeous beetle! I'm really enjoying this site, even the spider pictures. Thank you! I’m such a geek — I was hoping your “reader Steve Jackson” was the Steve Jackson I want to meet ;-)

That is a gorgeous beetle! I’m really enjoying this site, even the spider pictures. Thank you!

]]> By: Morigale http://www.insectpod.com/2007/11/12/scarab-beetle/#comment-308 Morigale Tue, 13 Nov 2007 03:42:35 +0000 http://www.insectpod.com/2007/11/12/scarab-beetle/#comment-308 I think I met one of those bugs once. (I'm in Texas also) It bumbled onto my computer screen and I screamed my wussy little head off (while fleeing at full speed) because I thought it was a giant roach. By the time I got my nerve up to look for it, it was gone, but I found it the next day, hanging around by the back door. Poor critter acted like it was on its last legs and didn't even have the strength to fly away, so I put it outside on a bush. Also took a couple of pictures of it next to a ruler, but they didn't come out very well. I think I met one of those bugs once. (I’m in Texas also)

It bumbled onto my computer screen and I screamed my wussy little head off (while fleeing at full speed) because I thought it was a giant roach.

By the time I got my nerve up to look for it, it was gone, but I found it the next day, hanging around by the back door. Poor critter acted like it was on its last legs and didn’t even have the strength to fly away, so I put it outside on a bush. Also took a couple of pictures of it next to a ruler, but they didn’t come out very well.

]]> By: Don http://www.insectpod.com/2007/11/12/scarab-beetle/#comment-307 Don Tue, 13 Nov 2007 02:10:12 +0000 http://www.insectpod.com/2007/11/12/scarab-beetle/#comment-307 Ah very cool. Steve Jackson and company make some very interesting games. Apparently, Mr. Jackson also enjoys his bugs. Yup, pretty darn cool. Ah very cool. Steve Jackson and company make some very interesting games. Apparently, Mr. Jackson also enjoys his bugs. Yup, pretty darn cool.

]]> By: AJ http://www.insectpod.com/2007/11/12/scarab-beetle/#comment-306 AJ Mon, 12 Nov 2007 18:24:10 +0000 http://www.insectpod.com/2007/11/12/scarab-beetle/#comment-306 Man, not only does Steve Jackson make awesome games, but he has good taste in bugs. What a beautiful scarab! Man, not only does Steve Jackson make awesome games, but he has good taste in bugs. What a beautiful scarab!

]]> By: Don Monkey http://www.insectpod.com/2007/11/12/scarab-beetle/#comment-305 Don Monkey Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:17:33 +0000 http://www.insectpod.com/2007/11/12/scarab-beetle/#comment-305 Awesome picture! I know nothing about bugology (including, apparently, what to actually call it) but I hadn't been aware than any kind of scarab beetle could be found in North America. Thanks to a little looking on bugguide.net, I now know that there may even be one kind of scarab beetle to be found here in Southern Alberta! I am also amused by the fact that upon reading your first paragraph, I concluded that "it must not be THAT Steve Jackson, because he has been described simply as 'Reader Steve Jackson'". Nicely worded. :-) Awesome picture! I know nothing about bugology (including, apparently, what to actually call it) but I hadn’t been aware than any kind of scarab beetle could be found in North America. Thanks to a little looking on bugguide.net, I now know that there may even be one kind of scarab beetle to be found here in Southern Alberta!

I am also amused by the fact that upon reading your first paragraph, I concluded that “it must not be THAT Steve Jackson, because he has been described simply as ‘Reader Steve Jackson’”. Nicely worded. :-)

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