Caught this thing swimming in my pool last night

[dank69]

https://imgur.com/0rXyCYV

Enjoy the nightmares.

 

[JM Aggie08]

Watch your cornhole, bud.

 

[Juddog]

Check your peehole, I heard they swim up there sometimes

 

[Red Squirrel]

Hopefully they did not already make it inside somebody.

Might want to try to get Ivermectin in case you need it for it's actual purpose.

 

[BudAshes]

These are actually a beneficial creature as they kill invasive species. They go in through the nose, lay eggs in the hosts head, which then hatch and eat through the brain on the way out ridding the local ecosystem of an invasive human.

 

[KMFJD]

https://imgur.com/0rXyCYV

Enjoy the nightmares.

wtf....

 

[sdifox]

There is a reason you chlorinate your water.

 

[BoomerD]

:shudder: Definitely NOT going swimming at Dank's place again.

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

Sound like Bud was a Night Gallery fan.

"Wo alle Wege enden" The Caterpillar/Little Girl Lost (TV Episode 1972) ⭐ 8.0 | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

| TV-PG

www.imdb.com

 

[Brovane]

There is only one appropriate action to take.

 

[snoopy7548]

I'll give you $50 if you eat it.

 

[dank69]

These are actually a beneficial creature as they kill invasive species. They go in through the nose, lay eggs in the hosts head, which then hatch and eat through the brain on the way out ridding the local ecosystem of an invasive human.

It's a horsehair worm. They actually don't kill the crickets they infest. They make them seek out water so the mature worm can escape. The crickets have been known to live a semi-normal life afterward in many cases. Fascinating article on them in Wired:

Absurd Creature of the Week: The Parasitic Worm That Turns Crickets Into Suicidal Maniacs

The some 350 known species of horsehair worms invade insects. After developing for several months, the worms mind-control their hosts to make a kamikaze dive into water, and then escape through holes bored in the insect's exoskeleton. The parasites end up in a tangled knot that can be as heavy...

www.wired.com

 

[kage69]

It's a horsehair worm. They actually don't kill the crickets they infest. They make them seek out water so the mature worm can escape. The crickets have been known to live a semi-normal life afterward in many cases. Fascinating article on them in Wired:

Absurd Creature of the Week: The Parasitic Worm That Turns Crickets Into Suicidal Maniacs

The some 350 known species of horsehair worms invade insects. After developing for several months, the worms mind-control their hosts to make a kamikaze dive into water, and then escape through holes bored in the insect's exoskeleton. The parasites end up in a tangled knot that can be as heavy...

www.wired.com

Beat me to it.

They also go after cockroaches and mantids. Like a Guinea worm for bugs.

 

[kage69]

Check your peehole, I heard they swim up there sometimes

Ugh, candiru! Nasty lil barbed vampire catfish. That'll ruin a vacation pretty quick.

 

[TXHokie]

Why worry about aliens when there's plenty of things on earth that wants to kill us, visible and invisible.

 

[MrSquished]

What if it thinks your peehole looks like a cricket nostril?

 

[dank69]

:shudder: Definitely NOT going swimming at Dank's place again.

You think it's a coincidence that you swim in my pool and the next day I find this?

 

[snoopy7548]

What if it thinks your peehole looks like a cricket nostril?

*Peeholes