that's not a beetle. its a cicada

Really? We've always just called them beetles XD But thank you for the info.

that's the larva stage. they crawl out of the ground and shed and then look like this

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I Remember Those From Tennessee <3 They Would Swarm Every 13 Years So That There Were So Many It Looked Like the Ground Was Moving, They Were Black With Red Eyes But The Annual Ones were The Prettiest Green <3

We dont really get swarms out here, but you'll find them scittering about under the dead leaves in the woods here.

They're Really Loud When There's Lots Of Them :3 They're Fun To Carry Around XD The Humongous Tropical Ones Especially

Carry one? Wouldnt they bite? lol. I used to catch dragonflies when I was younger and get them to ride around on my shirt or hair, but these things look a bit scarier.

They Can Pinch With There Claws But They Don't Really Bite, They're Main Defense Are Toxins In There Body, In Tennessee There Were Giant Wasps You'd See Carrying Around Dead One That Were About Two Inches Long X3 I Always Put them In My Hair XD I Tried To Get as Many As I Could Find Because I Thought It Was Hilarious

Ha! I bet that freaked people out. I know I used to love scareing the preppier girls at my school with my dragonflies.

X3 Lol It Was Fun, It Was Hilarious When They Would Screech Because That'd Always Freak People Out XD

I took agriculture class at my high school, and it was just a constant joy scareing the preppy girls, since they were usually mean anyhow. It wasnt hard, either. -Dirt- scared them. I'll never forget when my teacher threw fertilizer at them XD

XD I Had The Best Agriculture Teacher, He Treated The Girls Like The Boys and Bullied The Preppy Girls With Things Too XD He Was Perfect Lol, Also My FFA Coach, Driving Around With Him For Three Days From 3:00 Am In The Morning To 10;00 At Night Was Too Much Amusement X3

I loved one of my Ag teachers, Mr. Toy. The other one I had (the one in charge of my FFA, unfortunately) was horribly sexist and didnt think anyone with a vagina was capable of doing real Ag work. He'd get so upset when I'd ignore him and go help the boys throw the calves and drive the tractor, instead of standing off to the side clutching my purse and 'observing'. Mr. Toy didnt care what gender you were, if you took Ag you should be prepared to get dirty. He'd crack us up too, he'd tell the lamest stories and jokes and he'd think he was absolutely hilarious, but we'd be rolling our eyes and shaking our heads at him. Oh, the puns he had...

Lol Mr Gernatt Was Awesome <3 If Girls Complained About The Work He'd Tell Them That The Last Teacher Would Of Made Them Clean And Not Let Them Touch The Equiptment (Because he Did Welding, Shop, and Wrestling Too). He Was Nice :3 And Really Calm.

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