What is this bug?

[CTho9305]

http://ctho.ath.cx/tmp/deleteme/1.jpg
http://ctho.ath.cx/tmp/deleteme/2.jpg
http://ctho.ath.cx/tmp/deleteme/3.jpg
http://ctho.ath.cx/tmp/deleteme/4.jpg
http://ctho.ath.cx/tmp/deleteme/5.jpg - with a penny, for size reference

 

[CTho9305]

It's a green lacewing larvae, also known as an aphid lion.

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=1...een+lacewing+larvae&btnG=Search+Images

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&q=aphid+lion&btnG=Search+Images

 

[DaTT]

it will eat your brains...so be careful

 

[Mrvile]

This was one of the quickest "What's this bug?" threads I've ever seen.

 

[Nohr]

Originally posted by: DaTT
it will eat your brains...so be careful

It looks like a mind control parasite from one of the original Star Trek movies. Crawls in your ear and burrows in to your brain! :Q

 

[alyssa]

I was expecting a cool beetle or something neat like that, so when I saw that monstrosity, I kind of jumped...