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| Watch out for that spray! |
If you read my last post you'll find that I had no idea what kind of beetle I'd found. Well, today I got a surprise. Along with the type pictured here, they belong to a group called 'stink bugs' and they are actually classified as pests! Apparently, they can do a lot of damage to crops like soy and others and farmers spend a lot of time and effort to eliminate them. The thing that most surprised me though is that when scared, they spray out a smelly liquid. Considering I spent some time handling the bug in the previous post and didn't get sprayed, I guess I'm lucky! Either that or the beetle I picked up was a dud bug ; )
