Any bug (insect) guys out there?

[bigchillcar]

[austin552]

Name the Geographical location and species...

[bigchillcar]

austin, i'm pretty sure the species name is hottus *****us...can't say where the geographical location is exactly..i do know for a fact that she's not in mine (pity), but i think there are are large, localized populations of these creatures out on the west coast and in many major population centers where there's lots of green..
ryan

[bigchillcar]

hmm..guess i get edited out...'hottus beeotchus" maybe??

[NICKG]

Originally posted by rcecale
Nahhhhh...! You want nightmares? Hang out in the Iraqi desert with a couple of these little fellers...


Like the Banana Spider, above, aside from the "freak" factor, and a painful bite if they are threatened or provoked, these guys are pretty much harmless.

Randy

what the heck is that thing?

[bigchillcar]

what the heck is that thing?

yeah, no *****...i'd probably black out if i saw one crawling towards me! if it's a spider...i don't do spiders. give me a good 'ol poisonous snake any old day!
ryan

[M.D. Holloway]

Originally posted by austin552
Name the Geographical location and species...

dat be a Dallas hottie! Maybe Austin but her roots are North Texas. we ar swimming in dem down har...

[austin552]

Plano perhaps...

[rcecale]

Originally posted by NICKG
what the heck is that thing?

It's actually TWO of them "things"...

It's a couple of Camel Spiders. One seems to have latched his teeth into the other one's arse. Dat's gotta hurt!

Randy

[rcecale]

Originally posted by austin552

Speaking of "latching on to another arse...!" YOWSA!!!!

This one looks like a cross-breed....Money-Grubbin, Stank Beeyotch....the armed and dangerous kind!

Randy

[tswaney]

Solfugida? If so, it isn't a true spider....I think.

[rcecale]

Originally posted by tswaney
Solfugida? If so, it isn't a true spider....I think.

Yup! Or more commonly known amongst our troops in the Middle East...the Camel Spider.

SOLPUGIDS - Families EREMOBATIDAE and AMMOTRECHIDAE
Solpugids, also known as Solifugids, "Sun Scorpions", "Camel Spiders", "Sun Spiders", "Wind Scorpions", and other similar names, are a type of nocturnal arachnid (not insects at all) somewhat related to scorpions, but representing a distinct evolutionary lineage. They are especially common in desert regions of the world, including Southern California, where various species in genera such as Eremobates and Ammotrecha regularly surprise and bewilder people encountering them for the first time. With their huge jaws (chelicerae), they are fearsome in appearance [see images below], but have no venom, and if they bite humans (requiring provocation) nothing will happen (despite some rather wild urban legends told by Desert Storm veterans). They are voracious predators of small arthropods, however, using the force of their jaws to kill their prey rather than venom. Some stories of them clipping hairs off the faces of sleeping humans do seem to have credible sources, but the only speculation as to why they might do this is if females use the hairs as lining for the burrow where they lay their eggs (a big IF). Since they are harmless to humans and many of the arthropods they consume are pests, Solpugids can be considered beneficial, and should be left unmolested.

From here.
edit: On this page, click on the link to Empire of the Camel Spider and watch a short fim of them in action.

Randy

[slow&rusty]

I knew this was going to a great thread!!

[austin552]

Beeyotchs and spiders. Hmmm...

[M.D. Holloway]

and along that vain, my friend Aimee...

[silver912e]

OK, here's another one. I saw this guy at a state park near my home:

[bigchillcar]

some kind of aphid? how long is that?

[austin552]

[rcecale]

Originally posted by silver912e
OK, here's another one. I saw this guy at a state park near my home:

It's a Wheel Bug....a deadly foe to caterpillars, beetles and other bugs.



Check him out here.

Randy

[Jamie79SC]

Randy,

You really know your bugs.