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LordJezo
10-09-2008, 04:01 PM
I just found this thing hiding in a bag inside my house. Was an inch or two long. This is the only shot I got because I took it outside and kicked it away. Pretty crazy looking thing, and huge.

http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/7387/monsterdg9.jpg
TooLowBrow
10-09-2008, 04:03 PM
thats a spider, man
~Katja~
10-09-2008, 04:05 PM
the torso looks a bit slimmer on yours... but could it be one of these damn stink bugs?
http://lamarhowell.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/stinkbug1.jpg
KatPw
10-09-2008, 04:07 PM
I think it might be from this insect order: http://bugguide.net/node/view/76
SatCam
10-09-2008, 04:11 PM
I just found this thing hiding in a bag inside my house. Was an inch or two long. This is the only shot I got because I took it outside and kicked it away. Pretty crazy looking thing, and huge.

http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/7387/monsterdg9.jpg

where do you live, antarctica?????????
Bossanova
10-09-2008, 04:24 PM
That is an Adult Wheel Bug aka The Assassin Beetle. These things have intense teeth like barracudas and their bite hurts so much.
Hottub
10-09-2008, 04:32 PM
thats a spider, man

only 6 legs.
Sooray!
sr71blackbird
10-09-2008, 04:33 PM
Yeeesh..I do not like the look of it (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheel_bug)
Bossanova
10-09-2008, 04:35 PM
They are nuts. The nymph actually looks like a spider and scorpian morphed together.
Don Stugots
10-09-2008, 04:37 PM
I just found this thing hiding in a bag inside my house. Was an inch or two long. This is the only shot I got because I took it outside and kicked it away. Pretty crazy looking thing, and huge.

http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/7387/monsterdg9.jpg

that is called, the hottub.
Bossanova
10-09-2008, 04:39 PM
that is called, the hottub.

Well..... It certainly s cree....... never mind
LordJezo
10-09-2008, 04:44 PM
the torso looks a bit slimmer on yours... but could it be one of these damn stink bugs?

Those we have, they have completely infested the area and are becoming a huge problem out here. Rutgers is even doing a study on them.
https://njaes.rutgers.edu/stinkbug/
It's getting bad.


That is an Adult Wheel Bug aka The Assassin Beetle. These things have intense teeth like barracudas and their bite hurts so much.

Hmm, that might make sense, I did just bring in some shrubs from outside due to the frost and this guy was found in the room where the tree looking one was put.. pretty intense find.
Bossanova
10-09-2008, 04:51 PM
it def is. My friend had encountered one when it bit him while he was taking the cover off of his grill. He had a friend who was in est control and he confirmed what it was. I saw a few of them at my house before I move to Morris Co. yet to see one here
LordJezo
10-09-2008, 04:54 PM
it def is. My friend had encountered one when it bit him while he was taking the cover off of his grill. He had a friend who was in est control and he confirmed what it was. I saw a few of them at my house before I move to Morris Co. yet to see one here

Good thing I didn't touch it. What did the bite do? Did it give a spider bite kind of reaction with swelling and all that or did it just sting?

Hopefully that was the only one hiding out, I really do not want a biting bug infestation in my house.
Bossanova
10-09-2008, 05:06 PM
Good thing I didn't touch it. What did the bite do? Did it give a spider bite kind of reaction with swelling and all that or did it just sting?

Hopefully that was the only one hiding out, I really do not want a biting bug infestation in my house.

His friend said they usually don't travel in bunches unless you had the egg sack near by. It bit his knuckle and his knuckile got really swollen., way worse than a spider bite. Kind of looked like a marble under his skin
TheMojoPin
10-09-2008, 05:08 PM
The bite just really hurts unless you're randomly allergic to Assassin Bugs.

They're good bugs to have around since they eat pretty much any other insect around, including all of the actual pests, and they generally stay out of the way.
torker
10-09-2008, 07:07 PM
only 6 legs.
Sooray!
http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/4246/arachnidwarriorbugvq9.jpg
Your basic Arachnid warrior isn't too smart, but you can blow off a limb.
spoon
10-09-2008, 07:45 PM
I believe it's a mega-crab from Justice4All and his AFF ventures. I can't believe ur cheating on Sheepy.
tele7
10-09-2008, 08:47 PM
That's just the toy that comes with the Sonic kids meal.
ahhdurr
10-09-2008, 09:16 PM
the torso looks a bit slimmer on yours... but could it be one of these damn stink bugs?
http://lamarhowell.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/stinkbug1.jpg

Dumbass bugs - I have those around and have seen a couple in the house. Frig.

I like how the Rutgers article basically says that the best thing to do is keep them out... along with the cold, burgalers, family members and other pesky things.
Fallon
10-09-2008, 09:18 PM
thats a spider, man

only 6 legs.
Sooray!

He didn't say it was a healthy spider.
red_red_red
10-10-2008, 03:36 AM
http://www.whatsthatbug.com/
topless_mike
10-13-2008, 10:42 AM
They're good bugs to have around since they eat pretty much any other insect around, including all of the actual pests, and they generally stay out of the way.


maybe they need a few of these at the o & a events....
joethebartender
10-13-2008, 11:06 AM
that is called, the hottub.

Creepy.