Any bug (insect) guys out there?
 

This fellow showed up on my front porch last Sunday. Anybody know what it is? No, I don't live anywhere near three mile island.


http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1146616407.jpg

Rosy Maple Moth.

And for my next trick... ;)

Randy

...how about this (if the pic will load)

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1146630050.jpg

Big Scary Ugly Thing. :eek:

That would be your banana spider.

Next... :)

Randy

That is one creepy ass spider....

That bad boy (girl) was roughly 5-6" long.

I'm normally a live and let live guy when it comes to the spiders (except IN the house) as they do eat the other pests, but this one decided to make it's home right over the walk-out door of my garage and met it's end at the business end of a can of brake cleaner.

Re: Any bug (insect) guys out there?
 

What you have there is an under-developed Mothra.

You probably failed to nurish the larva properly, plus you mentioned that you found it away from it's natural habitat - a busted, goo-spewing reactor.

I suggest that you immediately order some uranium for your new friend. Meanwhile, keep that fuzzy li'l critter next to as many smoke detectors, fiesta-ware, and lantern mantles as you can find.

In no time, you should have a proper Mothra:
Length 135 Meters
Weight:15,000 Tons
Wingspan: 250 Meters
Air Speed: Mach 3

http://www.meter.com/mothra/index3.jpg

True and there is only one guy who can get rid of them.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1146682708.jpg

Damn, that is one hell of a gay moth.

Randy What's this one?http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1146696504.jpg

THe stuff of nightmares....

Based soley on the size of your "little" friend there, Hugh, I'd have to venture a guess and say he was a Goliath Beetle. He's an amazing specimen!!!

Is that your hand holding him? And did you find him in California?

Randy

dems good eat'n

Nahhhhh...! You want nightmares? Hang out in the Iraqi desert with a couple of these little fellers... :D
http://video.clipstream.com/content/...twospiders.jpg

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

I was that way until we moved to Arizona. When our daughter was crawling age she passed within two feet of a bark scorpion in the hall. We were finding 4-6 in the house each month.

I went on the offensive and starting going out in the evenings with a black light in one hand and rubber mallet in the other. Only a few made it inside last year. Night before last was my first hunt of the season. I killed 8! I hope that's not a sign of what lies ahead. At least they're easy to find with the black light:
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1146706417.jpg

This guy is one of my all time favorites...
http://arnica.csustan.edu/photos/ani...tato_bug_3.jpg

The first time I saw one of these guys was on the flightline at MCAS El Toro. Thought it looked like some kind of nuclear radiated mouse with extra appendages. The mouth on this guy is a pair of pretty menacing pincers that appear capable of administering a very painful bite.
http://arnica.csustan.edu/photos/ani...tato_bug_1.jpg

Randy

Randy:

Yeah, that's me holding him. I found that bugger on the Island of Dominica down near Venezuela a few months ago during filming of Pirates of the Caribbean II & III.

randy,
any help identifying this specimen? caught it with a bag of caramels and hersheys kisses. need to release soon...costs loads to feed..and chatters up a storm of gibberish..
ryan
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1146726226.jpg

Ryan,

That looks to be a Common Brown Beeyotch.

Interestingly, the Beeyotch comes is in all sorts of shapes and sizes. There is the Money-Grubbin Beeyotch and the Stank Beeyotch, just to name a few.

I'll see if I can find some pics to post of each of these critters. ;)

Randy

:D

Name the Geographical location and species...
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1146759075.jpg

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

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

what the heck is that thing?:eek:

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

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

Plano perhaps...:D

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! :eek:

Randy

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

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

Randy

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

I knew this was going to a great thread!!

Beeyotchs and spiders. Hmmm...

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1146804314.jpg

and along that vain, my friend Aimee...

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1146806894.jpg

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


http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1146831332.jpg

some kind of aphid? how long is that?

Poisonous?
 

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

http://tompawlesh.smugmug.com/photos/31297414-L.jpg

Check him out here.

Randy

Randy,

You really know your bugs.