BOO
This is the biggest, scariest stinging insect I have ever taken a picture of. There's nothing there for scale but that sucker is more than two inches long. I am still recovering from major willies. I was filling the dogs' kiddie pool and I saw this thing crawling around on the back deck, unable to fly for some reason (perhaps because it must have weighed as much as a small child). Because it couldn't fly, it was very defensive, and when I got near it with the camera, it lifted up its front left leg, as if to fend me off.Hoo.
Okay. Had to share.
posted by Lurid @ 9/05/2005 11:55:00 AM
15 comments
15 Comments:
I have these things in my pool all the time! They take huge sips of water to use on their mud houses =)
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That is a giant bug and now *I* have the willies! Eeek!
I would never have the guts to be close enough to get that pic!
In my most eloquent voice, I shall say, "that bug is a whopper". eeeeek. great photo.
Damn, I'm jealous of your camera (not that I could take pictures like this one, even if I had it). The fur on this thing's legs is actually visible. It would be beautiful it were, say, a stuffed pillow or something -- as it is, it's pretty scarey. I'm so glad he didn't stop pretending he couldn't fly and dart into your unsuspecting face :)
That is one imposing insect. I´ve gotten bit by worse before and let me tell you, the welts on my skin were enough to make anyone fear the wrath of insects such as bees and wasps.
Ummmm. Thanks for sharing?
Great shot! So cool!
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GEEZ!!! TWO inches long?!!!!!!! Whoa!!!
Oooooooooooooooo...you're pictures are pretty! I have an appreciation for photography myself...(insert dumb guy joke here.)
Aahh! Die! Die! Die! *squash*
Dear sweet Lord. Japanese Hornet. No thanks. They're like Jimmy Dean sausages with wings, stingers, and fangs.
There's a nest of these bastards near my house. They've killed off all the local bees. They're like the hornet version of the Nazis.
-Suley
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.
Enought with the bug pics, J! gives me the willies.
It's funny. I am scared of lots of bugs but bees and wasps don't scare me.
Don't ever post a pic of a snake though. I.WOULD.DIE
I hope you went after that mother with a frying pan. Serves it right for existing.
Anything but a spider is an acceptable post.
*little shudder*
ok.... he's creepy too.
mg
You should see the potato bugs I find crawling around my kitchen. Talk about a freakfest...
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