Subject: Feather Horned Beetle
Date: 03/29/2021
Time: 10:39 PM EDT
Geographic location of the bug: Toowoomba QLD 4350
Your letter to the bugman: Hi,
I found this little guy on a friend’s driveway after returning from a walk this morning. He intrigued me,so I gently collected him in a jar and brought him home. Firstly we did a ‘photo shoot’, then I released him into my garden, then with the help of my daughter who I was telling about the bug over the phone, we dug up some information on this amazing insect, hence leading me to your website.
Thought you might like to see him, seeing they aren’t overly common.
How you want your letter signed: Cindy
Dear Cindy,
Thank you so much for submitting your awesome images of a Feather Horned Beetle to What’s That Bug? We love posting beautiful images of amazing insects from around the world and we love educating the curious public about those “bugs”. Daniel has been on hiatus for quite some time, and he is really excited to return to posting regularly to WTB?
Good afternoon,
A delight to receive your reply.
I am excited to contact you again, as we have just returned from a long walk and in a suburb not far from home, we had to go under a tree overhanging the footpath. There was lots of bugs flying around it, then my daughter exclaims rather excitedly… ‘Mum, they’re your bugs, your eyelash bugs’. I was very excited and stood watching many flitting about.
The other coincidental thing is that last night my daughter was sitting quietly on the lounge, then all of a sudden she sprang off in fright whilst trying to get something off her neck. Thankfully she didn’t swat at it, as it was an eyelash bug that must have got caught in her very long curly red hair when we brought the washing in just prior.
It is obviously the season for these beautiful wonders of nature as they seem abundant in Toowoomba.
Thanks for your time.
Cindy Ryan