Eeewwww!
by AlDesmadre
I was working outside today when I picked up an old board and discovered this ghastly creature crawling underneath. A dreaded Niño De La Tierra! Uy!
I have not seen one of these brutes in a long time and I can’t say I’ve missed the sight of one. As I was dropping the board back down I noticed something else crawling underneath it,
A widow spider! but not the typical black one- this one was the powerfully venomous: Brown Widow Sorry for the small image, but this was as close as I wanted to get! Chále!
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KILL IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Did you know that they are NOT venomous ?
Did you know that they do NOT scream ? But the myth probably comes from the fact that most insects may make a high-pitched noised when burned because of gases in their bodies. As a long time lover of all sorts of creepie-crawlies I’ve always hated the wholesale genocide that people enact on these humble creatures.
They sure can bite you though.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem_cricket
Thanks Julio!
I burned myself on a BarBeQue over the weekend and I also emitted a high pitched squeal like a little girl…
-I never knew that they were called Jerusalem bugs. That explains why it started fighting with two other different groups of insects at the western wall of my garage.
I share your fascination J-lo and love to look at them BUT you will never GET ME to touch one. I just can’t hack it when it comes to bugs.
@ Al LMAF !!!! HAHAHAH
Good God Al, I do believe that potato bug is wearing a yarmulke.
I very much appreciate Julio’s comment. I used to really be freaked out by potato bugs but overcame my phobia back in 2004 on Santa Cruz Island when we found a big specimen crawling in the grass. I was wearing thick leather gloves but still, I held it in my hands, which was huge.
Proof: http://tinyurl.com/n5uoxv
WACATELA! KILL IT!