arizonablue Posted October 8, 2018 Report Posted October 8, 2018 It figures, I spent tons of time trying to find these guys with no luck (finally did get a few found by other people) and today I found this cactus longhorn crawling along my patio door! It's currently in my desert tank with its buddies. Quote
PowerHobo Posted October 9, 2018 Report Posted October 9, 2018 Nice! That's a very pretty specimen. Also, good on you for picking them up without gloves mine would always open their jaws and since their faces naturally point down I was always sure they were about to bite me. Quote
arizonablue Posted October 9, 2018 Author Report Posted October 9, 2018 3 hours ago, PowerHobo said: Nice! That's a very pretty specimen. Also, good on you for picking them up without gloves mine would always open their jaws and since their faces naturally point down I was always sure they were about to bite me. Haha, thanks! I'm pretty sure they could give a good nip if they wanted to, since it must take some pretty powerful jaws to chew up a cactus, but none of mine have ever tried to bite me. This one wasn't thrilled about being picked up at first, but it protested by squeaking instead of chomping. Quote
GelGelada Posted October 13, 2018 Report Posted October 13, 2018 Oooh, what shapely legs! We don't have anything like that where I live. What a cool find. Quote
Mantisfan101 Posted December 10, 2018 Report Posted December 10, 2018 How’d you pick it up without gloves?! I found a tile horned prionus at my porch light and it acted like my thumb was a huge sausage! Quote
arizonablue Posted December 10, 2018 Author Report Posted December 10, 2018 4 hours ago, Mantisfan101 said: How’d you pick it up without gloves?! I found a tile horned prionus at my porch light and it acted like my thumb was a huge sausage! I picked it up by the thorax, the little spikes actually make it easy to grab. Then I just set it down on my hand. None of the cactus longhorns I had ever bit me. The only beetles that have ever nipped me have all been blue death-feigners. Quote
PowerHobo Posted December 10, 2018 Report Posted December 10, 2018 11 hours ago, arizonablue said: The only beetles that have ever nipped me have all been blue death-feigners. That's funny! I've never received any nibbles from my BDFBs. Then again none of my BDFBs have the sense of self-preservation to feign death, either. 😂 Quote
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