Post your ugly bug pic!

[Dookus]

OK... here's mine. These monsters live out here in California and they're INSANELY scary looking. I give you... the Jerusalem Cricket.

Got a better one?

[BurtWorm]

1. Awwww!

What a cutie!

[Dookus]

4. I'd expect that kinda talk...

from a worm :)

I added the second pick to show just how mean and nasty and scary and ugly and HUGE their heads are.

In Mexico, they're called "children of the earth"

*shudder*

[LearnedHand]

6. That is,

"nina de la tierra"

[BurtWorm]

7. Does it have a name?

How about Pookie?

[Dookus]

15. His name is

Fluffy.

[newsguyatl]

2. this one's pretty scary

called an "assasin bug"

i won't say a thing... :evilgrin:

[SoCalDem]

3. When I was a girl scout, we had to EAT one of these

It was in Panama, and our troop went through a mini-jungle survival camp , compliments of the US Army.. We camped in the jungle for a whole week, with NO supplies of any kind, except for a rain poncho..

Part of the experience was catching and eating THESE..:( There were a lot of "gaggy" 12 yr old girls that day :(

[ForrestGump]

9. I've been nipped by one of them. On the big toe. It hurt.

Ow.

[BurtWorm]

11. Isn't that you in the bottom picture?

You're everywhere!

[ForrestGump]

14. Yes, I am

Quick! Behind you!


Ha. Made ya look. :P

[Kamika]

35. so what does those bugs got inside them?

Is it meat or what?

[SoCalDem]

36. stringy , slimy, goo

makes me want to :puke: just remembering it :(

[LearnedHand]

5. More of the same

(www.potatobugs.com)

[BurtWorm]

8. It looks like my grandmother!

Without the mustache.

PS: May she rest in piece. (It probably ate my grandmother!)

[Dookus]

10. LOL...

Potatobugs.com?!

I'm checking it out now... I've been sorta eerily fascinated with these beasts since my first encounter about 10 years ago. I've only seen 3 more since then. They're not too common, thank god.

[LearnedHand]

17. A student of mine told me about...

la nina de la tierra, which, she said, was DEADLY poisionous. So I immediately googled the phrase and found this wonderful *shudder* site. She was looking over my shoulder and she screamed, "Oh, my god! That's it! That's it!"

[Dookus]

20. well...

my first encounter with one was when my cat dragged one in. I first thought he'd caught a frog. I made him drop it, and when I saw it, I nearly soiled myself. It just LOOKS so damned poisonous!

This was pre-internet, so I jumped in the car and ran to the library to find out what it was. Found out it's perfectly harmless.

But dognabbit, they's ugly!

[Dookus]

12. From the FAQ at potatobugs.com:

Q: I have potato bugs in my vegetable garden. How can I rid myself of these pesky critters?

A: Drench your entire yard with gasoline and set it ablaze. Once the fire has burned itself out and the ground has cooled, cultivate the soil to a depth of seven feet, saturate the area with battery acid and top the surface with gasoline. After a few minutes, most of the surviving potato bugs, now irritated, will burrow up for air. Set the yard on fire again, and let it burn itself out. The remaining bugs should be crisped. Add water. Only then, and only maybe, will you rid yourself of potato bugs.

[phishhead]

13. Earwigs!

[Raven]

24. Those goddamned things can bite!

:-)

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

16. Here's some scary ones...

Lyme Disease and Crabs

[LearnedHand]

18. Holy shit!

I'm glad my eyesight is NOT 20 microns X 20 microns!

[newsguyatl]

19. ok, that's just gross

i'm gonna have nightmares tonight (not to mention scratch incessantly)

[Melsky]

21. Sun Spider

These guys live out in the desert! I found this one in my garage, already dead. I scanned it and someone on DU identified it for me.



They are harmless, and actually beneficial as they catch lots of other bugs, and harmful scorpions.

[BurtWorm]

23. Sexy!

Nice legs.

[Raven]

22. Sweet Jesus! The stuff of nightmares! Come east...

I will give you sanctuary...just noseeums here. Ugg! How do you kill one of those?

[Melsky]

29. Noooo you don't kill them!

They are friendly, and eat scorpions. Scorpions are the bugs you really want to watch out for. We have little ones here that are about an inch long that have a very painful sting. They can kill children! So anything that eats scorpions is my friend.

[Raven]

25. You know, this is soooo creepy

that I'm heading over to GD for a rest!

[Ivory_Tower]

26. Whoa

Looks like an ant on steroids.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

27. ....

http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:h5eONfqAG48C:

[GregW]

28. The New Zealand 'weta'

These sucker's BODIES are over four inches long!

[ElsewheresDaughter]

30. eewwwwww

http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:eifOi7POqBUC:

[BurtWorm]

31. 'Scuse me...

:puke:

[Melsky]

32. Is this thread making anyone else hungry?

[dutchdemocrat]

33. Meanie

[BuelahWitch]

34. Kinda resembles Rumsfeld..

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