[ARCHIVED THREAD] - ARFcom...identify this insect... (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 7/5/2012 9:15:14 PM EDT
What kind of insect is this?
ETA: sorry for crappy pic. Had to zoom in...didnt want to get too close to an unknown insect. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Cool beans. That's a the one! I'm looking at it right now. It looks just like that. The long horn beetles have spots from my googling. And this doesnt have any. Just pure black. Also its HUGE. Like 2 or 3 inches long. It doesnt seem to move much...even when provoked. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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That bug is telling you to buy a new camera.  Fairly decent cell phone camera...except zoomed all the way in. Picture woupd be much better if it was day time and if I felt safe enough to REALLY get close. I know jack shit about beetles and whether they can be poisonous or not or can jump at you or...whatever. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Great horned beetle
http://tsaleh.blogspot.com/2007/07/great-horned-beetle.html 
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.didnt want to get too close to an unknown insect. Harden the fuck up. LOL no shit u out weight it by about 4million percent, lol J- There are poisonous insects out there. Wasn't sure if this was one of them... I'm no entomologist. Even if it isn't, if it can make a nasty bite,... who knows what kind of bacteria it may have on it's mandibles. |
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.didnt want to get too close to an unknown insect. Harden the fuck up. LOL no shit u out weight it by about 4million percent, lol J- There are poisonous insects out there. Wasn't sure if this was one of them... I'm no entomologist. Even if it isn't, if it can make a nasty bite,... who knows what kind of bacteria it may have on it's mandibles. LMAO...................thats all. J- |
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.didnt want to get too close to an unknown insect. Harden the fuck up. LOL no shit u out weight it by about 4million percent, lol J- There are poisonous insects out there. Wasn't sure if this was one of them... I'm no entomologist. Even if it isn't, if it can make a nasty bite,... who knows what kind of bacteria it may have on it's mandibles. LMAO...................thats all. J- Go google "recluse spider bite"... and tell me that there is nothing to worry about from Insect bites. 
Yeah, of course we outweigh them... that's why mother nature gave some of them some REALLY nasty defensive capabilities. My typical rule about fucking with mother nature is, don't...at least not when I'm ignorant about the animal in question. |
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Here's my typical rule about bugs. http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6078/6086858804_bc9c5e63c3_z.jpg I ran over it with a vehicle... by accident. 
The crazy thing is... it's dead, but.... IT'S NOT FLATTENED! 
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What kind of insect is this? http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g262/PatriotAr15/2012-07-05_22-09-20_326.jpg ETA: sorry for crappy pic. Had to zoom in...didnt want to get too close to an unknown insect. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile WTF AZ hometown forum members? I didn't know AZ had such pansies in their state.
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Here's my typical rule about bugs. http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6078/6086858804_bc9c5e63c3_z.jpg Please tell me that those aren't your actual hands. What the fuck is wrong with them? I think you have suffered from a wierd insect bite.
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What kind of insect is this? http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g262/PatriotAr15/2012-07-05_22-09-20_326.jpg ETA: sorry for crappy pic. Had to zoom in...didnt want to get too close to an unknown insect. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile WTF AZ hometown forum members? I didn't know AZ had such pansies in their state.
You scare me. I'm going to go sleep under my security blanket
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Here's my typical rule about bugs. http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6078/6086858804_bc9c5e63c3_z.jpg I ran over it with a vehicle... by accident.
The crazy thing is... it's dead, but.... IT'S NOT FLATTENED! I had a praying mantis repeatedly attack me inside my truck, and when it couldn't get to me, throw itself under my wheels three times as I was backing up until I finally ran over it. I guess he just got laid off or something, I've never seen an insect so pissed and suicidal. |
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For all the people accusing me of being a Pansy... I did, however, once get shot in the leg with a .45ACP... I didn't fall down, cry, or anything. I moaned, but fuck, I had a half inch hole in my leg.
On the other hand, in the ambulance, I was afraid of the morphine needle.
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.didnt want to get too close to an unknown insect. Harden the fuck up. LOL no shit u out weight it by about 4million percent, lol J- There are poisonous insects out there. Wasn't sure if this was one of them... I'm no entomologist. Even if it isn't, if it can make a nasty bite,... who knows what kind of bacteria it may have on it's mandibles. Are you fucking kidding me?!?! You would probably fly right out of your precious little mind sitting in a foxhole all night here in the south.... Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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For all the people accusing me of being a Pansy... I did, however, once get shot in the leg with a .45ACP... I didn't fall down, cry, or anything. I moaned, but fuck, I had a half inch hole in my leg. On the other hand, in the ambulance, I was afraid of the morphine needle.
"You have a half inch hole in your leg! And you're afraid of .23mm NEEDLE!?" If the beetle was carrying a .45 you would be justified in fearing it. Other than that, you're kind of a pansy. 
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Here's my typical rule about bugs. http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6078/6086858804_bc9c5e63c3_z.jpg Please tell me that those aren't your actual hands. What the fuck is wrong with them? I think you have suffered from a wierd insect bite.Not me dude. I was thinking his fingernails looked kind of werewolfish. |
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Quoted: The only insects you really need to be cautious of are wasps, hornets, and bees and such. Most of them will leave you alone unless you fuck with their nests.Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: .didnt want to get too close to an unknown insect. Harden the fuck up. LOL no shit u out weight it by about 4million percent, lol J- There are poisonous insects out there. Wasn't sure if this was one of them... I'm no entomologist. Even if it isn't, if it can make a nasty bite,... who knows what kind of bacteria it may have on it's mandibles. LMAO...................thats all. J- Go google "recluse spider bite"... and tell me that there is nothing to worry about from Insect bites. Yeah, of course we outweigh them... that's why mother nature gave some of them some REALLY nasty defensive capabilities. My typical rule about fucking with mother nature is, don't...at least not when I'm ignorant about the animal in question. |
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Here's my typical rule about bugs. http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6078/6086858804_bc9c5e63c3_z.jpg You must do hand modeling for a living. |
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Here's my typical rule about bugs. http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6078/6086858804_bc9c5e63c3_z.jpg You must do hand modeling for a living. Damn, you guys don't recognize Megan Fox anymore? |
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For all the people accusing me of being a Pansy... I did, however, once get shot in the leg with a .45ACP... I didn't fall down, cry, or anything. I moaned, but fuck, I had a half inch hole in my leg. On the other hand, in the ambulance, I was afraid of the morphine needle.
"You have a half inch hole in your leg! And you're afraid of .23mm NEEDLE!?" If the beetle was carrying a .45 you would be justified in fearing it. Other than that, you're kind of a pansy. Not really. I just have a healthy fear of the unknown. 
I am a pansy about needles though...
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We've called them Palo Verde beetles here for as long as I can remember.Carb cleaner kills them dead.ETA..or at least pisses them off enough that they go away,those things are tough as hell. Same here... Palo Verde Beetle..Because they would emerge from the ground next to Palo Verde tree stands at sun down. We use to pull them up from the ground by their antennae. Tie them to firecrackers, and bottle rockets. Let them chomp cicadas in two. |
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.didnt want to get too close to an unknown insect. Harden the fuck up. LOL no shit u out weight it by about 4million percent, lol J- There are poisonous insects out there. Wasn't sure if this was one of them... I'm no entomologist. Even if it isn't, if it can make a nasty bite,... who knows what kind of bacteria it may have on it's mandibles. All of that will help you harden the fuck up.
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