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Bugs are ugly

DavoidDavoid Registered User regular
edited May 2008 in Social Entropy++
So, I'm at work all night, and my workplace is near a lake

and there are alot of lights

and so I go outside for a cigarette

and I turn, and something is flying towards me through the air

and it's big, and it's ugly

So I end up jumping out the way yelling obscenities, and it hits wall behind me with a loud "twack" noise

and it falls to the ground, and it's about 4 inches long, and it turns out it's a Giant Water Bug. Y'know, the kind that bite and are big and ugly.

And I look around

And there are lots and lots and lots of them flying around, and crawling around, and generally being kind of scary looking


So I caught some

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What scary bugs have you guys seen lately?

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  • #pipe#pipe Cocky Stride, Musky odours Pope of Chili TownRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Spiders are hideous mutant satan spawn

    #pipe on
  • MarathonMarathon Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Bugs are generally only scary if you are a 7 year old girl.

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  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] regular
    edited May 2008
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  • MarathonMarathon Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    But, as you can clearly see. Spiders are terrifying.

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  • sarukunsarukun RIESLING OCEANRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    I don't care who you are, if you are not expecting it and a spider comes into contact with your skin, you flip the fuck out. It is what happens unless you are a zombie.

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  • DavoidDavoid Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    One time, I remember when I was a kid, and I was playing Doom, which is scary if you are a kid like I was, so I'm already on edge, and this big freaking spider slowly descended between my eyes and the computer monitor on a silken strand.

    And I jumped

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  • DadouwDadouw Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    spiders are great, but far away from me

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  • bsjezzbsjezz Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    i'm counting the days until i make a thread about birds and it's gonna be awesome

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  • DavoidDavoid Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Spiders really do own

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    Holy crap

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  • sarukunsarukun RIESLING OCEANRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    That is the biggest wolfspider ever.

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  • JedocJedoc In the scuppers with the staggers and jagsRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
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  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] regular
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  • DavoidDavoid Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    I have never seen a live molecricket

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  • J3pJ3p Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Some spiders are adorable though.

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  • DavoidDavoid Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    or is that a potato bug?

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  • DadouwDadouw Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    I only kill spiders when they are inside my house

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  • ZzuluZzulu Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    We only have small spiders here, and they look harmless enough

    I can understand people not wanting to deal with bigger spiders, but people seem to freak out over the small ones as well

    fucking pussies

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  • DavoidDavoid Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Dadouw wrote: »
    I only kill spiders when they are inside my house

    You are never more than 5 feet away from one

    Also, they eat peskier bugs, like mosquitos and things

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  • DadouwDadouw Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Davoid wrote: »
    Dadouw wrote: »
    I only kill spiders when they are inside my house

    You are never more than 5 feet away from one

    Also, they eat peskier bugs, like mosquitos and things

    There are no bugs in my house

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  • JedocJedoc In the scuppers with the staggers and jagsRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Davoid wrote: »
    or is that a potato bug?

    I understand that they're called potato bugs in some parts of the country. Distinct from mole crickets. I grew up calling them "cara de niño," but switched to "Jerusalem cricket" when I started getting into entomology in a big way.

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  • sarukunsarukun RIESLING OCEANRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Trillions, probably.

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  • ChicoBlueChicoBlue Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    There are no bugs in my house.

    Because my house is on the moon.

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  • ZzuluZzulu Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    what do spiders do during the harsh cold winter? Do they hibernate in some way or do they just persevere?

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  • DadouwDadouw Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Dadouw wrote: »
    Davoid wrote: »
    Dadouw wrote: »
    I only kill spiders when they are inside my house

    You are never more than 5 feet away from one

    Also, they eat peskier bugs, like mosquitos and things

    There are no bugs in my house
    yes there are

    if there are bugs in my house they are invisible bugs

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  • DavoidDavoid Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Jedoc wrote: »
    Davoid wrote: »
    or is that a potato bug?

    I understand that they're called potato bugs in some parts of the country. Distinct from mole crickets. I grew up calling them "cara de niño," but switched to "Jerusalem cricket" when I started getting into entomology in a big way.

    Ah, ok. I've never seen either, but then, Giant Water Bugs were are sort of an uncommon sight around here. You find the odd dead one on the road, but I have never seen such a swarm of them as I did last night. 50 or more.



    also, during one really rainy season a few years back when water began seeping into the basement, upon drying ants began to come in here. I can't stand ants. A spider or two, that's fine, it can have a little corner to eat bugs in, but creeping waves of little biological swarms brings to mind the Sand Kings way too much. Got rid of them with some raid traps.

    Also, termite queens are super ugly and I hope I never have to see one in real life.

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  • JedocJedoc In the scuppers with the staggers and jagsRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
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    I have nothing but respect for a species who can spend all their time rolling up little balls of crap and still make it into a pantheon. That's just good public relations right there.

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  • sarukunsarukun RIESLING OCEANRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Dadouw wrote: »
    if there are bugs in my house they are invisible bugs
    Some are too small for the human eye to percieve, yes.

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  • DavoidDavoid Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Jedoc that is a really big bug.

    I have not seen bugs of that size since I was last in China.

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  • JedocJedoc In the scuppers with the staggers and jagsRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    You know who isn't your friend? This guy.

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=UROVfmY3NTA

    Fuck you, South America. Fuck you to death.

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  • JedocJedoc In the scuppers with the staggers and jagsRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Davoid wrote: »
    Jedoc that is a really big bug.

    I have not seen bugs of that size since I was last in China.

    Yeah, I had a friend who spent a year in Costa Rica. He used to send me pictures of the most awesome beetles. So jealous.

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  • ZzuluZzulu Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    while we're on the topic of horrendous nature stuff, someone should post the video of the zombie ants getting taken over by zombie fungus

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  • JedocJedoc In the scuppers with the staggers and jagsRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=CCOQ0VU24xw

    Braaaaains.

    Man, I love bugs. But bullet ants totally deserve anything that happens to them.

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  • stimtokolosstimtokolos Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    You know what about Dung Beetles, they released hundreds of thousands in my local area to try and get rid of the dog poop problem. I saw some around for a couple of months but I haven't seen one since, this was several years ago, maybe I just don't get outside anymore. But I think I do, or maybe I was always on the grass looking for them. THEY ARE GONE.

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  • J3pJ3p Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Okay can we talk about Scolopendra gigantea now? [VIDURL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoXfYvoUsxg"]they eat mice[/VIDURL]

    or how about solifugae?

    or maybe amblypygids??

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  • BerkBerk THE BUDGIE SMUGGLER Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    d'aaaaaw

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  • ForkesForkes Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Jedoc wrote: »
    You know who isn't your friend? This guy.

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=UROVfmY3NTA

    Fuck you, South America. Fuck you to death.

    I watched three seconds of that, and then had to turn it off...ew.

    Don't, on average, people eat like 5 - 10 spiders a year in their sleep?

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  • ZzuluZzulu Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    it's the same with cocks

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  • stimtokolosstimtokolos Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Zzulu wrote: »
    it's the same with cocks

    But they're more deadly if it's an AIDs cock.

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