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Mexpedition
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We were down at our place a couple of weeks ago, and the beetles were everywhere, along with biting gnats, and, weird spiders. Fat bodied, ground
dwellers, slow moving, with little apparent, visible, reason they could survive. Looked like a distant, inbred relative of Daddy Long Legs. As for the
beetles, I didn't think they were Stink Bugs. Moved too fast, flew, had pincers up front. Anybody an entomologist? Perhaps someone could post a
picture on Baja Trekker? Ask Huell Howser? 
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fulano
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I'm in Ramona and they are around here. My cat bit into one yesterday and was foaming at the mouth for 1/2 hour. I bet she won't do
THAT again.
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Heather
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I've been seeing them all over Chula Vista, too. My daughter's class had one "caged" at her pre-school yesterday. Fascinated the kids! They even
told me that it had killed the ladybug, that was it's cell mate! I think the constant shaking by the twenty 3and 4 year olds may have contributed to
the ladybug's death, but they were blaming the stinkbeetle! H.
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Barry A.
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Al Gore says that this is a DIRECT RESULT of Global Warming. The next time there is a hatch, the buggers will be about a foot in length, and mankind
as we know it will be history.
We (the Bush Administration) has GOT to do something-------NOW. 
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sylens
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Heather
I've been seeing them all over Chula Vista, too. My daughter's class had one "caged" at her pre-school yesterday. Fascinated the kids! They even
told me that it had killed the ladybug, that was it's cell mate! I think the constant shaking by the twenty 3and 4 year olds may have contributed to
the ladybug's death, but they were blaming the stinkbeetle! H. |
heather, i think the kids are right! on the beach i saw several of the beetles near dead ladybugs, leading me to question whether they had killed
them. your story offers support to my hypothesis
lili
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bajabound2005
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My hairdresser said that in one of the Ensenada papers it said there was a "plague" of ladybugs a couple of weeks ago, now the beetles. Next it's
supposed to be scorpions and then rattlesnakes.
Friends don't let friends drink white zinfandel.
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Bob H
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Loren Nancarrow on channel 10 talked about these little stinky beetles last night on the news. He said they are out to eat all the pesty little bugs
in your garden and that we should leave them alone.
Bob H
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Heather
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Pinacate beetles is what they are called (at least the ones that I've seen). They feed mainly on seeds, plants, and rotting material. No mention of
predatory behavior. i.e eating ladybugs or other pests. Maybe they're eating the dead ladybugs?
They are more predominant in the spring and summer as that is when they hatch from their eggs. They like to do a handstand as they get ready to shoot
their spray, which I guess really stinks!
They do migrate, looking for a good place to feed, and are fond of deserts!
There my research for the day is done, better get some curriculum work done too! Heather
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wilderone
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There were millions of crickets among the flowered fields - all hopping the same direction -- somewhere between Catavina and El Rosario. I stopped to
take photos of the flowers, and they were everywhere.
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BornFisher
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Nope, not Pinacate beetles. These beetles flew and Pinacate beetles don`t.
But it couldn`t just be a "hatch" that happened on a hot day (Sunday). These were not 1 day old beetles!
Really a mystery to me, never seen anything like it!
On Monday, there were thousands that had been blown out to sea, clinging to strands of kelp, and they weren`t very good paddlers!!
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bajalera
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What an educational thread. I had no idea those things could fly, or bite, either.
\"Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest never happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.\" -
Mark Twain
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bacquito
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skipjaco joe:
Maybe it's my nose or something but I just can't smell them. I've gotten down on all fours and tried, but .... nothing
thump them- then they will emit a foul odor!!
bacquito
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