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Started by JimUSNY, Jun 21 2012 05:34 PM

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#1 JimUSNY

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Posted 21 June 2012 - 05:34 PM

I took this oic if a couple waxwings hanging out with a bluebird in my yard a few days ago.. after looking at the pic noticed the huge bug to their right.. the bird on right seems to be watching it? any ideas what the heck it is? looks like huge eyes, but maybe thats just camo to scare off birds.. it would scare me off
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Posted 21 June 2012 - 05:42 PM

click beetles check this page out http://www.cirrusimage.com/beetles.htm

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Posted 21 June 2012 - 05:44 PM

Looks like a Click Beetle, so-called because when they are flipped onto their backs they snap their body to right themselves, producing an audible click.

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Get my lifelist to 300 (at the time of the original writing-293, currently-294)
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Posted 21 June 2012 - 05:46 PM

thats it an eyed click beetle... aptly named.. thanks
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Posted 21 June 2012 - 06:08 PM

Agree with click beetle. My kids love them.

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Posted 21 June 2012 - 10:05 PM

Nice photo!
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Posted 21 June 2012 - 10:22 PM

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They can get a quite big. :P
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Posted 21 June 2012 - 10:55 PM

Never seen one that big, the ones we got where I used to live were only about a quarter of an inch long.

New Year's Resolutions:
Get my lifelist to 300 (at the time of the original writing-293, currently-294)
Finally get Mountain Quail and Vesper Sparrow
Top my previous single year best (2011-253) I'm at 210 as of 6/11.

Latest Lifer(s):Cassin's Kingbird, Basalt Campgrounds, San Luis Reservoir SRA, Merced County, CA, 6/3/13; Harris's Sparrow, Oka Ponds, Campbell, CA, 1/1/13

Favorite Recent Bird(s):Pileated Woodpecker, North Grove Trail, Calaveras Big Trees State Park, Calaveras County, CA 6/8/13; Cassin's Kingbird (Lifer), Varied Thrush, Basalt Campgrounds, San Luis Reservoir SRA, Merced County, CA; Lesser Nighthawk, Santa Fe Grade Rd., Merced County, CA, 6/3/13; Yellow-breasted Chat, Knights Ferry Rec Area, Knights Ferry, CA; 5/20/13; Blue-winged Teal (Pair), Peregrine Falcon, Sanderling (3),Franklin's Gull (9), Modesto Wastewater Treatment Facility, Modesto, CA, 5/12/13; MacGillivray's Warber, Adair Rd., Modesto, CA, 5/5/13; Long-eared Owl, Mercy Hot Springs, Fresno County, CA

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