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Creepiest Bug Ever!
- Thread starter Nanci
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Blue Apple Herps
aka Matthew, PhD
Insects are soooooo cool! Thanks for sharing. I took entomology as an elective when I was doing my undergrad and for the lab we had to go out and capture insects for a collection representing 10 different orders and 50 different families. Anyways, I really developed a new appreciation for insects. All I ever really thought of were grasshoppers, butterflies, ants, etc. But if you open your eyes; it's amazing the things you'll see. An excellent example of that Nanci!!
_Sam_
Kelsey
Wow, those are really awesome photos! I can't believe how well-focused they are, that's pretty neat! =) I haven't seen anything like that before...I found a house centipede in my lake house once, it was pretty creepy looking! Nothing big like your bug, though.
Hope you don't mind the photo!
Hope you don't mind the photo!
Mrs InsaneOne
I See Snakes...
That looks like something out of the Men In Black movie... I shuddered when I first looked at the pictures this afternoon and had to work up the courage to look at them again. They are kind of neat - in a gruesome sort of way, and in the second and third pics it looks like you can see the eggs inside of her thorax? abdomen? Whatever! lol
Neat pictures, I must say you take very clear and cool bug pictures.. but now I'm going to go find my bendril spray because I can feel all sorts of icky things crawling on me and I itch.
Jenn
Neat pictures, I must say you take very clear and cool bug pictures.. but now I'm going to go find my bendril spray because I can feel all sorts of icky things crawling on me and I itch.
Jenn
Nanci
Alien Lover
CALIVIK said:
She's about five inches long. I wonder if they fly???
Jenn, the creepiest thing was I tried to pick her up with chopsticks off the grill, and she was just dug in, to smooth plastic, I couldn't move her, then she jumped down to the patio, and I still couldn't pick her up, so I finally got her to walk into the dish, but she really didn't want to, and wouldn't go out into the middle and she was so strong and her feet so clawed into everything that I couldn't make her do it...
Nanci
Nanci
Alien Lover
Musk-Mare!!
This is a pair of Two-lined Walkingsticks, Anisomorpha buprestoides, also known as Musk-Mares or Devil Riders because of their habit of remaining in coitus for extremely long periods of time. The male is much smaller than the female. Beware!! They do not bite but they can spray a noxious substance from their necks that is painful if it gets in your eye.
Eisner (1965) reported that the stick insects generally discharged the secretion as a result of certain perceived threats. They can aim up to 30 to 40 cm with accuracy: "Anisomorpha discharges instantly in response to mild traumatic stimulation as, for example, when individual legs are pinched with forceps, or when the body is tapped or persistently prodded . . . Marksmanship is precise: the spray invariably drenches the particular instrument used for stimulation." Although most discharges required actual physical contact, Eisner (1965) found that the stick insects often would discharge at birds before being contacted by the bird. In trials, Eisner (1965) found the secretion to be an effective defense against ants, beetles, mice and birds; mouse- opossums (Marmosa sp.), however, managed to withstand the spray and consume the stick insect once its reservoir was depleted after up to five discharges from the larger females. One to two weeks are required to replenish the depleted reservoirs (Eisner 1965). Carlberg (1985) found that rats (Rattus norvegicus (Berkenhout)) initially were repelled, but some individuals managed to overcome the defense in subsequent attacks.
Although Gray (1835) mentioned the defensive secretion of A. buprestoides, the first account of its effect on humans that could be located was by Stewart (1937), who wrote about an incident in Texas: "The victim was observing a pair of Anisomorpha buprestoides . . . with his face within two feet of the insects, when he received the discharge in his left eye. . . The pain in his left eye was immediately excruciating; being reported to be as severe as if it had been caused by molten lead. Quick, thorough drenching with cool water allayed the burning agony to a dull aching pain. The pain eased considerably within the course of a few hours. Upon awakening the next morning the entire cornea was almost a brilliant scarlet in color and the eye was so sensitive to light and pressure for the next forty-eight hours that the patient was incapacitated for work. Vision was impaired for about five days." Symptoms gradually disappeared and there were no lasting effects. Albert (1947) described a similar but less severe incident.
Recent accounts (Dziedzyc 1992, Hatch et al. 1993, Paysse et al. 2001) report incidents with essentially similar symptoms, the first and most severe involving a dog. In that case, the dog suffered an ulcerated cornea, although the damage could have been self-inflicted after the encounter with the stick insect (Dziedzyc 1992). The recommended treatment includes immediate irrigation of the eye with large amounts of water, followed by administration of over-the-counter analgesics if needed for pain. Medical attention should be sought if more severe symptoms, such as decreased vision or light sensitivity, are present.
This is a pair of Two-lined Walkingsticks, Anisomorpha buprestoides, also known as Musk-Mares or Devil Riders because of their habit of remaining in coitus for extremely long periods of time. The male is much smaller than the female. Beware!! They do not bite but they can spray a noxious substance from their necks that is painful if it gets in your eye.
Eisner (1965) reported that the stick insects generally discharged the secretion as a result of certain perceived threats. They can aim up to 30 to 40 cm with accuracy: "Anisomorpha discharges instantly in response to mild traumatic stimulation as, for example, when individual legs are pinched with forceps, or when the body is tapped or persistently prodded . . . Marksmanship is precise: the spray invariably drenches the particular instrument used for stimulation." Although most discharges required actual physical contact, Eisner (1965) found that the stick insects often would discharge at birds before being contacted by the bird. In trials, Eisner (1965) found the secretion to be an effective defense against ants, beetles, mice and birds; mouse- opossums (Marmosa sp.), however, managed to withstand the spray and consume the stick insect once its reservoir was depleted after up to five discharges from the larger females. One to two weeks are required to replenish the depleted reservoirs (Eisner 1965). Carlberg (1985) found that rats (Rattus norvegicus (Berkenhout)) initially were repelled, but some individuals managed to overcome the defense in subsequent attacks.
Although Gray (1835) mentioned the defensive secretion of A. buprestoides, the first account of its effect on humans that could be located was by Stewart (1937), who wrote about an incident in Texas: "The victim was observing a pair of Anisomorpha buprestoides . . . with his face within two feet of the insects, when he received the discharge in his left eye. . . The pain in his left eye was immediately excruciating; being reported to be as severe as if it had been caused by molten lead. Quick, thorough drenching with cool water allayed the burning agony to a dull aching pain. The pain eased considerably within the course of a few hours. Upon awakening the next morning the entire cornea was almost a brilliant scarlet in color and the eye was so sensitive to light and pressure for the next forty-eight hours that the patient was incapacitated for work. Vision was impaired for about five days." Symptoms gradually disappeared and there were no lasting effects. Albert (1947) described a similar but less severe incident.
Recent accounts (Dziedzyc 1992, Hatch et al. 1993, Paysse et al. 2001) report incidents with essentially similar symptoms, the first and most severe involving a dog. In that case, the dog suffered an ulcerated cornea, although the damage could have been self-inflicted after the encounter with the stick insect (Dziedzyc 1992). The recommended treatment includes immediate irrigation of the eye with large amounts of water, followed by administration of over-the-counter analgesics if needed for pain. Medical attention should be sought if more severe symptoms, such as decreased vision or light sensitivity, are present.
texastailfeathers
New member
Eww, bugs!!!!! SCARY bugs! :sidestep:
Mrs InsaneOne
I See Snakes...
Now I usually think walking sticks are cool... but that thing is just so ugly and now that I know it can fling goo with the best of the kings, I think I'll just pass on getting up close and personal with them. Ever.
The Mantis on the other hand is cool. I don't know why some bugs bother me and others don't. I must be a freak... lol
Jenn
The Mantis on the other hand is cool. I don't know why some bugs bother me and others don't. I must be a freak... lol
Jenn