Had one on my shoulder last week. Thought it was a wolf spider at first. Hid it's legs tucked up just like this and buzzed hard when I tried to pick it up.
Edit: looks like it's an Eastern Eyed Click Beetle
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TIL click beetle is a real group of beetles and not just something we called them where I grew up.
And they click real loud when they want to.
That fucking click haunts me like something from a horror movie
I used to find these with my cousin all the time in central Illinois and 40 years ago (ugh, how is that possible?)... Haven't seen one in a very long time though.
"My... What big eyes you have!"
O_O
Forbidden Terrafor Mars pez dispenser
He was really surprised to see you
What did you guys talk about
Yuggoth, Great Cthulhu, Tsathoggua, Yog-Sothoth, R'lyeh, Nyarlathotep, Azathoth, Hastur, Yian, Leng, the Lake of Hali, Bethmoora, the Yellow Sign, L’mur-Kathulos, Bran, and the Magnum Innominandum…
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn.
I was on a trip just yesterday and saw one for the first time on a picnic table, thanks for sharing!
Mr Hanky!