Comments on: Unidentified Insect / Beetle / Bug

By: Stephen Vincent

Stephen Vincent — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 05:36:39 +0000

I found one like that except it was more reddish orange without the antennas that large in selah and I cant find anything about it, it was hissing at me so i killed it in a hurry, and forgot to take a picture.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 01:52:57 +0000

Oh, yes. I squashed one huge one last night. Tonight there was another in the carport. This time I captured it and am trying to find out more about them. My two daughters love bugs and want to know everything they can about them. Melissa, Athens,GA

By: Marco

Marco — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 20:12:14 +0000

When I first moved to Vegas, there were A LOT of these beetles, who buried around tree trunks. A mean, so many, it was common for one to fly onto you! I never found out what they were.

By: Michael

Michael — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 21:29:24 +0000

I live in Vegas and I saw one yesterday, with one exception… The one I saw was easily 5 inches long. As an amateur entomologist (lots of fly fishing in Washington State) I was floored, I thought it was a bat none of my reference sites records the species over 2-3 inches. It flew to my swamp cooler and grabbed on and, thinking it was a bat, called the family out to check it out…. Surprise! I’ve seen a lot of oddities, including a Jackrabbit, that in its casual sitting up pose, was about 3 1/2 feet tall, tall enough to look me in the eyes as I was crouched down at an airsoft game which was played at night. The ears added another foot or foot and a half. Gotta love being so close to Yukka Mountain…

By: Buzz

Buzz — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 08:00:15 +0000

They are out again, coming out of the ground and lying eggs around the yard. Here in las Vegas, NV