bugs verses beetles

[Laurel Godley]

Marks dung beetle bugs brings an intersting thought to mind.  I tend to get 
a large number of squash bugs in the garden during the summer.  They 
especially like the zuchinni.  While to my uneducated eye, bugs seem in many 
ways to be like bettles (although I suppose more angular than rounded,) I 
would swear that bugs produce some rather noxious oders as well.

For example, I thought I'd found the perfect solution to my bug problem when 
we discovered that praying mantis will eat meat bees (which are I suppose 
technically not bees.)  So out to the garden Leafy went with me.  She seemed 
quite excited at first but after a few bits of one squash bug, stopped 
eating and then remained very still the rest of the day.  Never again would 
she touch a squash bug.  So much for my organic solution!  Ah well, good 
thing I don't really care for much zuchinni myself.  Eat your lil heart out 
guys.

Laurel
In finally sunny San Jose, CA

>From: Mark Walker <MWalker at gensym.com>
>Reply-To: MWalker at gensym.com
>To: "'jemason at msn.com'" <jemason at msn.com>
>CC: "'LEPS-L'" <leps-l at lists.yale.edu>
>Subject: RE: Interesting stuff from Laredo, TX
>Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 19:03:36 -0400
>
>Jim Mason wrote:
>
>
>Tsk, tsk.  BEETLES ARE NOT BUGS!  Probably a Bombardier Beetle (Brachinus
>sp.).  You should have paid attention when it gave you fair warning by 
>doing
>its little headstand!  They have a cousin in Arizona/New Mexico called the
>Pinacate Beetle which may be encountered as you walk trails in 
>Pinon/Juniper
>habitat.
>
>------------------------------
>
>Phooey!  Themz all bugz.  Actually, it was the same beetle (apparently Dung
>Beetle) that was rolling the poop.
>
>Thanks for the info, though.
>
>Mark Walker.
>


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