Alex Shaffer Posted June 6, 2019 Report Share Posted June 6, 2019 Just woke up to the sound of this one trying to chew its way out of my container...guess it was time to come out. đ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratmosphere Posted June 6, 2019 Report Share Posted June 6, 2019 Congrats! Lovely alarm clock ya got there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Shaffer Posted June 6, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2019 An angry one at that...you have no idea just how loud it was my dude. Certainly suprising! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aspenentomology Posted June 8, 2019 Report Share Posted June 8, 2019 Assuming that is Orthosoma brunneum, I had a similar experience last year. It managed to push the lid off of its enclosure and wake me up at 4 am by flying circles around my room. The funny thing is, I somehow knew exactly what it was the moment I heard it buzzing in the dark; I wasn't even confused. They're just crazy animals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Shaffer Posted June 8, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2019 That sounds terrible! Last thing I'd need is to be bit in the middle of the night by those crazy mandibles! đ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goliathus Posted June 8, 2019 Report Share Posted June 8, 2019 3 hours ago, Alex Shaffer said: That sounds terrible! Last thing I'd need is to be bit in the middle of the night by those crazy mandibles! đ A bite from a Titanus giganteus would be worse! - http://beetleforum.net/topic/3631-largest-longhorn-beetle-native-to-usanorth-america/?tab=comments#comment-21204   Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Shaffer Posted June 8, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2019 No kidding! Something like that I'd definitely be keeping in glass and not plastic... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aspenentomology Posted June 8, 2019 Report Share Posted June 8, 2019 2 hours ago, Alex Shaffer said: No kidding! Something like that I'd definitely be keeping in glass and not plastic... It wouldn't surprise me if it chewed threw the glass too haha. Maybe a steel box would be better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goliathus Posted June 8, 2019 Report Share Posted June 8, 2019 2 hours ago, Alex Shaffer said: No kidding! Something like that I'd definitely be keeping in glass and not plastic... It's the big longhorn beetles that have short mandibles (like Titanus, Callipogon, and Xixuthrus) that can pinch really hard! Some of the long-jawed types though, such as Macrodontia and Psalidognathus, look like they might be able to exert considerable pressure too, just because of their large size. I've been surprised at how hard the bite from even our native Mallodon dasytomus can be, and I'm sure that Derobrachus is similarly strong, if not stronger than M. dasytomus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Shaffer Posted June 9, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2019 So...out of curiosity for this conversation i let it pinch me, and i gotta say it did not feel great. Only a little blood was given today for science! 3 hours ago, aspenentomology said: It wouldn't surprise me if it chewed threw the glass too haha. Maybe a steel box would be better. Lets be honest you're just not safe. Probably feeds on the souls of the living... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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