You SoCal Peeps can have your bug back!

[Jon K.]

Originally posted by gwcrim
No contributions from Florida yet?

Giant Water Bug

^^^Them sum-boogers (waterbugs) don't sting, they drill! The result is about the same, just takes a bit longer. Gee-niminey they hurt!

I did a bit of research on the velvet ant;

http://www.desertusa.com/mag01/feb/papr/ant.html

Fascinating creature!

 

[ktmboy]

We have a wasp here in Cali that is known by the slang name of 'Tarantula Hawk' because they will sting a Tarantula, which doesn't kill it but paralyses it, then lay their eggs on it to feed on the Tarantula. Picture a fuzzy reddish orange wasp about the same size as the fuzzy spider she hunts!

Then there's those Japanese beetles, about 2" long, metallic green, and they sound like an Apache helicopter when they're buzzing by your head. Harmless, but they still scare the p00p outta me!

 

[TheGrinch]

Originally posted by Kiwi Bird
Please tell me they aren't serious - Click Here :uh:

Do they taste like potatoes, or chicken? :)

 

[dirt bike dave]

Those potato bugs are scary looking, but the California 'bug' that bothers me the most is the black widow spider.  You see a lot more of them than potato bugs, too.

Of course our Aussie mates could tell us a thing or three about spiders!

 

[Okiewan]

Black Widow? Pffft. It the Brown Recluse you need to worry about.

WARNING: This is a GRAPHIC display of a BRS bite. Click at your own risk, kinda gross!

http://www.highway60.com/mark/brs/linda_bite.htm

 

[jaction125]

Why is it that every time I see "Click at your own risk" I click it anyway?

Okie, that is some disturbing stuff man :eek:

 

[Boodac]

Now that was some disturbing stuff. That had to hurt.

 

[ktmboy]

The brown recluse is some serious stuff, but don't sluff off Black Widows so easily either. I was bit by a BW once and it was no picnic!

 

[smithers]

People have different reactions to each type of bite also. Though either can kill you you can also be pretty much unscathed from either of these spiders.