Worst Insect

Sedako said:
That's a lot of BS right there. They may bite, but they aren't vemonous and can't paralyze people. It feeds on small lizards and invertibrates. Trust me, you'd know if you were bitten by one. It's painful and would wake you up almost 100% of the time.
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they don't paralyze people, he just said the military warns them because their saliva can numb (paralyze) the skin so you can't feel it
 
CB | Para said:
Errrrfff... some of the images in there... the one with the infected eye bleh.
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its actually not bad.. i mean there are some pictures but its nothing really horrible.
 
ACLeroK212 said:
they don't paralyze people, he just said the military warns them because their saliva can numb (paralyze) the skin so you can't feel it
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That isn't true either. They only rely on their speed and powerful jaws to hunt. They do not use anesthetics of any sort.
 
Heh, the creatures in that pic are definately camel spiders/wind scorpions, but if you look, you realise how small they actually are. The hand on the right is holding them, via what looks to be a pair of tweezers or something. They're not really much bigger than the guy's palm...

[EDIT]: Does it look to anyone else as though there's actually two different species of them in that pic? I've got a larger version, and one seems to have two nippers, while the other seems to have four...
 
Brian Damage said:
[EDIT]: Does it look to anyone else as though there's actually two different species of them in that pic? I've got a larger version, and one seems to have two nippers, while the other seems to have four...
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Maybe it's a male/female pair, which would explain why they are attached to each other.

EDIT: After looking at the matings habit of the camel spider, the female will sometimes devour the male. It looks like that process might be happening in that pic.
 
Could be. They must have got into an argument, then, 'cos one seems to want to kill the other (The biting one looks to have damaged the abdomen of the other)...
 
Funny how this thread has turned into the camel spider survival guide.
 
Sedako said:
Thanks for... umm, being here?
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your welcome... if it wasnt for me... this forum would be different.....and probably better.
 
Here in Florida, we have lots of Cicadas around this time of the year. Whenever I go to clean my pool, I have at least three of the damned things fly directly into me. I have no idea why they come down after me. They are actually quite harmless, seeing as how they use a tri-folded beak and a sucker to do their feeding (on God knows what). The only thing fightening about them is their human-thumb sized bodies and their EXTREMELY loud chirping noises. It's kind of like having a displaced human finger that screams ridiculously, coming at you at about 20mph.
 
dura said:
Here in Florida, we have lots of Cicadas around this time of the year. Whenever I go to clean my pool, I have at least three of the damned things fly directly into me. I have no idea why they come down after me. They are actually quite harmless, seeing as how they use a tri-folded beak and a sucker to do their feeding (on God knows what). The only thing fightening about them is their human-thumb sized bodies and their EXTREMELY loud chirping noises. It's kind of like having a displaced human finger that screams ridiculously, coming at you at about 20mph.
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Cicadas feed on sap from trees. I've seen a few large ones up here in NY. Before they gain wings, they look like a type of beetle/mantis hybrid. You find a lot of cicada larva shells stuck to trees. It's true that they are loud though, as the male cicada is the loudest insect in the world.
 
I don't care if they feed on melted marshmallow ducklings. They deserve to burn in hell.
 
The African Ringwig is the worst.

Often mistaken for an Earwig (hence its name) the Ringwig is actually a relative of the common dung beetle. After crawling into the ass of its unsuspecting victim, it lays 1000's eggs in the walls of the lower colon. The larvae live on passing fecal matter for around 30 days, untill they're fully grown. The poor victim then spends then next week shitting out 1000's of Ringwigs! /o\
 
Sedako said:
Cicadas feed on sap from trees. I've seen a few large ones up here in NY. Before they gain wings, they look like a type of beetle/mantis hybrid. You find a lot of cicada larva shells stuck to trees.
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isn't this the year the 17-year cicadas are supposed to come out too?
 
dura said:
I don't care if they feed on melted marshmallow ducklings. They deserve to burn in hell.
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lol, I did enjoy your description of them though.

ACLeroK212 said:
isn't this the year the 17-year cicadas are supposed to come out too?
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Yes, this year they will appear in DE, GA, IL, IN, KY, MD, MI, NC, NJ, NY, OH, PA, TN, VA and WV.
 
I wish you could delete posts. OMG, teh bUgz r hEEr /o\
 
Spiders: Their cool. no problems. I catch the non-poisonous kinds from time to time.

Wasp: Alot of people freak out. Especially when a mud-dobber (A kind of wasp thats about 1 and a half inches long) flutters by. I ignore it, it ignores me. most of the time anyway. I was stung for the first time in over 10 years today by one of those things. It's dead BTW. They still don't bother me.

Cockroaches....for some inexplicable reason, scare the living daylights out of me. pretty sad when a 2 inch bug can make a grown man exit the room at high speeds....but they do. Ugh. Thanks for your story BTW. Thats going to give me nightmares. If it was a spider it wouldn't have bothered me...a roach?! *shivers*

BTW. the average human eats 10 spiders a year while sleeping. :) Yummy!

as for the worst insect? Well...there is a certain fly in my area. Every other year they are out in force, and they BITE HARD. They are as abundent as mosquitoes in florida...and bite the instant they land and hurt ALOT MORE.

then there are the Love Bugs. anyone in florida knows why I hate these buggers.

then red ants. which top my list because I am allergic to them. Swell up like a mealon from just one bite.
 
I'm suprised no one brought up the myth that daddy long-legs' venom is more potent than that of a black widow.
 
Sedako said:
I'm suprised no one brought up the myth that daddy long-legs' venom is more potent than that of a black widow.
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:O really? /me is scared
 
CrazyHarij said:
:O really? /me is scared
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Well, it hasn't been proven because they are incapable is pentrating the skin with their tiny fangs. I don't know where the myth origionated, but I don't believe it's true.
 
Sedako said:
I'm suprised no one brought up the myth that daddy long-legs' venom is more potent than that of a black widow.
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i've heard this too. i think it was some fun fact i saw somewhere about how the daddy long-legs is the most poisonous spider in wisconsin.
 
ACLeroK212 said:
i've heard this too. i think it was some fun fact i saw somewhere about how the daddy long-legs is the most poisonous spider in wisconsin.
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It's not a spider, as it only has one body segment. This has always been one of my favorite myths though because it always freaks people out.

Edit: It occured to me that if Striders had 4 legs, they'd look like giant robotic daddy long-legs.
 
Sedako said:
It's not a spider, as it only has one body segment. This has always been one of my favorite myths though because it always freaks people out.

Edit: It occured to me that if Striders had 4 legs, they'd look like giant robotic daddy long-legs.
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I thought daddy long-legs had 6 legs...
 
vegeta897 said:
I thought daddy long-legs had 6 legs...
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They do, but I also see a lot where some of the legs have fallen off for various reasons. I didn't say they'd be an exact replica of one, but for some reason a 4 legged strider would just remind me of one.
 
on the TV show MythBusters they proved the myth about daddylongleggs was wrong...... :frown:

in fact the mouth is so small they can't even bite a human!!!! :rolling:

:cheers:
 
Sedako said:
They do, but I also see a lot where some of the legs have fallen off for various reasons. I didn't say they'd be an exact replica of one, but for some reason a 4 legged strider would just remind me of one.
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Daddy long legs are not spiders they are actually a mite.
 
RotorHead said:
on the TV show MythBusters they proved the myth about daddylongleggs was wrong...... :frown:

in fact the mouth is so small they can't even bite a human!!!! :rolling:

:cheers:
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Not many people know that though, so it's still an effective myth.

Foxtrot said:
Daddy long legs are not spiders they are actually a mite.
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I already mentioned they weren't spiders.
 
Actually, Australian Daddy Long-Legs are spiders. And the british one is a sort of crane fly, I believe. It's a name given to all different sorts of creatures all over the english-speaking world...
 
Brian Damage said:
Actually, Australian Daddy Long-Legs are spiders. And the british one is a sort of crane fly, I believe. It's name given to all different sorts of creatures all over the english-speaking world...
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Yeah, I knew about the English Crane fly. The US one is what i've been referring to. I wonder where the term "daddy long-legs" came from in the first place. Seems like a good name for a comic book villain.
 
'k then. The Aussie ones are cool little spiders; very pleasant to have around, if you can put up with the webs. They actually eat the more dangerous and bitey types you get around here, so I sort of regard having them around as being good luck...

Plus they tickle like mad when you let them run around on your hand...

[EDIT]: Well, the "Long-legs" part definately comes from their unusual proportions, I dunno where the "Daddy" part comes from, though...
 
Getting back to spiders, I can't remember it's name, but it's one of the most intellegent invertibrates on the planet. It hunts other spiders without relying on programmed instincts. I saw a video of one that shows some of the tactics it uses. At first it tried strumming on another spiders web to simulate a captured insect, but it failed to bait the other spider. It then resorted to climbing above the other spider and dropping down on it mission impossible style.
 
Makes you wonder how smart the huge prehistoric ones would have been, eh?
 
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