Beetles I've Seen

I went camping with four of the church plants last weekend. After Friday night worship, we saw a big black beetle. It had a pincher horn in the front its head.

I found it on the sidewalk in front of my room. I held it. It felt like hard plastic. It had sharp claws, that when I tried to shake it off my hand it would cling to my hand!
After I held it, I put it into the bushes near our room. It didn't hiss any more because it was happy!

One interesting thing about this beetle is the sound it makes. It hisses when its mad. When you bother the beetle, or touch it, it hisses at you.

The female doesn't have a pincher.

Mom says it sounds like the Hissing Cockroaches from Madagascar that I saw at the Palouse Discovery Science Center.