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An interesting, and quite pretty, beetle I saw in the backyard earlier
Posted on 8/17/26 at 7:05 pm
Posted on 8/17/26 at 7:05 pm
It is the Fiery Searcher and is a Caterpillar-hunter Beetle. It was over an inch and a quarter long. It makes a living off of the web worms in the pecan and black walnut trees, and even the beetle larvae will feed on web worms and other tent caterpillars.
Don't mess with them too much as they have a nasty defense mechanism, per wiki:
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The adult beetle is known to excrete a foul-smelling oil when it is handled. The oil has been described as smelling similar to rotten milk or rancid olive oil.
The metallic looking colors really shine in the sun and can be spotted from a ways away.
Posted on 8/17/26 at 7:06 pm to LegendInMyMind
That’s cool, I’ve never seen one
Posted on 8/17/26 at 7:08 pm to Mushroom1968
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That’s cool, I’ve never seen one
That's the first one I've seen.
Posted on 8/17/26 at 7:08 pm to LegendInMyMind
That’s a pretty cool.
Posted on 8/17/26 at 7:09 pm to LegendInMyMind
That is gorgeous. 
Posted on 8/17/26 at 7:10 pm to LegendInMyMind
I wonder what it'd be like to live a day in the life of that thing? Ive got a feeling it'd be pretty neat. May it reside in strawberry fields, forever, and never get eaten by a blackbird. Its friends would have to carry that weight of its loss.
I want to hold its hand, and the two of us could become friends, but I'd probably just let it be.
I want to hold its hand, and the two of us could become friends, but I'd probably just let it be.
This post was edited on 8/17/26 at 7:17 pm
Posted on 8/17/26 at 7:12 pm to LegendInMyMind
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nasty defense mechanism
Beetle juice
Beetle juice
Beetle juice
Posted on 8/17/26 at 7:12 pm to Funky Tide 8
It was moving at a good clip, so I didn't get a very good shot of its head, but it is equipped with a nice set of jaws....
This post was edited on 8/17/26 at 7:13 pm
Posted on 8/17/26 at 7:12 pm to LegendInMyMind
That thing is massive!! It looks a foot long, lol. JK
Posted on 8/17/26 at 8:41 pm to LegendInMyMind
We used to see them now and then when I was a kid. There was also a huge one with big horns that wasn't as colorful. We would try to make them fight each other but it seems like they were pacifists.
Posted on 8/17/26 at 9:16 pm to auggie
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There was also a huge one with big horns that wasn't as colorful.
This one happened across the porch a couple years ago.
It really is like a little Jurassic World out in the yard.
This post was edited on 8/17/26 at 9:17 pm
Posted on 8/17/26 at 9:20 pm to LegendInMyMind
I saw them as a kid and remember the smell. I have not seen one in probably 30 years that I remember.
Posted on 8/17/26 at 9:43 pm to LegendInMyMind
In California we would get these, which I thought is what you posted. Japanese fruit beetle. They would tear into our plums, peaches, nectarines every year.
When our kids were little I would give each of them a badminton racket. Then shake the tree and watch them chase the beetles all over the yard.
Posted on 8/17/26 at 9:58 pm to LegendInMyMind
My kids find Hercules beetles, male and female, all the time on our property. They’re awesome.
This post was edited on 8/17/26 at 10:01 pm
Posted on 8/17/26 at 10:06 pm to CatfishJohn
Then there is this ol' baw keeping an eye on you.
The Eastern Eyed Click Beetle. Maybe the largest click beetle we have in the southeast.
The Eastern Eyed Click Beetle. Maybe the largest click beetle we have in the southeast.
This post was edited on 8/17/26 at 10:22 pm
Posted on 8/17/26 at 10:12 pm to LegendInMyMind
Dude that is awesome
Posted on 8/17/26 at 10:16 pm to CatfishJohn
The internet says those guys are the longest beetles in existence and can get up to 7 inches long
Posted on 8/17/26 at 10:21 pm to ReauxlTide222
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The internet says those guys are the longest beetles in existence and can get up to 7 inches long
Oh, they are whoppers! There are several species of them, some larger than others. You see those horns and how big they are, then you realize that they have wings and can fly!
This post was edited on 8/17/26 at 10:22 pm
Posted on 8/17/26 at 11:27 pm to ReauxlTide222
Haven’t seen a 7 incher but they get enormous.
Posted on 8/18/26 at 8:38 am to dblwall
I believe thats a June bub on the left
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