Not all beetles have six legs...

some are missing a tarsus and a tibia or two.

Nature photo of the day: rescued beetle.

i wonder why people
are wary of the bugs that surround them
and why they may be startled 
when one unsuspecting creature
crawls out from the stack of firewood

some have six legs, others have less
for all of us have fought in battles before
and the battles of beetles are quite a sight
standing on hind legs, certai…