beetle 3

here s a good close up of her, I didn't use zoom at all on these, no need because she was huge. I just sat the camera down in front of her and snapped the photo. left  flash on because she was drawn toward the light. Not my favorite bug but pretty close, that goes to the dragon fly who is the best Arial predatory insect and very interesting critters. And no they do not live for a day, I have no clue where that myth came from, they can actually live for a few years, in fact the first 4 years of their lives are spent in water.