Evil Beastie Come to Terrorize Me!

wolf · 07-07-2010, 04:21 PM

I don't know what it is, other than it is icky, and that it is a bug. And it is perched right next to my patio door. Above my head. Read to rain destruction upon all it surveys. Especially me.

HungLikeJesus · 07-07-2010, 04:34 PM

Is the back end flat or bulbous?

squirell nutkin · 07-07-2010, 04:35 PM

It's one of these, I think.

You can catch it with cat food, IIRC

jinx · 07-07-2010, 05:27 PM

Looks like a mantis that's seen better days.

Shawnee123 · 07-07-2010, 05:31 PM

Oh ewwwwwww. Is it as big as it looks? I need scale. Put your hand or something next to it.

I was thinking of these bugs that were all over the outside of the dorm buildings my freshman year of college, never knew what they were...there were even comics of them in the college paper. After that first year, I never saw one again.

But that looks too "meaty."

shudder

Spexxvet · 07-07-2010, 06:20 PM

Don't take any chances. Shoot it and ask questions later.

Cicero · 07-07-2010, 08:26 PM

I was just frightened on the porch as well. It just turned out to be a children of the earth bug. But really it looked like a bee on steroids without wings, and was spider-like. Who wouldn't be scared of a bee spider?

wolf · 07-08-2010, 12:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus

Is the back end flat or bulbous?

Flat.

The image is fairly close to actual size, thus my horror at discovering it.

I would NOT get my hand close enough to it to show scale. What if it tried to eat me?

Definitely not a mantis. I like those guys.

It is no longer on my porch. I gently encouraged it to go elsewhere.

With a broom.

HungLikeJesus · 07-08-2010, 12:30 AM

Flat!

Get OUT!

GET OUT NOW!

Trilby · 07-08-2010, 08:07 AM

disGUSting!

Sundae · 07-08-2010, 02:45 PM

Okay, so nowhere near as frightening as yours, wolf. But this thread did prompt me to investigate the larger than (English) average creature on my ceiling.

It's been making Diz chitter for the last two nights - he is far more absorbed by insects than birds - he loses interest in birds in seconds, but will fixate on a moth or spider for nearly an hour.

As I went hunting it with my camera I found it on the blinds. I still wasn't sure what it was, but zoom photography suggests it is some sort of cricket? I'm still unsure - I thought they were brown? It was about the length of two joints of my little finger.

Amyway, it was cute enough for me to capture and release outside. Good luck to it.

classicman · 07-08-2010, 03:17 PM

Yep - its a cricket

Clodfobble · 07-08-2010, 05:23 PM

You know what I find fascinating?

Look at the cricket photos, and now imagine that that thing is black. Does that suddenly make it horrifying? It does for me. There's something deeply psychological about the color green that makes it not gross and scary.

HungLikeJesus · 07-08-2010, 06:31 PM

I thought you said "imagine that that thing is on your back."

I did. Inside my shirt, down where I couldn't reach it from any angle.

Rubbing its antennae against my scapula.

Oh, black. That's not so bad.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-08-2010, 11:15 PM

Grasshopper... probably Buddhist.

07-07-2010, 04:21 PM	#1
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Evil Beastie Come to Terrorize Me! I don't know what it is, other than it is icky, and that it is a bug. And it is perched right next to my patio door. Above my head. Read to rain destruction upon all it surveys. Especially me. Attached Images __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

07-07-2010, 04:34 PM	#2
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	Is the back end flat or bulbous? __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

07-07-2010, 04:35 PM	#3
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07-07-2010, 05:27 PM	#4
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	Looks like a mantis that's seen better days. __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

07-07-2010, 05:31 PM	#5
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Oh ewwwwwww. Is it as big as it looks? I need scale. Put your hand or something next to it. I was thinking of these bugs that were all over the outside of the dorm buildings my freshman year of college, never knew what they were...there were even comics of them in the college paper. After that first year, I never saw one again. But that looks too "meaty." shudder __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

07-07-2010, 06:20 PM	#6
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	Don't take any chances. Shoot it and ask questions later. __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

07-07-2010, 08:26 PM	#7
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	I was just frightened on the porch as well. It just turned out to be a children of the earth bug. But really it looked like a bee on steroids without wings, and was spider-like. Who wouldn't be scared of a bee spider? __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung

07-08-2010, 12:30 AM	#9
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	Flat! Get OUT! GET OUT NOW! __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

07-08-2010, 08:07 AM	#10
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	disGUSting! __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

07-08-2010, 02:45 PM	#11
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Okay, so nowhere near as frightening as yours, wolf. But this thread did prompt me to investigate the larger than (English) average creature on my ceiling. It's been making Diz chitter for the last two nights - he is far more absorbed by insects than birds - he loses interest in birds in seconds, but will fixate on a moth or spider for nearly an hour. As I went hunting it with my camera I found it on the blinds. I still wasn't sure what it was, but zoom photography suggests it is some sort of cricket? I'm still unsure - I thought they were brown? It was about the length of two joints of my little finger. Amyway, it was cute enough for me to capture and release outside. Good luck to it. Attached Images

07-08-2010, 03:17 PM	#12
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Yep - its a cricket __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

07-08-2010, 05:23 PM	#13
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	You know what I find fascinating? Look at the cricket photos, and now imagine that that thing is black. Does that suddenly make it horrifying? It does for me. There's something deeply psychological about the color green that makes it not gross and scary. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

07-08-2010, 06:31 PM	#14
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	I thought you said "imagine that that thing is on your back." I did. Inside my shirt, down where I couldn't reach it from any angle. Rubbing its antennae against my scapula. Oh, black. That's not so bad. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

07-08-2010, 11:15 PM	#15
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Grasshopper... probably Buddhist. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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