Y-Y-Y-YIKES !!!

[Ldub]

Caught one of these nasty lookin' things outside the front doors at work tonight...:eek:
I named him "Bitey"...:naughty:

http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/What_i2199.jpg

Giant water beetle, they feed by ambushing frogs & small fish from underneath, injecting them with venom, which liquifies their innards, then drinking them at their lesure.

He's in a plastic drinking glass with a ventilated coffee cup lid right now & judging from the activity within, I'd say he's a tad pissed.

Hope he doesn't escape before morning & take his revenge...:uhohgray:

I'm gonna start collecting them, then implement a captive breeding program, & eventually rule the world with my army of giant mutant water beetles...:yes:

You have been warned...:naughty: Muwahahahahahahaha

[Sprey]

Rofl !!!!! Be cool to see a bunch of them like you say in a breeding program. and see what they actualy do etc.

Did he bite you ? is that how he got the name :laughy:

[Ldub]

Rofl !!!!! Did he bite you ? is that how he got the name :laughy:

No, not yet, but he comes WELL EQUIPPED !...:eek:

If you google "Giant Water Beetle" there's quite a lot of info. on their eating/breeding/feeding habits, etc.

I think I borrowed the name from a Simpsons episode...Homer had a pet possum or something.

I seem to remember him saying: "I call the little one Bitey"

[Dumke]

HAHA larry that is hilarious.. Wouldnt catch me dead holding one tho lol. Ok well maybe if I was dead you would. you get the idea lol.



Sorry for the mini jack but I never understood why we say "wouldnt catch me dead". I mean are you really going to care when you dead what is happening?... (sorry thought just crossed my mind.)

[Ldub]

HAHA larry that is hilarious.. Wouldnt catch me dead holding one tho lol. Ok well maybe if I was dead you would. you get the idea lol.



Sorry for the mini jack but I never understood why we say "wouldnt catch me dead". I mean are you really going to care when you dead what is happening?... (sorry thought just crossed my mind.)

No worries Dude, I wouldn't touch one of the nasty things either, that pic is something I snagged off gooGle...:smilewink

[Ldub]

This is the type of statement (copied from wikipedia) that is gonna keep ol' Bitey from becoming any type of cuddly lap type pet...

"Their bite is considered one of the most painful that can be inflicted by any insect."

:eek:

[Dumke]

No worries Dude, I wouldn't touch one of the nasty things either, that pic is something I snagged off gooGle...:smilewink



And here I thought that was your hand.. lol.. :D


Wow on the bite. Ya no thank you sir I will pass.

[snowtrooper1966]

I think I borrowed the name from a Simpsons episode...Homer had a pet possum or something.

I seem to remember him saying: "I call the little one Bitey"

It was the monorail episode, Homer was the conductor. There was a control panel that housed the speed controls, I think. When Homer opened it, there was a family of possum hanging in there and many frayed/shorting wires. He then looked at his bandaged finger and announced: "I call the big one Bitey".

I think that is a fantastic name for your new pet, hopefully you will never find out if "Their bite is considered one of the most painful that can be inflicted by any insect."

Best,

[nfpgasmask]

Nice! I love abnormally large and cool looking insects. We have Giant Pine Sawyers out here:

http://www.nofuture.com/dailys/ps/ps06.jpg

http://www.nofuture.com/dailys/ps/ps02.jpg

And Camel Spiders!!

http://www.nofuture.com/lj/06-26-08/02.jpg

http://www.nofuture.com/lj/06-26-08/03.jpg

Bart

[pbkid]

ehhh... no thanks... i dont like bugs

i love reptiles, but no bugs. ill pass. keep bitey away from you dub, i wouldnt want to have to fly to n. dakota to get your VX to moab while you heal :naughty: .......... or maybe i would?

[VX KAT]

OK, that's way too close for me (if you took these pics).....at least I didn't have any of these "visitors" when Dave was away...I sure had my share of others creepy crawlys though...I'm with Jack...I don't like bugs and spiders,
etc....
we had something on the back porch yesterday that looked like 1/2 scorpion family, 1/2 giant abdomen creepy shiny pincher thing....at least it was dead....but still unidentified.....ah the country life...:eek:

[VXIRONwoMAN]

I can deal with creepy crawlies... (except spiders)


http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/Ozzy_003.jpg

But I have a defense against the nasty insect armies!


http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/Ozzy_013.jpg

http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/Ozzy_008.jpg

http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/Babies_055.jpg

Bwahahahahaaaaaa!!!

[VX KAT]

Man that feller would be one happy camper around here...and so would I!

[don moore]

i had found 4 of theses in my life.....ewwwwwwww.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_t9pl9Dh5gGQ/Sht6x3b9ikI/AAAAAAAADuw/WgRKI7lfgnQ/s400/vw_beetle.jpg

[pbkid]

oh cece- i love your beardie!!!

well i just love beardies all together... but he looks awesome!

[tjh]

http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/7603/img5966e.th.jpg (http://img196.imageshack.us/i/img5966e.jpg/)


I call her stingy. I decided to leave her on the trail.

[Triathlete]

Did he bite you ? is that how he got the name

Nope, Dub keeps his inards liquified in other ways!:bwgy:


1/2 giant abdomen creepy shiny pincher thing

That would probably be a centipede...
http://www.yopress.com/images/posts/halloween-06/centipede.jpg

In the past few weeks on my trail runs I have seen a few rather large taranchulas
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Brachypelma_smithi_0001_L.D.jpg/240px-Brachypelma_smithi_0001_L.D.jpg
along with a lot of desert tourtoises...I generally just pick them up and move them off the trail so they don't meet there maker under the tires of a mtn bike.
They are much nicer than the usual that I run into on the trail...
http://www.desertusa.com/mag01/jan/papr/photos/rs1.jpg

[VX KAT]

holy crapola, I had to remove 2 tarantulas when Dave was gone from INSIDE the garage, some very large spider inside the living room, kind of hairy 8 legs....then the weird bug I described above had only 6 or maybe 8 legs. Dave chucked it way over the fence ....I should have taken a pic...cuz it's like nuttin' I've ever seen! I'm keepin' my windows up so these critters done get inside the cabin of the VX (probably a futile effort....) I can just see me gettin' in and taking off then finding a tarantula climbing around inside...OMG, please don't let that happen! I just don't like bugs & spiders.....call me a wuss but I just can't deal with them! Mice, rats, birds, no problem. Unidentifiable 6-8 legged critters.....PROBLEM!

[Triathlete]

You guys got them small green rattlers up there also...VERY venomous!
Taranchulas are pretty predictable. They tell you when not to mess with them...they rear back and show their fangs. If you move slow around them they will walk right up your hand and tickle you with all that hair!:bwgy:

[Ldub]

we had something on the back porch yesterday that looked like 1/2 scorpion family, 1/2 giant abdomen creepy shiny pincher thing....at least it was dead....but still unidentified.....ah the country life...:eek:

Ummmm...Would you be able to pick him out of a line up Ma'am?...:smilewink

http://www.pbase.com/tmurray74/arizona_california_bugs_spiders

[Triathlete]

Cool find Dub...but thats probably like 1% of the critter around here!;eeky;

[nfpgasmask]

I STILL have yet to see a rattle snake. :(

Bart

[Triathlete]

Come on down in the summer...I am sure i can stir one up somewhere! And if not the Sonoran Desert Musuem is always open:bwgy:

[Gussie2000]

I can deal with creepy crawlies... (except spiders)


But I have a defense against the nasty insect armies!



http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/Babies_055.jpg

Bwahahahahaaaaaa!!!

Definetly he's your hero kat :p

[BigSwede]

I think I borrowed the name from a Simpsons episode...Homer had a pet possum or something.

I seem to remember him saying: "I call the little one Bitey"
There is another episode where Bart has a pet Lobster he called "Pinchy"...and another one where he called his pet elephant "Stampy"...

[BigSwede]

Just remembered a water-bug related incident from my "mis-spent yoot"

(Judge Munster: "A what? What's a yoot?")

Twas in about junior high I suppose...the neighborhood girls were having a "sleepover" in the neighbor's pop-up camper. The bored neighborhood boys were hanging out on the street nearby.

All the girls went into the house for cookies or something...right about the time a huge water bug (much bigger than the one you caught Larry) started circling the streetlight we were under. It fell to the ground, and, well, we tossed the water bug into the camper.

Not much later the girls all came out and piled back into the camper. We didn't have to wait too long for the gratifying screams to begin...:p

The sleepover was held indoors that night.

[Ldub]

Just remembered a water-bug related incident from my "mis-spent yoot"

(Judge Munster: "A what? What's a yoot?")

Twas in about junior high I suppose...the neighborhood girls were having a "sleepover" in the neighbor's pop-up camper. The bored neighborhood boys were hanging out on the street nearby.

All the girls went into the house for cookies or something...right about the time a huge water bug (much bigger than the one you caught Larry) started circling the streetlight we were under. It fell to the ground, and, well, we tossed the water bug into the camper.

Not much later the girls all came out and piled back into the camper. We didn't have to wait too long for the gratifying screams to begin...:p

The sleepover was held indoors that night.

LOL...I loved "Stampy"...:laughing:

What I wouldn't give to have hung out with Big Swede as a Yoot!

Still fun as an adult, but boggles the imagination...:eek:

[AK Falco]

i had found 4 of theses in my life.....ewwwwwwww.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_t9pl9Dh5gGQ/Sht6x3b9ikI/AAAAAAAADuw/WgRKI7lfgnQ/s400/vw_beetle.jpg


YA I got one too don. if i could only get it to crawl away! tranny problem i think.

[So-CalVX]

YA I got one too don. if i could only get it to crawl away! tranny problem i think.


i know some amphibiians can be he-she's i've never heard it aboot bugs/beatles :P

[handeeman]

I remember in my mis-spent yoot settin and watchin Tumble Bugs (in Okla.) for hours..For those that don't know, a tumble bug is a bug that takes pieces of fresh cow dung and makes a ball (about the size of a quarter) out of it . Then it pushes its prize back to its hole to feed its young. so ya sit the watchin this bug push a ball of sh.t along...of course the ground is not level so as it pushes it up little hills it starts to get away from him on the downhill side, so he grabs hold and the bug and ball of sh.t tumble over and over. Hence "tumble bug". it's very funny to see. I learned some of life's greatest lessons from watchin them. 1. To some it's sh.t, to others it's a prize 2. Hang on to your sh.t 3. Sometimes ya havta work a sh.tty job to keep your family fed. Well thanks for listning.

[Anita]

i had found 4 of theses in my life.....ewwwwwwww.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_t9pl9Dh5gGQ/Sht6x3b9ikI/AAAAAAAADuw/WgRKI7lfgnQ/s400/vw_beetle.jpg

I owned a related species to your beetle:
http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/thumbs/VX_and_VW.jpg (http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=15920)

[Ldub]

Found another one of these critters in the parking lot tonight...:_thinking

http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/What_i2199.jpg

Gonna have to think of some creative use for him (or her)

There are a couple of folks I can think of that would have the proper appreciation of one of these down the back of their shirt...:naughty:

Or maybe in their purse...:laughing:

[BigSwede]

Do those things hibernate through the winter? Or do they just hatch that big? seems awfully early (April for chrissake) for a freshly hatched waterbug to get that big...

[Ldub]

Do those things hibernate through the winter? Or do they just hatch that big? seems awfully early (April for chrissake) for a freshly hatched waterbug to get that big...

Good point, I'm pretty sure it's not the same one, as I released "Bitey" into the wilds of the storm sewer near my home, which is about two miles as the bug crawls.

[tjh]

You could sell those to an entomophagy if you know any . The water bugs here in the US are actually a little on the small side , when compared to the ones in Thailand. I've only encountered freeze dried ones from Thailand, they are about 4 inches head to rear, and stinky.

[BigSwede]

You could sell those to an entomophagy if you know any .
"entomophagy"...hmmm, if I cipher them word parts correct-like, yer talkin about a "bug eater"...yum.