Nov 5, 2010: Silver Beetle

xoxoxoBruce · 11-05-2010, 12:12 AM

Candy is dandy and liquor is quicker
You can drink all the liquor down at Costa Rica
But if you do, you might start hallucinating.

Roland Seitre may have thought he was hallucinating when he first spotted these metallic looking silver beetles, in the mountains of Costa Rica.

They look more like beetle shaped jewelery, than real bugs, with their shiny silver shells and purple feet.
But they are real, as are their metallic green, metallic yellow, and porcelain white cousins.

I don't think we should eat them though, any critter that flashy, usually tastes bad.

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SPUCK · 11-05-2010, 03:18 AM

They're constantly bothered by other bugs trying to comb their hair.

Ba-ling

Griff · 11-05-2010, 05:35 AM

garnish

Trilby · 11-05-2010, 06:49 AM

squish it anyway.

spudcon · 11-05-2010, 08:28 AM

They don't taste bad, they have bad taste.

BigV · 11-05-2010, 09:57 AM

Want.

I have a fine chain that would set one off *perfectly*, and idea I have shamelessly stolen from The Libertine.

Sundae · 11-05-2010, 12:26 PM

Pretty, pretty!
They'd look lovely on chocolate cupcakes.

Gravdigr · 11-05-2010, 01:06 PM

A ready-made brooch.

Slight · 11-08-2010, 01:03 AM

I have it on authority that "those are kind of common". My opinion: the dude snap'n the pictures is more 'playfully ignorant media whore' than 'cataloging entomologist'. Still cool pics though.

xoxoxoBruce · 11-08-2010, 01:26 AM

WTF? He was a French photographer on vacation in Costa Rica, and said he'd already seen them in a Costa Rican museum, just delighted to see them in the wild. Where are they common, you mean in Costa Rica?

wolf · 11-08-2010, 10:18 AM

My mind works in mysterious ways:

VW should do a bug in stainless steel. They could even call it the Wolfsburg Back to the Future Limited Edition.

glatt · 11-08-2010, 10:25 AM

Porsche did a 911 in stainless a while ago. Just to give it a go. Neat idea, but expensive.

Leah · 11-16-2010, 08:56 PM

We have Christmas beetles here in Australia that look similar to that.

Pete Zicato · 11-18-2010, 09:29 AM

White Beatles:

xoxoxoBruce · 11-18-2010, 11:35 AM

What's the 378383, something you added? My copies don't have that.

11-05-2010, 12:12 AM	#1
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Nov 5, 2010: Silver Beetle Candy is dandy and liquor is quicker You can drink all the liquor down at Costa Rica But if you do, you might start hallucinating. Roland Seitre may have thought he was hallucinating when he first spotted these metallic looking silver beetles, in the mountains of Costa Rica. They look more like beetle shaped jewelery, than real bugs, with their shiny silver shells and purple feet. But they are real, as are their metallic green, metallic yellow, and porcelain white cousins. I don't think we should eat them though, any critter that flashy, usually tastes bad. link __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-05-2010, 05:35 AM	#3
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	garnish __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

11-05-2010, 06:49 AM	#4
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	squish it anyway. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

11-05-2010, 08:28 AM	#5
spudcon Beware of potatoes Join Date: May 2007 Location: Upstate NY, USA Posts: 2,078	They don't taste bad, they have bad taste. __________________ "I believe that being despised by the despicable is as good as being admired by the admirable."

11-05-2010, 09:57 AM	#6
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Want. I have a fine chain that would set one off perfectly, and idea I have shamelessly stolen from The Libertine. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

11-05-2010, 03:18 AM	#2
SPUCK Professor Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,911	They're constantly bothered by other bugs trying to comb their hair. Ba-ling

11-05-2010, 12:26 PM	#7
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Pretty, pretty! They'd look lovely on chocolate cupcakes.

11-05-2010, 01:06 PM	#8
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11-08-2010, 01:03 AM	#9
Slight Semi-Evil Genius Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Boulder CO Posts: 195	I have it on authority that "those are kind of common". My opinion: the dude snap'n the pictures is more 'playfully ignorant media whore' than 'cataloging entomologist'. Still cool pics though.

11-08-2010, 01:26 AM	#10
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	WTF? He was a French photographer on vacation in Costa Rica, and said he'd already seen them in a Costa Rican museum, just delighted to see them in the wild. Where are they common, you mean in Costa Rica? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-08-2010, 10:18 AM	#11
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	My mind works in mysterious ways: VW should do a bug in stainless steel. They could even call it the Wolfsburg Back to the Future Limited Edition. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

11-08-2010, 10:25 AM	#12
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Porsche did a 911 in stainless a while ago. Just to give it a go. Neat idea, but expensive. Attached Images

11-16-2010, 08:56 PM	#13
Leah Love my Heffalumps Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia (best place in the world) Posts: 346	We have Christmas beetles here in Australia that look similar to that.

11-18-2010, 09:29 AM	#14
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11-18-2010, 11:35 AM	#15
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	What's the 378383, something you added? My copies don't have that. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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