Austrian Trilobite Beetle ____0___0__Ƣݔҩᾫ٨ӷ quaoar

[john17972]

It would make for good fish bait.

[rosellathehedgehog18]

I have these things in my backyard,I though they were a mutant form of those Rolly-Polly things.

[clubpenguinidiot]

the snail hijacked the wrong shell :D

[npisec]

Great footage! :)

[Railware]

Don't trilobite beetles stay larva their entire life?

[memutic]

@Railware : not this one.

[SelkitFox]

@Railware Only some species, and then only the females do.

[renottocs]

@Railware only females

[reasoning777]

It's plates are angled so as to deflect IED or Mine blast away from it's body !! - I wonder how many IED's or Mines these creatures encounter in their day to day wanderings? : =)) lol. Smart beetle ! thanks for posting !

[PoxHaunted]

only 6 legs wtf

[memutic]

@PoxHaunted How many were you expecting?

[trueleroix]

Well, The Beatles had eight legs...lol

[PoxHaunted]

nine THOUSANDS!!!!! \o/

[panzuman]

lol oprah

[geckoguy3000]

and one big foot at the tail :P

[alaswoeisme]

Ew. I love it!!! :-)

[MengoMango]

it uses its butt like a 7th leg

[nils0riz0r]

hey mate im german, in your movie you can WONDERFULLY hear 2 austrian girls/women complaining about this beetle and your english :D

PS: We german dont like this accent of our neighbour-country ^^

[panzuman]

lol thats pretty funny

[MetalDominican]

LOL at first i thought the picture above ur picture and name and stuff on the right ---> were like moth antennas...but now i realized that they are these things. lol kool

[smearsmell]

awesome little creature. Looks like a fusion between a slug and a horseshoe crab.

[CousinoMacul]

Wicked!

[angelf1]

Im so happy i found this ive been looking for a bug guru forever

[dinomanj]

cool bug can u buy'em