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Terrible Fashion Victim
There was an accident. A woman crossing from Mexico at Brownsville, Texas, declared the live insect decorated with blue and gold as she drove up to enter the state without the right paperwork. Pest control measures meant officers promptly confiscated the item worn as a brooch on the traveler’s sweater and sent it for further inspection. The beetle was attached to the woman’s clothing by a gold chain and safety pin.
The story of how the six-legged fashion victim was intercepted came in a press release and video from US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), part of the security machine responsible for protecting the country from terrorists and a body more used to trumpeting the seizure of cocaine, marijuana, hidden cash or fugitives from justice.
“CBP officers seized the decorative clothing accessory and sent the live beetle to the Plant Inspection Station at LosIndiosInternationalBridge for further identification. Because the traveller declared the insect no monetary civil penalty was issued,” the official account declared.
“Moving live plant pests in any form, including pets, imported into or exported from the United States must be declared to CBP on PPQ form 526 declaration for importation or exportation, must be properly labelled and packaged prior to release by CBP.”
However, animal rights campaigners were less forgiving, reported the south Texan newspaper The Monitor.. Jaime Zalac, for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals,said: “Beetles may not be as cute and cuddly as puppies and kittens, but they have the same capacity to feel pain and suffer. It’s ironic. We spend hours each week helping kind people find humane ways to relocate lost insects such as ants, bees and roaches that wander into their homes. People feel so good about not hurting them, while this woman paid someone to mutilate them.”
Beetle species have proved popular subjects for jewellery for centuries and attaching it to live beetles is apparently not uncommon in Mexico. Jackie Kennedy is said to have been given one with emeralds. While you are pursuing beauty, pay attention to zoology and environment as well.
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Im from australia and i was just wondering if america has christmas beetles aswell?
they are half the size of a full grown roach and they are just brown beetles and they have a high buzz and they only come around december then go away... they are bling so they hit into everything.. they are commonly know as christmas beetles... does america have them.... ?
would need to see a picture of one, but wondering if that is what we call "June Bugs" that show up in the early Summer months
edit : doing a "google" it does look like it too is a species of scarab beetle and has the same habits of our "june bugs"
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