Nov 5, 2010: Silver Beetle

[xoxoxoBruce]

Candy is dandy and liquor is quicker
You can drink all the liquor down at Costa Rica
But if you do, you might start hallucinating.

Roland Seitre may have thought he was hallucinating when he first spotted these metallic looking silver beetles, in the mountains of Costa Rica.



They look more like beetle shaped jewelery, than real bugs, with their shiny silver shells and purple feet.
But they are real, as are their metallic green, metallic yellow, and porcelain white cousins.

I don't think we should eat them though, any critter that flashy, usually tastes bad.

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