A beetle once bit my sister ... No realli! She was Karving her initials on the beetle with the sharpened ...

We were out at my parents' house last Friday for a Cycle Oregon Kickoff/sendoff. We ate a great dinner and drank plenty of wine. Sitting in the garden patio, we heard a fairly large animal moving around in the bushes. During the daytime, I would have chalked it up to a bird, but since it was at night it piqued our interest.

Turned out it was a big-ass BUG! This thing was at least the size of my thumb.

My sister, being the non-squeamish type, picked it up and brought it up to the porch for a closer look. Darned if the thing didn't squeal when she picked it up!

It was a little sluggish, but after biting Lindsay's palm, it took off flying around the front porch. We later found it on the back porch, looking a little worse for wear as the temperature dipped later at night.

I did a little research and found out that it was a California Prionus Beetle. Little bugger was probably lost and cold.