What The Heck Is This..!!!

Grasshoppers do have wings and can fly. I haven't seen the picture yet. xD Let me go look and see if I can figure out what it is.
ayanami_rei

Yah, and I don't think it's a Praying Mantis like some people are suggesting..

They appear to be very long and skinny.

Maybe it was a tiny little man dressed up in a bug outfit. killyou060606

And now he resides in my Hoover :)

[QUOTE="killyou060606"]Maybe it was a tiny little man dressed up in a bug outfit. MoonFoxx

And now he resides in my Hoover :)

:(

...on a side note. Katydids are their own family and are more closely related to the cricket family which of course means that strange tobacco-like substance comes out of their mouth when you grab them. But they're easy to grab without them being able to bite you as they have such enormous wings.

Meanie! :evil:

[QUOTE="killyou060606"]Maybe it was a tiny little man dressed up in a bug outfit. MoonFoxx

And now he resides in my Hoover :)

:(

...on a side note. Katydids are their own family and are more closely related to the cricket family which of course means that strange tobacco-like substance comes out of their mouth when you grab them. But they're easy to grab without them being able to bite you as they have such enormous wings.

Meanie! :evil:

Lord_Daemon

Sorry :( I don't like bugs.

And crickets are small and brown. You will be happy to know the other night there was one in my living room and I did save it. I took my pink flip flop and scooted his little butt back outside.

But he hopped! ..and I'm not a meanie :evil:

[QUOTE="MoonFoxx"]

[QUOTE="killyou060606"]Maybe it was a tiny little man dressed up in a bug outfit. Lord_Daemon

And now he resides in my Hoover :)

:(

...on a side note. Katydids are their own family and are more closely related to the cricket family which of course means that strange tobacco-like substance comes out of their mouth when you grab them. But they're easy to grab without them being able to bite you as they have such enormous wings.

Meanie! :evil:

[QUOTE="ayanami_rei"]Grasshoppers do have wings and can fly. I haven't seen the picture yet. xD Let me go look and see if I can figure out what it is.
MoonFoxx

Yah, and I don't think it's a Praying Mantis like some people are suggesting..

They appear to be very long and skinny.

I think it is a katydid or grasshopper. I'm pretty sure it's either of those two. Might not be a grasshopper you're used to seeing, but don't forget, there's a bunch of grasshoppers. :Payanami_rei

Well no matter what it is.. should belong outside not in my living room :( I swear the weirdest things are always in my place >__>

[QUOTE="MoonFoxx"]

[QUOTE="killyou060606"]Maybe it was a tiny little man dressed up in a bug outfit. Lord_Daemon

And now he resides in my Hoover :)

:(

...on a side note. Katydids are their own family and are more closely related to the cricket family which of course means that strange tobacco-like substance comes out of their mouth when you grab them. But they're easy to grab without them being able to bite you as they have such enormous wings.

Meanie! :evil:

I thought that crickets and grasshoppers were in the same family.

*Goes to wikipedia to research insect taxonomy*

Oh, it's definitely not a praying mantis. :) Those are my favorite bugs.ayanami_rei

I never heard anyone having a favorite bug :o I don't like bugs.. well except butterflies ^__^

[QUOTE="ayanami_rei"]I think it is a katydid or grasshopper. I'm pretty sure it's either of those two. Might not be a grasshopper you're used to seeing, but don't forget, there's a bunch of grasshoppers. :PMoonFoxx

Well no matter what it is.. should belong outside not in my living room :( I swear the weirdest things are always in my place >__>

[QUOTE="ayanami_rei"]Oh, it's definitely not a praying mantis. :) Those are my favorite bugs.MoonFoxx

I never heard anyone having a favorite bug :o I don't like bugs.. well except butterflies ^__^

I thought that crickets and grasshoppers were in the same family.

*Goes to wikipedia to research insect taxonomy*

MrGeezer

You should become an Entomologist :o

Oh, it's definitely not a praying mantis. :) Those are my favorite bugs.ayanami_rei

Yes! I've always loved praying mantis but through most of my childhood I rarely came across them. But when I did I was so excited that I would keep them for weeks on end finding annoying bugs in my garden to feed them. But eventually I didn't want to check in on it someday and find it dead I would put it in my garden. And since that's supposed to be major bad mojo bad luck to keep them and quite good luck to let them go I figured why tempt fate?

The only thing I didn't like about them is that if you don't grab them exactly right they will turn their body and grab you back! :o

>__> Least you don't have spiders following you around. :cry: Every room I'm in in my house, there's always a spider. There were a bunch of spiders when I was in my old room, then I was kicked out of it. I go into my sister's room (the room I'm in now; she moved), all of a sudden there's spiders.ayanami_rei

I hate spiders :cry: I'm scared to death of them. And if I see huge ones.. they get Hoovered too :x

Last week there was a HUGE one on the wall of my bedroom.. I wanted to scream but it was like 1am.

[QUOTE="ayanami_rei"] Oh, it's definitely not a praying mantis. :) Those are my favorite bugs.Lord_Daemon

Yes! I've always loved praying mantis but through most of my childhood I rarely came across them. But when I did I was so excited that I would keep them for weeks on end finding annoying bugs in my garden to feed them. But eventually I didn't want to check in on it someday and find it dead I would put it in my garden. And since that's supposed to be major bad mojo bad luck to keep them and quite good luck to let them go I figured why tempt fate?

The only thing I didn't like about them is that if you don't grab them exactly right they will turn their body and grab you back! :o

Why are you guys scared of bugs? You're bigger than they are :?Superbored

Why are you guys scared of bugs? You're bigger than they are :?Superbored

They're ugly and creepy :?

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/145/399692295_93cca6a849.jpg?v=0

i think it's one of those.

SHeesh why is this thread so popular we already said it's either a grasshopper or that one a word or whatever. Is it because the TP is a girl?? JurockDaRock

SHeesh why is this thread so popular we already said it's either a grasshopper or that one a word or whatever. Is it because the TP is a girl?? JurockDaRock

SHeesh why is this thread so popular we already said it's either a grasshopper or that one a word or whatever. Is it because the TP is a girl?? JurockDaRock

Well maybe it's because we're discussing which is what people are suppose to do in topics. And I don't appreciate the TC comment :|

[QUOTE="ayanami_rei"]>__> Least you don't have spiders following you around. :cry: Every room I'm in in my house, there's always a spider. There were a bunch of spiders when I was in my old room, then I was kicked out of it. I go into my sister's room (the room I'm in now; she moved), all of a sudden there's spiders.MoonFoxx

I hate spiders :cry: I'm scared to death of them. And if I see huge ones.. they get Hoovered too :x

Last week there was a HUGE one on the wall of my bedroom.. I wanted to scream but it was like 1am.

Same thing happened to me the other day. Same situation big spider, late at night. The spider had to be 5 inches wide. I tried to smash him, but he feel behind my TV stand. He was so big i thought he was gonna knock down my stand, and TV. Anyway, I wasn't going behind the TV stand to get him so i slept in another room. I'm usally not afraid of bugs, but when you take up one-half of your room, and the spider takes up the other half. You don't want to be in there.

SHeesh why is this thread so popular we already said it's either a grasshopper or that one a word or whatever. Is it because the TP is a girl?? JurockDaRock

Could be a nice change from the constant spam that is religion, homosexuality & emo problem threads that we actually enjoy discussing something interesting for a change.

Just a thought ;-)

:lol: Yeah. We have a lot of them at my house. I found out on the screen and it wouldn't let me be grabbed. It was a baby and I tried so hard not to squish it. The one cat that is outside likes to eat them, so we try to hide them from the cat. A jumping spider tried to attack a praying mantis, but the praying mantis turned it's body half way and went to attack it because the jumping spider jumped on it. :lol:ayanami_rei

Jumping spiders are the only spiders that don't bother me. I like the fact that they stay out of my way, don't spin annoying webs that I can run into, and they don't run around like idiots all over furniture and my person. They just sit there near the cracks and jump out and grab silly crickets, flies and ants. I also like the way they just skitter back a few inches if you poke at them -- and they're fluffy when they get big! :)

Did you know that after re-examining insect biology underneath a new hyper-powered x-ray machine they believe they understand why insects were so huge during the carboniferous period and...they think they can re-create the environment that would produce much larger insects! :o They've already done some preliminary tests on fruit flies and got them to grow slightly larger than normal so that's a good sign. Of course they're not sure how many generations it might take to yield giants but I'm definitely interested in furthering such studies. It would be very interesting to have a 3 foot long dragonfly skittering around the neighborhood picking off small stray yapping dogs.

[QUOTE="JurockDaRock"]SHeesh why is this thread so popular we already said it's either a grasshopper or that one a word or whatever. Is it because the TP is a girl?? Paul_06

Haha sure. Imma do a topic like OMFG WHAT IS THIS?!!! and have a blurry bug pic, and im goingto have 2 pages at most. And like I said, what is there to discuss? What the heck is it? Its a grasshopper. Closed.

[QUOTE="Superbored"]Why are you guys scared of bugs? You're bigger than they are :?MoonFoxx

They're ugly and creepy :?

My girlfriend is ugly and creepy, but that doesn't mean that I'm afraid of her.

Same thing happened to me the other day. Same situation big spider, late at night. The spider had to be 5 inches wide. I tried to smash him, but he feel behind my TV stand. He was so big i thought he was gonna knock down my stand, and TV. Anyway, I wasn't going behind the TV stand to get him so i slept in another room. I'm usally not afraid of bugs, but when you take up one-half of your room, and the spider takes up the other half. You don't want to be in there.

gatorteen

Ugh :? I'd have slept in my neighbor's apartment :P

I hate those big thick fat ugly ones. AHHHHHHH I get goosebumps just thinking of it >__>

Because we're talking about bugs? :| She asked what kind of bug it was, it lead to a conversation about bugs. What is wrong with that?ayanami_rei

He needs to stop trolling :?

But like my friend Tep said.. at least it's something different than religion and girl help topics all the time.

-_- young grasshoppa has become strong and big!

[QUOTE="ayanami_rei"]:lol: Yeah. We have a lot of them at my house. I found out on the screen and it wouldn't let me be grabbed. It was a baby and I tried so hard not to squish it. The one cat that is outside likes to eat them, so we try to hide them from the cat. A jumping spider tried to attack a praying mantis, but the praying mantis turned it's body half way and went to attack it because the jumping spider jumped on it. :lol:Lord_Daemon

Jumping spiders are the only spiders that don't bother me. I like the fact that they stay out of my way, don't spin annoying webs that I can run into, and they don't run around like idiots all over furniture and my person. They just sit there near the cracks and jump out and grab silly crickets, flies and ants. I also like the way they just skitter back a few inches if you poke at them -- and they're fluffy when they get big! :)

Did you know that after re-examining insect biology underneath a new hyper-powered x-ray machine they believe they understand why insects were so huge during the carboniferous period and...they think they can re-create the environment that would produce much larger insects! :o They've already done some preliminary tests on fruit flies and got them to grow slightly larger than normal so that's a good sign. Of course they're not sure how many generations it might take to yield giants but I'm definitely interested in furthering such studies. It would be very interesting to have a 3 foot long dragonfly skittering around the neighborhood picking off small stray yapping dogs.

I heard it was because of higher oxygen levels. Anyway, giant dragonflies picking up small animals...like people's kids :o

Not good :?

[QUOTE="ayanami_rei"]:lol: Yeah. We have a lot of them at my house. I found out on the screen and it wouldn't let me be grabbed. It was a baby and I tried so hard not to squish it. The one cat that is outside likes to eat them, so we try to hide them from the cat. A jumping spider tried to attack a praying mantis, but the praying mantis turned it's body half way and went to attack it because the jumping spider jumped on it. :lol:Lord_Daemon

Jumping spiders are the only spiders that don't bother me. I like the fact that they stay out of my way, don't spin annoying webs that I can run into, and they don't run around like idiots all over furniture and my person. They just sit there near the cracks and jump out and grab silly crickets, flies and ants. I also like the way they just skitter back a few inches if you poke at them -- and they're fluffy when they get big! :)

Did you know that after re-examining insect biology underneath a new hyper-powered x-ray machine they believe they understand why insects were so huge during the carboniferous period and...they think they can re-create the environment that would produce much larger insects! :o They've already done some preliminary tests on fruit flies and got them to grow slightly larger than normal so that's a good sign. Of course they're not sure how many generations it might take to yield giants but I'm definitely interested in furthering such studies. It would be very interesting to have a 3 foot long dragonfly skittering around the neighborhood picking off small stray yapping dogs.

I don't like spiders period. ._. They scare me. The jumping spiders always try to stuck up their front legs, as if going to attack me. :o I tried to get two daddy long legs to fight! But one just dragged the other one around. >__> I also caught a crab spider.

[QUOTE="Paul_06"][QUOTE="JurockDaRock"]SHeesh why is this thread so popular we already said it's either a grasshopper or that one a word or whatever. Is it because the TP is a girl?? JurockDaRock

Haha sure. Imma do a topic like OMFG WHAT IS THIS?!!! and have a blurry bug pic, and im goingto have 2 pages at most. And like I said, what is there to discuss? What the heck is it? Its a grasshopper. Closed.

Cause we're having fun doing it? I mean come on lighten up we're here to have fun, and all you're doing is trolling this thread trying to ruin said fun.

[QUOTE="Lord_Daemon"]

[QUOTE="ayanami_rei"]:lol: Yeah. We have a lot of them at my house. I found out on the screen and it wouldn't let me be grabbed. It was a baby and I tried so hard not to squish it. The one cat that is outside likes to eat them, so we try to hide them from the cat. A jumping spider tried to attack a praying mantis, but the praying mantis turned it's body half way and went to attack it because the jumping spider jumped on it. :lol:Superbored

Jumping spiders are the only spiders that don't bother me. I like the fact that they stay out of my way, don't spin annoying webs that I can run into, and they don't run around like idiots all over furniture and my person. They just sit there near the cracks and jump out and grab silly crickets, flies and ants. I also like the way they just skitter back a few inches if you poke at them -- and they're fluffy when they get big! :)

Did you know that after re-examining insect biology underneath a new hyper-powered x-ray machine they believe they understand why insects were so huge during the carboniferous period and...they think they can re-create the environment that would produce much larger insects! :o They've already done some preliminary tests on fruit flies and got them to grow slightly larger than normal so that's a good sign. Of course they're not sure how many generations it might take to yield giants but I'm definitely interested in furthering such studies. It would be very interesting to have a 3 foot long dragonfly skittering around the neighborhood picking off small stray yapping dogs.

I heard it was because of higher oxygen levels. Anyway, giant dragonflies picking up small animals...like peoples kids:o

Not good:?

There are upsides. They can deliver mail faster then postmen. Plus we need to pay the dragonflies somehow.

[QUOTE="MoonFoxx"]

[QUOTE="Superbored"]Why are you guys scared of bugs? You're bigger than they are :?MrGeezer

They're ugly and creepy :?

My girlfriend is ugly and creepy, but that doesn't mean that I'm afraid of her.

:cry: I feel bad for laughing.

[QUOTE="Paul_06"][QUOTE="JurockDaRock"]SHeesh why is this thread so popular we already said it's either a grasshopper or that one a word or whatever. Is it because the TP is a girl?? JurockDaRock

Haha sure. Imma do a topic like OMFG WHAT IS THIS?!!! and have a blurry bug pic, and im goingto have 2 pages at most. And like I said, what is there to discuss? What the heck is it? Its a grasshopper. Closed.

My girlfriend is ugly and creepy, but that doesn't mean that I'm afraid of her.

MrGeezer

That is so mean to say :o I'm sure she is neither of those things....

I heard it was because of higher oxygen levels. Anyway, giant dragonflies picking up small animals...like people's kids :o

Not good :?

Superbored

You heard correctly sir! That and a rich diet should hopefully, if the theory proves itself out, in the result of larger and larger insects. To what end I'm not sure as I didn't keep up my studies in that field but regardless, the Tesla in me wants to see it happen just to do it!

[QUOTE="Paul_06"][QUOTE="JurockDaRock"]SHeesh why is this thread so popular we already said it's either a grasshopper or that one a word or whatever. Is it because the TP is a girl?? JurockDaRock

Haha sure. Imma do a topic like OMFG WHAT IS THIS?!!! and have a blurry bug pic, and im goingto have 2 pages at most. And like I said, what is there to discuss? What the heck is it? Its a grasshopper. Closed.

Anyway, I'm not really sure if I want to know, but I'd like to know if a bug bite led to the staph infection on the back of my neck. >_> Despite my hatred for bugs, I'm usually the one who has to take them out... I kinda go into "kill mode" when I see one. Bees and wasps are particularly nasty, and that moth that was buzzing around my computer the other night was just annoying.

Anyone know what a Huntsman spider is?

Remember that giant-spider-behind-a-clock picture that used to be posted here? Well, that was a huntsman spider.

Anyway, once at my mom's house, she saw a big huntsman spider on the ceiling and asked me to get it. So I tried to catch it (humane captures only, I won't kill harmless animals just because people are afraid of them). But those spiders are fast, so it ended up getting away.

Anyway, my mom started yelling at me for not catching it, because she's really afraid of spiders. And I'm thinking, "jesus christ, mom, I was doing YOU a favour. I didn't have to try to catch the spider at all."

So in order to put her in her place, I said, "hey, look on the bright side. At least I didn't damage the spider's egg sack."

She then asks me how many eggs these spiders carry in their egg sacks, and i said, "I'm not sure, but I'll bet it's at least 400 or so."

I expected her to start yelling at me again, at which point I could say "haha, mom, there was no egg sack! I just made that up to mess with you! That's what you get for freaking out over one tiny little spider!"

But she didn't yell at me at all. She didn't say anything. She just fell to her knees and started weeping. And that made me feel kind of bad. Even though she was TOTALLY overreacting, I had made my mom cry, and that made me feel bad. So I tried telling her that there was no egg sack, and that I just said that there was one as a joke. But she didn't believe me, she just kept right on crying.

[QUOTE="MrGeezer"]

My girlfriend is ugly and creepy, but that doesn't mean that I'm afraid of her.

MoonFoxx

That is so mean to say :o I'm sure she is neither of those things....

Even Bob Dylan once said "I'm in love with the ugliest girl in the world."

BTW, I should have said that my girlfriend WAS ugly and creepy, since she's not my girlfriend any more. And that makes it okay. You can say that your ex-girlfriend is ugly and/or creepy, because you are not dating her any more.

Look... if your angry about a thread doing well, no one's forcing you to post in it.

Anyway, I'm not really sure if I want to know, but I'd like to know if a bug bite led to the staph infection on the back of my neck. >_> Despite my hatred for bugs, I'm usually the one who has to take them out... I kinda go into "kill mode" when I see one. Bees and wasps are particularly nasty, and that moth that was buzzing around my computer the other night was just annoying.

MAILER_DAEMON

Yuck bees are so bothersome. About a month ago, a wasp got in here.. and I was playing Guitar Hero at the time. That thing floated right across in front of me like it was in slow motion. I screeched, jumped off the sofa.. and dropped the guitar :lol: Needless to say I failed the song as I took my shoe and beat the crap out of it when it finally landed on the floor >__>

Look... if your angry about a thread doing well, no one's forcing you to post in it.

Anyway, I'm not really sure if I want to know, but I'd like to know if a bug bite led to the staph infection on the back of my neck. >_> Despite my hatred for bugs, I'm usually the one who has to take them out... I kinda go into "kill mode" when I see one. Bees and wasps are particularly nasty, and that moth that was buzzing around my computer the other night was just annoying.

MAILER_DAEMON

Wasps are one of the few flying insects that fill me full of fear and anger at the same time. Bees I just shoo away when they get too curious, but most wasps I encounter have been incredibly aggressive and I will not stand for a nest anywhere near my property. To make matters worse, I discovered a particular species that lives in the mountains of Japan. At 3 inches long and packing 3/4 inch stingers these things are monsters. One of them can take out an entire bee colony. Watch as a wandering queen hunts down and kills a praying mantis!