UPDATE!
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This is a
Passalid beetle according to my entomologist connection.
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Found this sucker in my shoe!
This will be a pic heavy post. I am saving for an entomologist friend of mine.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh83sSTml-1ZDzzxqk6tJiQDwPf5Hl51TON-_sx91M6jsqBk8puZhutIy3RE1tj11BFrm_DZRz6G57ncFG9DZUEiJXxjBQtjloCLS90NMd2VpmTaCeu2Ow-bImdTKAd-Xsab1JSGcrm_e8/s320/B01_Night_Back_1.jpg) |
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out my shoe, and on the carport floor |
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![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVKdEvr0eigiDrCHDSQRzn9lLmkHCcwpVp1eSufQZXWhvecDBzt50Acd1cJOZ4DicNGFc47zwc6AkDqv8YdmeWQ_arSvCzb-jgAK2h79dNCCB5cqv279FIGBxgcejgno7SyPs96J6xQVI/s320/B01_Night_Back_2.jpg) |
Keys for size comparison |
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![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic3MIEyLeB_XQSow83Wf6qwTLs8oGIQ6XLK4cwb2nQ-GSIt1-SjvPIGVREWnOwh4XCg7lGK96bv6rMdcq4sTR0H0D1GgcejLbrfBK2YyNfpzoDKEZieXgbEFlpB9mIPuL6qmluhb2annQ/s320/B02_Death_Jar_01.JPG) |
Inside a babyfood jar, wet from the holding jar |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvOekiJf2PeIf_g4CVwg37RQTj9xxEdfBffPFTS6Ise1W6LfJXzuYw4GKaFq_g1l9AnyzJTykizTfB8rEc20hj2tlgXmh6UEjPJJ9bQoOT1d_A5DnTJ8aUde2x5LlRifszcDzIdrUFBrA/s320/B02_Death_Jar_02.JPG) |
Dried it off some. |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioMNlKMxsmwkc4wfuargcXOpqpagTehkr2oUXi5jggGECY5n1k4yhamr_EuiaCbJ6HQ-ZjN-S7RGe-tbISo1uLnos5FJCxLWOI4JDVs93A1fY2qrTInCXQWoVst5EVnFVHe6vbrxJOQQo/s320/B02_Death_Jar_03.JPG) |
Give you an idea of size. |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwnOCatU97GDwYzNbKYDFz6itjufpNLnApIwLnF0tYJ-mLw5WFRY8gx63RP4QAjhoq_wmG3T0owvZ9CvNfs7f4pD7BFbitnoIDOb3Mv3VVm1R3HjNwsUrtl8-rGiaziKYHeSDBhL2ymfY/s320/B02_Death_Jar_04.JPG) |
belly Shot, squirmin' |
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![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPfSS9rJCczWdDhTpl2t3gyJ-KtPC8LRSfe5nkkvWyV8lu_6G-m-5AThRJZhD8q9SXVhKcAMoxq3RVRpX7h85RUwPIT3PZ0_qNrkCe3TJBs76RYgV91r4NHfM7n4wqE4_Yk85nZW23GKY/s320/B02_Death_Jar_05.JPG) |
closest I could get and still maintain focus |
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![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0R4gyclzun5UG1gbOLbXHwT9SIivu3-HfiY4TKiUTota2Jek3qsDSVIi60FG6jhQtWGeOjd9Rta10acBXioo4OmqsmQuto-lARJXA3e4Yyka5fzxk_5nbV-_6Xf6xXYkDwWXR_g34uIc/s320/B02_Death_Jar_06.JPG) |
In the Kill Jar |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNBnHC-aXFzocmJrIVmFdIKv1WVs3VEHWzTYvETrA5b51aldGmD0I0f6IkIPrH6DVUJC1H0cbJvJ1_e8N7QPgX9upofixTjrU2kLPhr7SFJK7KVxKfJ6nuGLzWqofXOhASMT2axcaH3xI/s320/B02_Death_Jar_07.JPG) |
I think it's in denial |
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![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCHLyOi8HBCpr3GBiCXlfMDWWMH2hR3nreQr4WwLbChwyLmwePev_MlTCPWQKAUa_aw7-rrS5V9ybQ0cg_AIbDmIxmnXKG2rxdv1imTSAP77cYMCIunruDlZrUINHulLTWCw0aQ_Cjlz0/s320/B02_Death_Jar_08.JPG) |
finally it embraces the end |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS8NYCHr8009sG7NP7AyWa44SK0aBUEiAyaY6D4ZmgpcYPkRBJMQiH8X5Fl9mC5M4pi1Gl2rZHxU8TfoQ3Gnys5moXVjwOQdPbsZd8y0iqOWCL003pYPvDnJsxnuJunGzKiCSEfHHSpdc/s320/B02_Death_Jar_11.JPG) |
Rest in Peace Beetle. Shot at f/7.1 to get all in focus. |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqE9Clwu-umPxr7SiH81LZt-0uuGtj1JWf-9jQTjzwIcyNtG6GQb2vvrmajq7h4Dpu2eGu_GehRcz8rsnvGO2bEU0G1acN5-9SpNnu-1ZzIUhIFgOytJI6Pbp-og1Q2mqPgW0jAhnHIiI/s320/B02_Death_Jar_12.JPG) |
More "artsy" shot at f5.6 to soften things up a bit. |
After I consult my entomologist friend, I'll have information about specific species, etc. His intial guess was that it is a
Carabid beetle, however, as I got better pics, he is leaning toward
Passalid.
To be continued!
2 comments:
I found one of these or similar in my daughter's bathroom last week! Freaked her and her friends out to say the least. Where do you live? I am in La Mesa, CA.
I live in central FL, clear on the other side of the country. They are a common insect, so if you keep looking around, you will probably find more!
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