26 Giant Beetles Seized By Customs Agents In Philadelphia

Customs agents seized more than two dozen potentially harmful giant beetles -- some the size of a child's hand -- from a package after postal workers heard the insects making scratching noises.

[gigi]

You guys need to post a picture of these things.

[EEEWWWEEE]

Google it - they're gross.

[Riverboat27]

http://www.neotropicalstudies.com/images/mike...

[Joanna]

This is so totally disgusting. It just makes my skin crawl thinking about those large bugs.

[lee gasparro]

W0W!N YUK!
Why on earth would anyone want to get bugs sent to them.
I call that weird.

[DAM]

They need to send them back to the sender and make them eat them. they are very invasive and dangerous.

[steve]

cAN THE GIANT BEETLES DUNK A BASKETBALL,, IF SO.. SIGN EM

[Ignignokt]

Joanna wrote:

This is so totally disgusting. It just makes my skin crawl thinking about those large bugs.

You'd probably have a seizure then if you saw the larva of one of these beetles.

[HTF]

My favorite is Paul.

[some people]

ugh, i just saw them on the news. naaaaaasty!!!!!

[njy]

imagine being the guy who had to open the packages, hearing them in there scratching and moving around!

[njy]

view this video at your own risk, goliath beetle larvae

http://www.naturalworlds.org/goliathus/videos...

[kshtorres]

I'm just wondering what they planned on doing with them????

[Ignignokt]

njy wrote:

view this video at your own risk, goliath beetle larvae
http://www.naturalworlds.org/goliathus/videos...

Outstanding ! Nothing like a 59 gram grub to freak humans out .

[matthew vorce]

Ways to destroy United States agriculture have always been in the back of my mind, This is a fine example of a way of terrorism. There is more then one way to harm a country,Look at the fish that came from no where. Will they figure out this before it's to late,Water sources!

[Mari]

What were the intentions of the person who ordered them? To inject them with anthrax and set them free on our land? I think he should have been arrested promptly. Obviously, he knew they were illegal if the boxes were labeled as toys, etc. Unfreakin real!

[CURIOUS]

WHAT FISH ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT MATTHEW VORCE??

[Ignignokt]

matthew vorce wrote:

Ways to destroy United States agriculture have always been in the back of my mind, This is a fine example of a way of terrorism. There is more then one way to harm a country,Look at the fish that came from no where. Will they figure out this before it's to late,Water sources!

Most introduced species are accidental , usually the result of someone setting a non native species free.

Mari wrote:

What were the intentions of the person who ordered them? To inject them with anthrax and set them free on our land? I think he should have been arrested promptly. Obviously, he knew they were illegal if the boxes were labeled as toys, etc. Unfreakin real!

Your reasoning is ridiculous . The beetles weren't sent here for terrorist purposes. LOL .

[RayStar]

Riverboat27 That bug still has me itching. People be warned if you click on this site posted by Riverboat27 it is HUGE. I was unprepared for this. Now I really feel like a sissy. I am an over 50 yr. female. LOL

[Riverboat27]

hahha!