ATOT Bug Experts! Identify this "OMG Kill it with FIRE!!"

[KingstonU]

So have a bunch of these showing up at work lately. Never seen or heard of them before. ATOT help identify!

Most importantly: Will they bite me, and if so will I die? 😵

 

[Atomic Playboy]

Whatcha got there is a "demon." Take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

 

[RPD]

Holy fucking shit. I have never seen a bug like that.

You are fucked. (And/or possessed by now)

 

[Twista]

What state are you in? So. i know to stay far far away!

 

[KaOTiK]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s1MspmfEwg&feature=player_embedded

 

[LTC8K6]

Male & female Eastern Dobsonfly

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dobsonfly

 

[KingstonU]

Male & female Eastern Dobsonfly

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dobsonfly

Thanks! From the link:

"..when threatened both sexes will raise their heads and spread their jaws menacingly."

Yep they've been doing this!

"..they can inflict painful bites, which can draw blood." D😀😀:

 

[davmat787]

Would help us identify it if you could let us know what area or region you are in.

 

[mcurphy]

Nasty looking things for sure. Glad I have never come across one!

 

[KingstonU]

Would help us identify it if you could let us know what area or region you are in.

Working in south america. I think I'll post some of the other creepy crawlies I've been encountering here just to make a list of which ones are life threatening 😀.... 😱...🙁

 

[gorcorps]

Would help us identify it if you could let us know what area or region you are in.

Maybe you missed it, but LTC8K6 found out without such info

 

[KaOTiK]

Maybe you missed it, but LTC8K6 found out without such info

I think he was asking more to know where to never go in his life 😛

 

[brainhulk]

 

[WaTaGuMp]

I wonder if they taste like chicken.

 

[LOL_Wut_Axel]

Dude, WTF is that!?

KILL IT WITH FIRE!!!

 

[KingstonU]

photo

what's with the hijacking? did you at least take this photo yourself? 🙄

 

[El Guaraguao]

Its a sand maggot.

Kill them to prevent them
from laying eggs and hatching young.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

Cordyceps?

 

[brainhulk]

 

[brainhulk]

what's with the hijacking? did you at least take this photo yourself? 🙄

i'm feeling left out because i can't see the pics @ work

 

[CZroe]

Will people PLEASE stop making these threads every time they see a Dobson fly? Despite being an avid bug enthusiast growing up, I never saw one until I was 17/18yo but I've seen a few since then and these threads have been popping up for as long as I've been here. I came in here KNOWING it'd be another Dobson fly, but I've been surprised before so I clicked it anyway.

 

[KingstonU]

what's with the hijacking? did you at least take this photo yourself? 🙄

i'm feeling left out because i can't see the pics @ work

Yah work filters suck, but not even the wikipedia page?

 

[busydude]

That is one freaky looking bug. I surely would not like to be on the receiving end of that anal spray.

 

[Newbian]

I am glad the only nasty looking bugs out here right now are earwigs and they don't bite really but just look a bit nasty.

One good thing about living where it's winter 9/12 months a year, we don't have insects or snakes large enough that can eat birds or you when you sleep. 😛

 

[Newbian]

That is one freaky looking bug. I surely would not like to be on the receiving end of that anal spray.

I believe it's never a good thing to be on that end.