{"id":576,"date":"2010-07-08T13:23:43","date_gmt":"2010-07-08T21:23:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/?p=576"},"modified":"2010-07-08T18:31:03","modified_gmt":"2010-07-09T02:31:03","slug":"giant-beetle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2010\/07\/08\/giant-beetle\/","title":{"rendered":"Giant Beetle!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I have never seen such a giant beetle outside of a museum collection or zoo. \u00a0My mom found it in one of the flower pots in the backyard. \u00a0It seemed like it was very old and possibly dying. I transferred it to a larger pot and took some pictures. It did its best to hide under some larger rocks that I placed into the pot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have never seen such a giant beetle outside of a museum collection or zoo. \u00a0My mom found it in one of the flower pots in the backyard. \u00a0It seemed like it was very old and possibly dying. I transferred it to a larger pot and took some pictures. It did its best to hide … <\/p>\n

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