OMFG--Kill It!!! Burn it with Fire!!!!!! - Part 1

[Colossal Spoons]

Beetles of any kind are flippin' awesome. Even that gamma-radiated one Spec posted.

 

[KevanG]

That's not a 'kill it with fire' bug. That's a "where's the pokeball" bug.

 

[kane9321]

what in the 9 realms of hell is that?

 

[KevanG]

It's a shiny Heracross.

 

[Tempest]

what in the 9 realms of hell is that?

It's very nice to look at. In a picture.

If I saw one of those in person, I would probably die. I had a dobson fly land on me, and I nearly had a heart attack.

That is not my photo. As I said, I nearly had a heart attack when it landed on me. It should be noted that even though they are GIANT AND TERRIFYING, they are actually not horrible insects. Still terrifying.

 

[Fading]

what in the 9 realms of hell is that?

I typed in "Giant Rhinoceros Beetle" as that's what came to mind. Which led me to this thread on another site that had a different picture with the same guy and beetle,
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1449638
where someone called it a "Megasoma Elephas" or Elephant Beetle. After googling that, lots of pics of the same species popped up. So guess that's it.

Here's a video

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[Enriquespy]

I´ve heard about a THOR frog, but a LOKI insect? UNFANTHOMABLE!!!

 

[DarkSentinel]

 

[Enriquespy]

How cute it would have been if there was another leech eating the same worm on the other end, And they kissed when they get to the middle!!!

 

[:eek:]

Man has a living three-inch cricket in his ear:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...over-three-inch-insect-ALIVE-inside-head.html

 

[JtoDaP]

*To scared to look in topic*

 

[:eek:]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u70SfDOe-dk

 

[regwec]

Here is similar footage of a giant wolf spider carrying its writhing young on its back.

Imagine feeling it on your skin.

 

[Enriquespy]

Man has a living three-inch cricket in his ear:

That man can hear his consciense deep inside of him.

 

[Piper Maru]

 

[Jason Kane]

Ewwwww!!!! As if last week's Constantine wasn't enough to make me stack up on bug spray

 

[TheDreamMaster]

Piper wtf is that?!

 

[BrollySupersj]

Piper wtf is that?!

A type of parasitic worm that infects bugs, then makes them drown themselves so the worm can grow.

 

[Doctor Evo]

Dem goddamn Nematomorphs.

 

[Enriquespy]

Try to braid a few of those things together.

 

[Piper Maru]

They're like animated spaghetti!

 

[Guts]

 

[Piper Maru]

Adding to my earlier post...with other parasites as well.

Horse Hair Worms
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Hairworm, a long, slender worm found in many ponds or quiet streams. Hairworms are sometimes called horsehair worms and horsehair snakes because it was once thought they were worms or tiny snakes that developed from horsehairs that fell into water. Hairworms are about 1/10 inch (2.5 mm) in diameter and from 1/4 inch (6.4 mm) to more than 3 feet (90 cm) long. Most species are black or brown, but some are gray or yellow. There are more than 200 species widely distributed around the world. A few species live in the sea or on land; little is known of their habits.

Freshwater hairworms lay strings of eggs in water. The larvae hatch out and form cysts that cling to plants in the water. Insects that feed on the plants swallow the larvae. The larvae live as parasites in the insects' bodies. After the worms mature, they break through the body walls of the host and return to water. Some marine hairworms live as parasites in crabs' bodies.

 

[BrollySupersj]

I want to post a video, but there is foul language in the comments, that against the rules?

 

[Piper Maru]

I want to post a video, but there is foul language in the comments, that against the rules?

Yep, it violates the rules. Can you PM a link, or at least let us know what to search for?