tmartenst
08-05-2011, 11:48 PM
So I didn't get a picture of this guy but on my concrete porch tonight, a couple feet away from me I see one of these 46886
I stole that picture from a website: http://bugguide.net/node/view/207956 after typing 'Beetles in Utah' into Google. I live in Cottonwood Heights one street over from the mountainside and the guy that posted on that site lives on the bench as well.
Anyone ever see one of these bad boys? It was probably 2-3 inches and not something I expected to see. I've seen some big spiders and other bugs in my day but this one made the hair on my legs stand up! :jaw-dropping: Probably twice the size of the biggest black dung beetle you see in the desert but also with those huge feelers. I went back out to take a photo later on but he was gone. Probably on my back right now :haha:
It says: Prionus heroicus
I stole that picture from a website: http://bugguide.net/node/view/207956 after typing 'Beetles in Utah' into Google. I live in Cottonwood Heights one street over from the mountainside and the guy that posted on that site lives on the bench as well.
Anyone ever see one of these bad boys? It was probably 2-3 inches and not something I expected to see. I've seen some big spiders and other bugs in my day but this one made the hair on my legs stand up! :jaw-dropping: Probably twice the size of the biggest black dung beetle you see in the desert but also with those huge feelers. I went back out to take a photo later on but he was gone. Probably on my back right now :haha:
It says: Prionus heroicus