Midland.Where in West Texas?!? I live in West Texas.
She swears the one she found last year was larger...
I'm convinced the "giant beetle" in the video and what my daughter has eating the roots of her trees is a palo verde beetle. Although she has no palo verde trees, the beetle apparently has a taste for other tree roots as well - which may account for the 'plus size' designation:It looks like a type of longhorn beetle. I don't think "giant beetle" is it's real name.
There is an enormous one from American Samoa, but I don't find it for TX. Did somebody's pet get loose?
a to z the usa: American Samoa Territorial Insect
There is one in the American Southwest that gets up to 3.5 inches. Do you have any palo verde around?
Derobrachus geminatus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
...a varied diet, including the Siberian elm, white and fruitless mulberry, various cottonwoods and, in the warmest desert areas, citrus.
I think it's my brother in law. He's traveling on business and may be in that area.Can anyone identify the name of this large beetle? (Hint: not George, Paul, John, or Ringo.) It was found in West Texas.
What a tasty marinade, it'll probably go well with the citrus diet.Ingredients:
12 large grasshoppers or similar edible insect
1 large red bell pepper cut into chunks
1 white onion cut into wedges
(For the marinade)
½ cup fresh lemon juice
1 tbsp olive oil
1tsp honey
½ tsp fresh ginger (grated)
1 tbsp Dijon mustard
2 tbsp mixed garden herbs of your choice (eg rosemary, mint or thyme for a fresh summer feeling or oregano and basil for a more Mediterranean flavour)
¼ tsp salt
Pinch ground pepper
Mix all the ingredients for the marinade in a glass bowl or baking dish. Add the insects, cover and leave in the fridge over night. When ready to cook remove the insects and gently pat them dry. Skewer the ingredients alternating between pepper, onion and insects so skewers are nicely arranged. Finally drizzle some olive oil over the kebabs and cook a few inches above a fire for just under 10 minutes, or alternatively under the grill turning regularly until allt he ingredients are a golden brown and crispy.
The recipe leaves out a step, but perhaps it's optional.Here's one option
What a tasty marinade, it'll probably go well with the citrus diet.
Yeah - and once I noticed West Texas - there is probably some palo verde around anyway - we even have some down here. But as you note - it'll happily eat other stuff!!I'm convinced the "giant beetle" in the video and what my daughter has eating the roots of her trees is a palo verde beetle. Although she has no palo verde trees, the beetle apparently has a taste for other tree roots as well - which may account for the 'plus size' designation:
Yikes! It looks nasty. I wonder if it could be fed to the rattlesnake that I encountered today on a short hike.