is there really anything else that must be said? bugbackpack

Waggle of the antennae to Giroofasaurus-vexed for finding this!  Apparently it’s a photoshop job, and not a real backpack. But if I’m wrong about that, please let me know!

EDITED TO ADD:

Hey, apparently this is possibly related to Dr. Who.  However, it is my professional entomological opinion that this is not the Time Beetle, but a different species. Neener.

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  2. Steve March 24, 2009 at 1:01 pm

    Didn’t I see that in an episode of Doctor Who? http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Turn_Left

  3. Bug Girl March 24, 2009 at 1:04 pm

    The time beetle?
    http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Time_beetle

    I bow before your superior nerdity.

  4. Bug Girl March 24, 2009 at 1:06 pm

    Oh, and the time beetle appears to have been a Lucanid–this one seems to be a scarab.

    Shoot, if you’d told me there were insects in Dr. Who, I’d have tried harder to see it!

  5. Marvin March 24, 2009 at 1:25 pm

    I’m far too ticklish to have a backpack poking me in the ribs like that.

  6. Steve March 24, 2009 at 1:35 pm

    They’re on Netflix. This episode’s in season 4. If it’s any consolation, the beetle spent most of the episode invisible.

  7. Ceuthophilus March 24, 2009 at 8:16 pm

    I don’t care if it is Dr. Who or not, photoshopped or not, someone MUST start making these (scarab form please – much cooler looking!). I can see whole line of exoskeleton bags, maybe a clutch purse in the form of of Cucujus clavipes, for example.

  8. Knurl March 26, 2009 at 6:58 pm

    It would also make a fab hydration pack in AZ!

  9. Karina March 29, 2009 at 12:40 pm

    I just showed this picture to my 8 year old niece and she totally wants one. We’re all disappointed that it’s a photoshop job! Bug Girl, maybe you should start a beetle bag business to boost the Michigan economy.

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