These critters are alive when they get here; and authorities fear they might get loose.
Oh, holy moly…
Thirty-seven “giant beetles”–and we do mean “giant”–were smuggled into Los Angeles Airport recently… hidden in bags of Japanese snacks (https://www.breitbart.com/local/2025/02/06/video-37-live-giant-beetles-found-hidden-japanese-snack-packs-lax/).
If the photo in the link comes out, you’ll see how big these bugs are–NOT those little tiny Japanese beetles that used to gang up on your rose hedge. One of these is about as big as a softball. (Not the one in the picture above,)
America is full of invasive species: Burmese pythons, walking catfish, Japanese beetles (the little ones), great big wasps with yellow heads… It’s part of the price we pay for a global economy, it goes with the territory.
We are told the giant beetles go mostly to collectors.
It always starts out that way, doesn’t it?
I hope that they get a handle on this, soon.
Last I heard, the giant beetles were headed for Arizona.
Just what I need, a 35’ tall Ringo Starr in my yard. 🙂
You can probably get an inflatable one of those.
Sounds like the making of a sci-fi horror movie. And why did God make such a large beetle? There are some things only He knows. All a part of the curse in the earth, I suppose.
Maybe they’re nice beetles.