my chickens LOVED those things when you dig them up.

wow, yu is fast.

this was big enough to chew on a chicken

haha they're not. Its a type of grub... and you just gotta grab em behind the head so they legs and the head don't get you and just chuck them and its fun to watch them squabble. I know some people have a thing against destroying bugs but... chickens need fed and these are pests.

That's good fishing bait right there~

this

i belive its a beetle larva. eather way.. i whouldnt pick him up eather them chompers look like they whould hurt

*hands a shovel*

hmmmmm?~uses the shovel ta pick it up looks around~ AH HA!!! ~spots a passing enemie and uses the shovel to fling it at said enemie~ TAKE THAT ARSE HOLE!!!!

smart man...woman...whatever ~w~

im a male and a good shot at that got that sucker in the eye lol

ooohhhh! kick ass shot! i wonder if you can hacky sack a tarantula...DON'T TRY TO HACKY SACK ME! im too big for starters

*smashes with a garden spatula thing* simple

What is it D:

fishing bait or smashed. depends on when i find it

good chicken feed

i aint got a chicken

You... want to kill it because you don't approve of its looks?

hmmmm....


Your country is blessed with a pretty uniquely colourful variety of bugs - particularly coleoptera (beetles). Beetles are fantastic. God must have loved them - 60% of all species on earth are beetles.


A huge powerful glittery beetle thundering about on his business is a real pleasure to behold!

uh...no. i dont. they ruined my parents lawn and stuff back when we owned a house. now we live in appts. not entirely sure why.

dont kare

dont kare still

:0

I have those all around my location. Can't imagine they're good for gardening.

Thoes are MEAN

betcha a shoe will kill tht sucker in a heartbeat

tastes good on rye XD

Woah! Lucky you!

Beetle grub - for a pretty substantial beetle. Looks like it's from the scarab family. Too big for a'june bug'. Not the right colour for an elephant beetle - might be a hercules o rStag beetle.

Not dangerous. He just eats roots from grass and shrubs. Utterly harmless. The ground underfoot is ful of them.

Keep him and see what he grows into! I assure you - the result will be pretty! Scarabs are groovy.

I know I love them. Never had the chance to keep one. But I see a lot of the fig beetles around here, buzzing around and occasionally whacking into things. But what does a grub like that eat?

Shrub roots! (smaller ones would eat grass roots)


And in australia, you can eat them back!

You're lucky down there. You have the really goddam huge ones, like you were mentioning. Biggest we get around here are, as I said, the fig beetles. About the size of a half-dollar, green back but nicely iridescent underbelly. Fun to watch but dumb as a bag of rocks. I've literally seen them smack facefirst into a wall and fall down stunned.

our local (West Australian) species tend to be small - but sort of stunning!

http://www.spinelesswonders.com.au/...../splash_06.jpg

http://scienceblogs.com/thescian/up.....Beetle-New.JPG

Ahhh, beautiful. I especially love the jewel beetle. Reminds me other the underside of a fig beetle. I love reflective bugs. ^.^

aw hay dont point your making it self-conscious

That's one big looking cutworm.

eat it they are nice

June bug