This is a Patent-Leather beetle. My four year old son currently has two as pets. They have not bitten us, no matter how we handle them, they just hiss. I played with them all the time as a kid, we called them hissing beetles. I have never been bitten by one.
That's actually not a ground beetle, but a "Bess Beetle." The antennae give it away. Ground beetles have very long ones, whereas bess have the short clubbed ones you see in the clip.
I can solve your problem right here and now. That, my friend. Is a "Ground Beetle". I live in North Carolina, too. And I've stumbled upon these creatures numerous times. They're harmless, well. I would like to think so. You can pick this fellow up, just avoid the mandables. :]
Weird. I can't figure it out. The two beetles, that I know of, that make that sound, don't look anything like that. It could be a Zophobas beetle, or a Sawyer Tree bug. What does it taste like? Hehe. -John
Found one then boiled it to death
JesusLoverIAm 3 months ago
Odontotaenius disjunctus
enjoy.
smoth7 9 months ago
This is a Patent-Leather beetle. My four year old son currently has two as pets. They have not bitten us, no matter how we handle them, they just hiss. I played with them all the time as a kid, we called them hissing beetles. I have never been bitten by one.
burdiepie 10 months ago
That's actually not a ground beetle, but a "Bess Beetle." The antennae give it away. Ground beetles have very long ones, whereas bess have the short clubbed ones you see in the clip.
gluebubble 1 year ago
omg!i got these in my backyard too!xD
MissStarKitty 2 years ago
I thought the one I found was "chirping"
bluliite 2 years ago
You're lucky it didn't rip your hand off!
TheWaspJar 2 years ago
wow & people ask if i am afraid of my macaw beaks,i'll take my chances with the birds.the heck with them bugs!!!!!!!!
birds4you 2 years ago
XD!
I can solve your problem right here and now. That, my friend. Is a "Ground Beetle". I live in North Carolina, too. And I've stumbled upon these creatures numerous times. They're harmless, well. I would like to think so. You can pick this fellow up, just avoid the mandables. :]
HomicidexMurreh 3 years ago
Thanks!
gawana 3 years ago
No problem. (=
HomicidexMurreh 3 years ago
@HomicidexMurreh Nope... not a ground beetle but a Passalid. Odontotaenius Disjunctus to be exact. AKA Patent Leather or Bess Beetle.
MINARD734 9 months ago
@HomicidexMurreh no, its a bess beetle.
TheBuggyGal 8 months ago
Weird. I can't figure it out. The two beetles, that I know of, that make that sound, don't look anything like that. It could be a Zophobas beetle, or a Sawyer Tree bug. What does it taste like? Hehe. -John
TheElliottFamily 3 years ago