Comments on: Tiger Beetle Larva http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/07/14/tiger-beetle-larva-5/ Are we experts yet? Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:43:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: farmer fred http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/07/14/tiger-beetle-larva-5/comment-page-1/#comment-49880 farmer fred Wed, 18 Aug 2010 04:37:46 +0000 http://www.whatsthatbug.com/?p=17235#comment-49880 My dad showed me how to catch doodlebugs when I was a little boy. I taught my children and grandchildren. The other day one of my grand daughters who is 21 years old now went to look at the vegetable garden with me and in a flash she spotted a doodlebug hole and began fishing with a bahia grass seed stalk. One is never too old to get a kick out of catching them. One thing she showed me that I had never seen before is that if you remain very still and watch carefully the bugs will come up to the top and look for prey. Around the hole of the big bug (which she caught) were many tiny holes and we watched as the babies came up and looked around. They are just as ferocious as the big ones. My dad showed me how to catch doodlebugs when I was a little boy. I taught my children and grandchildren. The other day one of my grand daughters who is 21 years old now went to look at the vegetable garden with me and in a flash she spotted a doodlebug hole and began fishing with a bahia grass seed stalk. One is never too old to get a kick out of catching them. One thing she showed me that I had never seen before is that if you remain very still and watch carefully the bugs will come up to the top and look for prey. Around the hole of the big bug (which she caught) were many tiny holes and we watched as the babies came up and looked around. They are just as ferocious as the big ones.

]]> By: TanukiBlue http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/07/14/tiger-beetle-larva-5/comment-page-1/#comment-7531 TanukiBlue Sat, 18 Jul 2009 16:53:33 +0000 http://www.whatsthatbug.com/?p=17235#comment-7531 Oh, nonono. You are very definitely NOT the only family who calls those "doodlebugs". That was the first name I knew them by, too. :) The hump has barbs on it that helps the larva stay secure in its burrow... it's also very very sensitive to touch. I recall that what it actually does is doubles back on itself and lashes out with its sharp little jaws at whatever dared to touch it there... Oh, nonono. You are very definitely NOT the only family who calls those “doodlebugs”. That was the first name I knew them by, too. :)

The hump has barbs on it that helps the larva stay secure in its burrow… it’s also very very sensitive to touch. I recall that what it actually does is doubles back on itself and lashes out with its sharp little jaws at whatever dared to touch it there…

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