11/8/2009 3:53:48 PM

fire

11/8/2009 3:53:58 PM

kinda reminds me a stink bug

11/8/2009 3:54:37 PM

step on it. find out

11/8/2009 3:54:58 PM

^^ similar, but a lot bigger

11/8/2009 3:55:50 PM

is the back spiked? if so it's a wheel bug, look it up

11/8/2009 3:57:16 PM

^ thats it... fucker sounds pretty terrifying, at least for a North American bug

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"The wheel bug has characteristic dorsal armor, shaped like a wheel or cog. This insect is considered one of the largest true bugs in existence. It moves and flies slowly, and in flight produces a buzzing sound. It has one of the most developed mouth parts among true bugs. Its beak arises from the anterior end of its long, tubular head and unfolds forward. The bug plunges its beak into its victim, pinning its prey with its front legs. It then injects enzymes into the victim, paralyzing it and dissolving its insides, and proceeds to drain all of the victim's bodily fluids. The bite of a wheel bug is painful and may take months to heal (sometimes leaving a small scar), so caution is advised when handling them. The wheel bug is also noted to be very vicious in the wild, and cannibalistic behaviors between them have been noted; for example, nymphs may prey on nymphs and the female may feed on the male after mating is concluded. It possesses two scent sacs (red-orange in colour) that can be fired from its anus, usually in reaction to being disturbed. The scent produced by it is not as powerful as that produced by the Stink Bug, but is still strong enough to be detected by human noses."

11/8/2009 4:00:25 PM

looks like an aracned(sp) lol

11/8/2009 4:05:23 PM

looks like a dog to me

11/8/2009 4:05:43 PM

^^ DUDE

6 legs --> insect

Arachnids have 8 legs.

11/8/2009 4:30:05 PM

it COULD be a CRACKhead, that got hold of tha wroong stuff!

[Edited on November 8, 2009 at 4:33 PM. Reason : it, not i]

11/8/2009 4:31:38 PM

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"NYMPHS MAY PREY"

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"PREY ON NYMPHS"

11/8/2009 4:33:17 PM

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"^^ DUDE 6 legs --> insect Arachnids have 8 legs. "

i thought those were legs at first. my bad.

11/8/2009 4:36:07 PM

Its an assassin bug...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reduviidae

EDIT: Looks like assassin and wheel bugs are pretty closely related, but yours looks almost exactly like the pic of an assassin bug

[Edited on November 8, 2009 at 4:53 PM. Reason : .]

11/8/2009 4:52:02 PM

^Except for the Assassin Bug is missing the back spikes. Which you can clearly see in the OP.

[Edited on November 8, 2009 at 5:18 PM. Reason : o.O]

11/8/2009 5:18:28 PM

KILL IT WITH FIRE!!!!

11/8/2009 5:54:12 PM

yea i would have not known what this was unless one showed up in our dryer a few yrs ago

11/8/2009 6:04:09 PM

jesus christ, if i saw that in my house i'd be getting a lighter and a hair spray can

11/8/2009 6:11:10 PM

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"KILL IT WITH FIRE!!!!"

This seems to be the common response when any non-mammalian creature is posted here. It makes me wonder if somewhere creatures are posting pictures of humans only to elicit the response 'KILL IT WITH FIRE!!!'

11/8/2009 6:27:16 PM

other creatures can't post, that's just dumb

11/8/2009 6:31:40 PM

That you know of.

11/8/2009 6:32:11 PM

its a DEATH BUG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

11/8/2009 6:34:21 PM

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"Some species have been known to feed on cockroaches or bedbugs (in the case of the masked hunter) and are regarded in many locations as beneficial. Some people breed them as pets and for insect control."

I hope you "KILL IT WITH FIRE!!" retards enjoy your roaches and bedbugs!

11/8/2009 6:41:42 PM

It looks like one of those fuckers from Starship Troopers.

11/8/2009 10:22:25 PM

Its a picture. Two of them actually

11/8/2009 10:23:46 PM

I knocked the shit out of it with ESPN the Magazine, but I dont know where it went... maybe out the door... now I am paranoid that the fucker laid some eggs somewhere in my house

11/9/2009 12:39:50 AM

That's an assassin bug, their bite can be pretty painful and they can transmit trypanosomiasis (chagas disease).

Arachnids have 8 legs, except for some stages of specific mites (such as chiggers which may have only 6)

11/9/2009 12:57:13 AM

That's an assassin bug, their bite can be pretty painful and they can transmit trypanosomiasis (chagas disease).

Arachnids have 8 legs, except for some stages of specific mites (such as chiggers which may have only 6)

11/9/2009 12:57:38 AM

BASED ON MY INFINITE ENT 201 KNOWLEDGE, I CAN TELL YOU THAT THATS AN INSECT BECAUSE IT HAS 6 JOINTED LEGS AND 3 DISTINCT BODY SEGMENTS

I'm AstralAdvent and i approved this message.

11/9/2009 12:58:30 AM