Comments on: Dooble Bugs http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2003/05/12/dooble-bugs/ Are we experts yet? Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:43:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: TanukiBlue http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2003/05/12/dooble-bugs/comment-page-1/#comment-39048 TanukiBlue Fri, 21 May 2010 05:48:18 +0000 http://www.whatsthatbug.com/wtbblog/2003/05/12/dooble-bugs/#comment-39048 Sounds like a tiger-beetle larva to me. They make vertical burrows about the size of a drinking straw. They tend to seem very unhappy about being drawn from their cool, dark, snug little home. Touching the hump on the critter's back brings about an immediate and vigorous lashing of the head back towards the hump. I used to fish for these all the time, also in Alabama. :) Was a nice way to while away a bit of a hot summer afternoon. I always returned my catches to their burrows before moving on. I have WTB to thank for learning that these little critters are the precursors of the gorgeously iridescent and very, very fast beetles that I also loved to catch as a kid! Sounds like a tiger-beetle larva to me. They make vertical burrows about the size of a drinking straw. They tend to seem very unhappy about being drawn from their cool, dark, snug little home. Touching the hump on the critter’s back brings about an immediate and vigorous lashing of the head back towards the hump.

I used to fish for these all the time, also in Alabama. :) Was a nice way to while away a bit of a hot summer afternoon. I always returned my catches to their burrows before moving on.

I have WTB to thank for learning that these little critters are the precursors of the gorgeously iridescent and very, very fast beetles that I also loved to catch as a kid!

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