Here are 4 more things that freak me out.
1.) Camel Cricket. This little bugger comes to you from a recommendation from Renee. I didn’t know they existed! Looking them up I discovered they are the jerks of the cricket world. A real pest. Some say that right before you step on one they shout, “Satan Rules”.
2.) Vinegaroon. Butt ugly little guy. Lives in the Southwest, US. Looks like a scorpion, but is harmless. Step on this one and get the scent on vinegar. No fool’n.
3.) Old men in shorts. This delightful FREAK idea comes from threeundertwo. I hadn’t thought of this one before, but now I am seeing them everywhere! It’s always big shorts, skinny legs.
4.) Tarantula Hawk. This is actually a beautiful bug to see. Their bodies are jet black and their wings are red/orange. For fun a Tarantula Hawk will capture, sting, and paralyze a spider, then they either drag the spider back into her own burrow or transport their prey to a specially prepared nest where a single egg is laid on the spider’s body, and the entrance is covered. The wasp larva, upon hatching, begins to suck the juices from the still-living spider. After the larva grows a bit, it plunges into the spider’s body and feeds voraciously, avoiding vital organs for as long as possible to keep it fresh. The adult wasp emerges from the nest to continue the life cycle. What a bug.
They are fairly nonagressive toward humans. For the most part you won’t die from one of their stings, but, and this is a BIG but, they have one of the most painful stings in the world. I guess the pain last for about 10 minutes. But for 10 minutes there is nothing you can do for the stung person but watch them run around screaming.
Ok, now I am really creaped out. I hate those camel crickets too–we had them in our basement in Virginia (one more reason to be glad we left.) They are disgusting and unpredictable. And your description of the tarantula hawk should be made into a horror movie!
This reminded me of the “Toebiter” or Giant Water Bug. The creepiest scariest bug in the world. shudder.
What about the centipede!!! CENTIPEDE!
yeah I am mostly scared of old men in short shorts!
My hubby is a real bug enthusiast and was able to name all your little critters (minus the man in shorts) from across the room. I had to read this post aloud to him because I was cracking up and he was wondering what all the commotion was about. Oh man, those things are sooooo gross.
I get freaked out by old men in speedos. Last time we were at the beach I saw a large old man who was very hairy in a tiny black spedo. Yikes!
Good grief! I’m getting goosebumps. I’m with you on the camel cricket. I captured one in my daughter’s room last summer (she was screaming, needless to say) and it looked like something from another planet. A friend said they’re attracted to wet basements and come up through the house from there.
My mother thinks all the stinkbugs we’ve been seeing lately are here with plans to take over the world. You never know.
Ugh! Camelcrickets…I called them shrimp crickets when I lived in NC. Gross. I would like to add chiggers and ticks to the list. Totally super disgusting creatures
The bugs don’t really bother me nearly as much as the old men in shorts do! I have another to add to the list, people who wear white socks with sandals!
We have those Spider bugs also. A few of my neighbors have said that those spider swapes are mean and nasty to humans! I hate those things!
That cracked me up about the camel cricket. They are a familiar sight here in KY. I like to think of them as the real monsters that live in the basement, just waiting for an innocent to come along to do laundry!
Have you ever seen a Weta, esp. a Giant Weta? Mostly harmless, but my lord they are scary to chance upon!
gah, I had camel crickets in my house in Kansas. I once visited the restroom in the middle of the night to find one awaiting me on the toilet seat. I wanted to cry.
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