GCW56X Don't bug me!!
Type: Mystery | Size: Small | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: COpackrat @ | Hide Date: 05/21/2006 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 38.521 W105° 07.696 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 2

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The above location is for parking. You'll have to look up some insect facts to determine the actual location of the cache.
Approach is intially on paved sidewalk, then there's a short section without trail. This part could get muddy after a rain. Distance from suggested parking to the cache is approximately 1/3 mile.

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Scientists say that 95% of all the animal species on earth are insects; there are over one million species that have been discovered, and it is estimated that there may be ten times that many that haven't been named yet. With the warm weather bringing them out and making them active, here'a a cache to learn a little more about them.

Match up the following insects with the characteristics listed below, and use this information to get the cache coordinates.

Ant lion
Aphid
Crane fly
Tiger beetle
Rose Chafer
Rove beetle
Click beetle
Darkling beetle
Death watch beetle
Blister beetle
Rain beetle

1. Exudes paederin, a toxin that is 75 times more potent than cobra venom and may be used to treat cancerous tumors.
2. Can run at 5 mph, the fastest living creature proportionate to its size.
3.Adult resembles a miniature, drab damselfly with clubbed antenna.
4. Larvae is "mealworms" used for feeding birds and small pets.
5. A woodboring beetle that makes a tapping or ticking sound.
6. A variety of scarab beetle.
7. The adult may be mistaken for a giant mosquito.
8. Produces generations of wingless females all summer long; in fall, winged females produce both males and females.
9. When turned over, this insect can flip into the air and hopefully land on its feet. Larvae are known as wireworms.
10. Exudes cantharidan, used medically to remove warts.
11. Mandibles are non-functional and the esophagus is closed off as adults do not eat.

After matching the insects and facts about them, use the following to get the cache coordinates:

A=Ant lion
B=Aphid
C=Death watch beetle + Tiger beetle
D=Tiger beetle
E=Rose Chafer

F=Rain beetle-Darkling beetle
G=Click beetle
H=Ant lion + Rove beetle
I=Blister beetle - Crane fly

Cache is at: 39.AB.CDE 105.0F.GHI

Initial contents:
Bead necklace
Crayons
Fish magnet
Bobber
Heart stickers
Ice cream stamp
Log book

Have fun!!

Additional Waypoints

06/18/2017 By LuckysGirls
On a retirement tour across the country, 18 states and 6k miles. Doing a little caching along the way. Thanks for placing this cache.

04/08/2017 By jasperdakota
Found on a nice hike with geodog Dakota. Thanks for the fun puzzle cache! SL

03/09/2017 By Back Country Horsemen
I had solved this one just after the last time I came for a caching walk in the area. Finally got back to get the smilie. Great camo

02/09/2017 By _BriGuy_
Thanks for the bug lesson and the nice hike this morning. I solved the puzzle last night after I saw that this cache was near another cache I needed for my Jasmer. Real fun container, too. SL.TFTC

08/28/2016 By grizzlycacher
Solved this one with my daughters years ago, but they never let me go find the final without them. Finally took the time today while Mom was at the theater. TFTC and fun puzzle.

08/28/2016 By mr qtpi
Found cache but I forgot a pen. TFTC fun facts

08/15/2016 By EJBHGV
Solved the puzzle last week.
Today time to look for the cache.
Quick findd in a nice container.
Thanks for hiding.

07/02/2016 By DavidT21 & Fisherwoman
Out caching with Materus and Jellis today.

07/02/2016 By jellis
Found while DavidT21, Materus and I after a day on Mt. Evans. TYFTH

07/02/2016 By Materus
GW14 caching with Jellis and DavidT21. TFTH.