Uhhh did Typhon break containment in real life?
Someone explain the science of them surviving that. I never understood it. Are they as hard as a rock and your skin bends around them?
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Is There Any Bug More Startling Than These?
- Thread starter Zombine
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Someone explain the science of them surviving that. I never understood it. Are they as hard as a rock and your skin bends around them?
They've got flattened and pliable bodies, so squishing them is hard.
But they can't breathe alcohol. Drop 'em in a jar of 75% ethanol and they will die.
If this wasn't what the OP was I was gonna offer it as an example.Silverfish aka house centipedes
These Lovecraftian horrors pop out of fucking nowhere and scurry away or toward you like something out of John Carpenter's the Thing. They're harmless, but dear god do they scare me more than any other bug I've encountered. So damn creepy...
Seen one of these guys exactly once. While taking a shower. Reaching for my shampoo bottle.
Wasn't exactly OK for a while after that.
It doesn't look so convincing when not viewed in profile, but yeah that's one of my favorites.
Ant mimicry in general is endlessly fascinating to me.
But I can't dip the flea comb in ethanol and continue to comb my kittens, can I?
Silverfish aka house centipedes
These Lovecraftian horrors pop out of fucking nowhere and scurry away or toward you like something out of John Carpenter's the Thing. They're harmless, but dear god do they scare me more than any other bug I've encountered. So damn creepy...
We had these in Chicago and Indiana. My dad used to calk them Thousand Leggers. Things are creepy as fuck. Never wanted to smash them because they are too big.
Bed bugs. Theyre tiny. They dont carry diseases. And theyre super slow. And many people are resistant to their bites. But damn if the fuckers arent insanely hard to remove from your house. The easiest way is paying someone $2000 to heat your house to 150 degrees which may or may not break some shit.
Then if you ever see or think you see one again you just get this deep sense of dread that the fuckers are back.
Then if you ever see or think you see one again you just get this deep sense of dread that the fuckers are back.
Anyone else just get itchy? Were I live we don't have that many bad bugs as the cold seems to kill them off.
Was just coming back to post something along this line. Assassin spiders have always been one of those bugs that I look at and fail to understand what I'm seeing for a minute or so.
If you see, for instance, a big amber colored cockroach on the bed one day, does that mean there's probably a whole crew of it lurking around somewhere? I heard that that's primarily only the case for the small ones. Askin' 'cause that was my bed it was on. >_<
Lol, the monthly house centipede thread. Those things are harmless and I actually try to pick them up whenever I find one to scare my little sis. But they're so fragile their legs fall off very easily. Leave them be, they murder roaches.
I like these things.
I like these things.
I'm paranoid of going into my bathrooms on humid days because of these lovecraftian fucks. If they just didn't have those god damn legs I'd be fine with them. Also the fact that they're ungodly fast.
I also saw a black hornet flying in my bathroom earlier today so I quickly shut the door and ran but when I went back it wasn't there and now I have even more trust issues with my bathroom.
I also saw a black hornet flying in my bathroom earlier today so I quickly shut the door and ran but when I went back it wasn't there and now I have even more trust issues with my bathroom.
Look at this monstrosity.https://i./i/pix/2016/02/08/08/30FD4D7300000578-0-image-a-5_1454921338375.jpg http://www./news/article-3436861/Why-want-poke-Insect-breeder-taunts-freaky-looking-whip-spider-gets-bitten-multiple-times-camera.html
Always.
I was mad at myself for clicking the thread thinking a picture of one was waiting for me.
I'm ridiculously fucking terrified of them.
Fuck this thread!Was just coming back to post something along this line. Assassin spiders have always been one of those bugs that I look at and fail to understand what I'm seeing for a minute or so.
Ah come on, they're the most harmless bugs you'll ever come across... They just like to crawl, is all...
I've been seeing more and more of these bastards lately (in Virginia):
I've heard of them as "Japanese Hornets, but I don't know their real name.
If a stinging animal that size doesn't freak you out, you have more guts than I do.
And my dad's house used to be filled with these monsters (cave crickets) when I was a kid.
They're extremely hard to kill because they're so quick, and they actually bite you if they land on you.
I've heard of them as "Japanese Hornets, but I don't know their real name.
If a stinging animal that size doesn't freak you out, you have more guts than I do.
And my dad's house used to be filled with these monsters (cave crickets) when I was a kid.
They're extremely hard to kill because they're so quick, and they actually bite you if they land on you.
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The legs are detachable on purpose, like a lizard tail. I learned the hard way the first time I saw one and tried to spray it (before knowing they are beneficial and harmless) and having a wriggling wall of left behind legs. They should grow back in time which is good for them since they can live for years.
They are very clean and will clean each leg individually, remembering where they left off if they get interrupted.
That silverfish doesn't trigger me at all, like a -1 on my scale. Its a bug, and not a scary one but perhaps this is a personal thing for each person. I sometimes find killing large spiders a bit freaky or trapping rats outside in having to dispose of their corpses.
They are actually pretty great pets. You can even wrestle them. at least they don't bite you to death
Assuming that they're legitimately Japanese hornets, those things are complete bad-asses. According to the video below, 30 of them can take out 30,000 honeybees within the span of 3 hours. You can just see them ripping their heads off and everything.I've been seeing more and more of these bastards lately (in Virginia):
I've heard of them as "Japanese Hornets, but I don't know their real name.
If a stinging animal that size doesn't freak you out, you have more guts than I do.
We see maybe one a year. They are very useful in taking out other bugs. I generally have a live and let live policy towards insects, but if I see one I put a video game AI level effort toward stalking and killing it. Those are the rules and they are unflinchingly rigid. I don't want my insect assassins getting sloppy.