Denisemomof4 Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 You betcha! All this fuss for a wittle cutie-bug. Goodness. Did you SEE those round, inquisitive little eyes? And did you know the females eat their mates? You need to come to my house so I can SMACK SOME SENSE INTO YOU!!! At one time, dh wanted to send me to a camp to overcome my fear of bugs. I've come a LOOOOOOOOOONG way, but THREE INCHES??!!! That thing needs TWO zip codes!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denisemomof4 Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 Okay, seriously :lol: seeing "what meat for tacos" thread right above this one... We moved to the county when we first moved to PA. My kids brought me a "catepillar" from our landlady's garden (farm country!). I started to take the cup from them when I realised the thing was green, bigger than my middle finger, had a horn, and was trying to crawl out of the cup. I screamed, dropped it, and told to take it back over there and FIND OUT WHAT THAT THING WAS! Tabacco Worm...cutest ugly worm-monster I ever did see. does it look like a tomato horn worm? My kids feed them to the chickens. I feel bad for them :sad: but they're kinda freaky, too. They're also kinda cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest submarines Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 Potato bugs are freaky. SO GLAD we don't have them in NH. I still have nightmares over those monsters. I saw an episode of Night Gallery once where an earwig entered a man's ear during his sleep. It laid eggs in his brain, and mom and babies ate the man's brain and he went insane in the process. :scared: Have you ever seen a dead potato bug with a HORSE HAIR crawling out of it??? :svengo::svengo::svengo: I LOVE WINTER. BRING IT ON. NO BUGS. I'm pretty sure that was the show where they show realistic looking scenarios, and then ask the viewers to guess whether a scenario was true or an urban legend. The earwig one was the urban legend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWOB Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 That's what we call them too. I haven't seen one in years but use to often as a child. When my aunt was a child she saw a leaf 'walking', she picked it up and ouch! There was a Potato Bug under the leaf and it bit her. She said it hurt like heck and her finger swelled pretty big:eek:. THEY BITE?!?!?!?! Guess I won't sleep tonight. Nebraska is RIGHT NEXT TO Wyoming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denisemomof4 Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 :iagree: Or vodka. I have some of that. I think I need some. With cranberry juice and mandarin orange stevia since cj isn't sweetened. Will it rid me of this nausea and all this itching? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommaduck Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 does it look like a tomato horn worm? My kids feed them to the chickens. I feel bad for them :sad: but they're kinda freaky, too. They're also kinda cool. I have no idea. I've never seen one of those either. I do not intend to look it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denisemomof4 Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 :crying: I don't need to ever sleep again right? I am sure you just made sure of it. :blink: well then we should exchange phone numbers and talk all night. That picture of the bug, along with that other picture of the mole cricket, will have me awake until the day I die!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denisemomof4 Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 I'm pretty sure that was the show where they show realistic looking scenarios, and then ask the viewers to guess whether a scenario was true or an urban legend. The earwig one was the urban legend. oh thank God. I started to feel dizzy reading the above! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wy_kid_wrangler04 Posted September 23, 2011 Author Share Posted September 23, 2011 You need to come to my house so I can SMACK SOME SENSE INTO YOU!!! At one time, dh wanted to send me to a camp to overcome my fear of bugs. I've come a LOOOOOOOOOONG way, but THREE INCHES??!!! That thing needs TWO zip codes!!!!!!!!!!! :001_huh: You keep reminding me how big this thing is and your typing keeps getting bigger like that monster in my house that my kids now have in a gallon zip lock bag in a jar under a bowl with 2 dictionaries on top :lol: THEY BITE?!?!?!?! Guess I won't sleep tonight. Nebraska is RIGHT NEXT TO Wyoming. Yes, they bite but it says they are not venomous and apparently that gigantic pointy thing out of its butt doesn't sting either :001_huh: so it says. Oh yes, they are in Nebraska too says this article and I quote: NORTH AMERICAN REACH: Washington; Idaho; Montana; Oregon; California; Arizona; New Mexico; Nebraska; Kansas; Wyoming; Oklahoma; Texas; Colorado; Washington Sorry- but if I can't sleep I need company! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anneinco Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 That's what we call them too. I haven't seen one in years but use to often as a child. I must have seen them as a child because it looked familiar, and as soon as someone said potato bug it just fit. I think I erased it from my memory though *shudder* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wy_kid_wrangler04 Posted September 23, 2011 Author Share Posted September 23, 2011 well then we should exchange phone numbers and talk all night. That picture of the bug, along with that other picture of the mole cricket, will have me awake until the day I die!!!!!!! I am all for that. I am SO creeped out right now and dh had the nerve to LAUGH at me. And I don't mean just a small laugh, he was :smilielol5: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anneinco Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 They are in Washington/Oregon too?!! I figured I would have been safe now that I left Colorado... I see they are also in Calif., makes sense that I probably did see as a child since that is where I grew up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denisemomof4 Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 :001_huh: You keep reminding me how big this thing is and your typing keeps getting bigger like that monster in my house that my kids now have in a gallon zip lock bag in a jar under a bowl with 2 dictionaries on top :lol: Don't worry about the size. Those three inches are as big as they're going to get. But I think that bug now needs THREE ZIP CODES. :lol::lol::lol: PLEASE have your kids add a few cinder blocks on top of those dictionaries.;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denisemomof4 Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 I am all for that. I am SO creeped out right now and dh had the nerve to LAUGH at me. And I don't mean just a small laugh, he was :smilielol5: He SOOOOOOOOOOO owes you. ;):lol::lol::lol: I have to syringe feed my chicken now (yes! Seriously!) but I'm making myself a drink because my stomach is SO UPSET. And maybe I'll get sleepy in an hour. And maybe it will calm me down. Or kill the earwigs in my brain or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerPoppy Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 You need to come to my house so I can SMACK SOME SENSE INTO YOU!!! At one time, dh wanted to send me to a camp to overcome my fear of bugs. I've come a LOOOOOOOOOONG way, but THREE INCHES??!!! That thing needs TWO zip codes!!!!!!!!!!! :lol: Sorry, I'm un-sensible-smackable. But if that paper clip in the original picture is any ordinary paperclip, then I must propose the idea that labeling the bug as "three inches" might have been a wee bit exaggeratory... That's ok; it happens when people see bugs. I remember seeing my first hornworn and swearing it was as long as my hand. It wasn't. ;) (Yes, I'm fond of coining words.) :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommaduck Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 *wondering how my son would react if I made that photo his background picture on the laptop...* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denisemomof4 Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 I guessed it was a jerusalem cricket before I even opened this thread. :lol: I've only seen them in Northern California. The first time I saw one I thought it was a small alien. It was sitting in the playhouse of a preschool where I worked. The kids loved it. The next one I saw had drowned in our swimming pool. We found so many odd bugs and creatures in that pool. And each time we found something my dh insisted a bird must have dropped it.:001_huh: I'm from No. CA and I've never seen one. THANK GOODNESS for that. I had enough with earwigs, potato bugs, horse hairs, and silver fish. The silver fish used to climb up into the tubs and sinks from the drains during a drought. :svengo: To this day I fear them while showering. And I live in NH!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wy_kid_wrangler04 Posted September 23, 2011 Author Share Posted September 23, 2011 Don't worry about the size. Those three inches are as big as they're going to get. But I think that bug now needs THREE ZIP CODES. :lol::lol::lol: PLEASE have your kids add a few cinder blocks on top of those dictionaries.;) I want my mommy :crying: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerPoppy Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 Whats your address????? He is YOURS If only I wasn't in Canada. :glare: I'm pretty sure border-control would have a problem with sending live creatures. Phooey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denisemomof4 Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 :lol: Sorry, I'm un-sensible-smackable. But if that paper clip in the original picture is any ordinary paperclip, then I must propose the idea that labeling the bug as "three inches" might have been a wee bit exaggeratory... That's ok; it happens when people see bugs. I remember seeing my first hornworn and swearing it was as long as my hand. It wasn't. ;) (Yes, I'm fond of coining words.) :D you missed the part where she states that the paper clip is SEVEN INCHES long! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wy_kid_wrangler04 Posted September 23, 2011 Author Share Posted September 23, 2011 :lol: Sorry, I'm un-sensible-smackable. But if that paper clip in the original picture is any ordinary paperclip, then I must propose the idea that labeling the bug as "three inches" might have been a wee bit exaggeratory... That's ok; it happens when people see bugs. I remember seeing my first hornworn and swearing it was as long as my hand. It wasn't. ;) (Yes, I'm fond of coining words.) :D Its a large paper clip, you know- they have the regular size, mini's and large, yup- this is a large. The big one-- :001_huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerPoppy Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 you missed the part where she states that the paper clip is SEVEN INCHES long! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wy_kid_wrangler04 Posted September 23, 2011 Author Share Posted September 23, 2011 you missed the part where she states that the paper clip is SEVEN INCHES long! Exactly!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wy_kid_wrangler04 Posted September 23, 2011 Author Share Posted September 23, 2011 If only I wasn't in Canada. :glare: I'm pretty sure border-control would have a problem with sending live creatures. Phooey. I'll make sure its dead :glare: <insert shudder smiley> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slartibartfast Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 *screams and tucks her feet under her* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carpe Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 you missed the part where she states that the paper clip is SEVEN INCHES long! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cricket Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 you missed the part where she states that the paper clip is SEVEN INCHES long! STOP IT!! I came *this* close to spewing my laptop with lemonade!! :lol: I'm from No. CA and I've never seen one. THANK GOODNESS for that. I had enough with earwigs, potato bugs, horse hairs, and silver fish. The silver fish used to climb up into the tubs and sinks from the drains during a drought. :svengo: To this day I fear them while showering. And I live in NH!!! This summer we have had two geckos come out of our shower drain. I have no idea how they got in there. Both times dh was in the shower. I think if it was me the shower curtain would be ripped down along with the rod and then I'd hyperventilate before I could maneuver it before I could get out the door. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blessedmom4god Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 I have never seen one..thank God! I was scared enough the first time I saw a camel cricket, and they have nothing on Mr mole cricket or Mr patato bug. I am fine with bugs as long as I know what it is, but I don't like to be surprised. The kids caught a praying mantis one day and it escaped in the house. Later that day while at a resturant, I felt something crawling on my leg (I had a skirt on). I of course flipped out and swatted at it. We look under the table to see what it was and to the kids sorrow it was their lost "pet" I have no idea how it managed to get tangled in my skirt and hitch a ride. I felt so bad...but those pokey legs give me the creeps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blessedmom4god Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 [quote= This summer we have had two geckos come out of our shower drain. I have no idea how they got in there. Both times dh was in the shower. I think if it was me the shower curtain would be ripped down along with the rod and then I'd hyperventilate before I could maneuver it before I could get out the door. :001_huh: I would be too scared to take a shower unless I plugged the drain!:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cricket Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 OH MY WORD!!!!!!! A regular cute little cricket must have heard how we were bad mouthing his cousins. He just jumped up onto the nightstand by my bed and leaped right at me!!! I almost flung the laptop across the room. :lol::lol::lol: My 10 yo just got out of bed to see what was wrong!! I can't take this! :svengo: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cricket Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 :001_huh: I would be too scared to take a shower unless a plugged the drain!:D I haven't taken a shower since...only baths! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellmomma Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 :lol: Looks like a Jerusalem cricket. Wow disney really affected how I thought a cricket looked. That guy looks nothing like Jimminy Cricket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elise1mds Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 That's what we call them too. I haven't seen one in years but use to often as a child. When my aunt was a child she saw a leaf 'walking', she picked it up and ouch! There was a Potato Bug under the leaf and it bit her. She said it hurt like heck and her finger swelled pretty big:eek:. OMG They aren't allowed to BITE, too. Just seeing one of those is so incredibly NOT COOL. Oh yes, they are in Nebraska too says this article and I quote: NORTH AMERICAN REACH: Washington; Idaho; Montana; Oregon; California; Arizona; New Mexico; Nebraska; Kansas; Wyoming; Oklahoma; Texas; Colorado; Washington Oh, of COURSE they're in Oklahoma. Right up there with cave crickets - AKA crickantulas. *headwall* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerPoppy Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 OH MY WORD!!!!!!! A regular cute little cricket must have heard how we were bad mouthing his cousins. He just jumped up onto the nightstand by my bed and leaped right at me!!! I almost flung the laptop across the room. :lol::lol::lol: My 10 yo just got out of bed to see what was wrong!! I can't take this! :svengo: But your name is Cricket! Surely you like them. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cricket Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 But your name is Cricket! Surely you like them. :) :lol: Normally regular old crickets are cute but I guess I'm jumpier than I thought tonight! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wy_kid_wrangler04 Posted September 23, 2011 Author Share Posted September 23, 2011 STOP IT!! I came *this* close to spewing my laptop with lemonade!! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cricket Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 Oh, of COURSE they're in Oklahoma. Right up there with cave crickets - AKA crickantulas. *headwall* Nope. Not gonna click. No one can make me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wy_kid_wrangler04 Posted September 23, 2011 Author Share Posted September 23, 2011 Well they can come back for this alien cricket any time now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wy_kid_wrangler04 Posted September 23, 2011 Author Share Posted September 23, 2011 Nope. Not gonna click. No one can make me. Just get geared up! You can do it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denisemomof4 Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 This summer we have had two geckos come out of our shower drain. I have no idea how they got in there. Both times dh was in the shower. I think if it was me the shower curtain would be ripped down along with the rod and then I'd hyperventilate before I could maneuver it before I could get out the door. ok, I'd LOVE to have a geckos climb out of my drain!!!!!! I'd name them and put them in a cage!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blessedmom4god Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 I haven't taken a shower since...only baths! :lol: :lol: I don't blame you. We have found a couple of brown recluse spiders in our tubs; I think about them every time I close my eyes to wash my hair. (key spooky music) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wy_kid_wrangler04 Posted September 23, 2011 Author Share Posted September 23, 2011 ok, I'd LOVE to have a geckos climb out of my drain!!!!!! I'd name them and put them in a cage!!!!!!!!!! I think we are way to much alike!!! We did that with salamanders that we found :D We have Heuy, Deuy, and Leuy (yes, I spelled them correct ;)) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleIzumi Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 :001_huh: You keep reminding me how big this thing is and your typing keeps getting bigger like that monster in my house that my kids now have in a gallon zip lock bag in a jar under a bowl with 2 dictionaries on top :lol: Yes, they bite but it says they are not venomous and apparently that gigantic pointy thing out of its butt doesn't sting either :001_huh: so it says. Oh yes, they are in Nebraska too says this article and I quote: NORTH AMERICAN REACH: Washington; Idaho; Montana; Oregon; California; Arizona; New Mexico; Nebraska; Kansas; Wyoming; Oklahoma; Texas; Colorado; Washington Sorry- but if I can't sleep I need company! It's like they're in a giant circle around Utah but they're scared to come in. WOOT. (Unless I'm just too tired to see that Utah is actually on the list :lol:.) *wondering how my son would react if I made that photo his background picture on the laptop...* Now THAT almost had me spitting apple bits on the keyboard. :lol::lol::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cricket Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 Just get geared up! You can do it! I'll have to switch to something stronger than lemonade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denisemomof4 Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 OH MY WORD!!!!!!! A regular cute little cricket must have heard how we were bad mouthing his cousins. He just jumped up onto the nightstand by my bed and leaped right at me!!! I almost flung the laptop across the room. :lol::lol::lol: My 10 yo just got out of bed to see what was wrong!! I can't take this! :svengo: Are you SERIOUS about that cricket, Cricket? :lol: How big was yours? We need to keep this thread going all night now that nobody can sleep.:lol::lol::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blessedmom4god Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 ok, I'd LOVE to have a geckos climb out of my drain!!!!!! I'd name them and put them in a cage!!!!!!!!!! Climbing out of the drain! ........Unexpected, while you were nekkid...:ack2::svengo: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cricket Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 Are you SERIOUS about that cricket, Cricket? :lol: How big was yours? We need to keep this thread going all night now that nobody can sleep.:lol::lol::lol: Very serious!!! :lol: It was about the size of a small paperclip though but it still sent me running and squealing into the kitchen. :lol: Ooo, I'm just too jumpy right now! Maybe I should pour that glass of wine... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denisemomof4 Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 Well they can come back for this alien cricket any time now :smilielol5::smilielol5::smilielol5: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anneinco Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 It's like they're in a giant circle around Utah but they're scared to come in. WOOT. (Unless I'm just too tired to see that Utah is actually on the list :lol:.) Can tell you one was 19 miles from the Colorado/Utah border... must be a strong force field! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carpe Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 Wow disney really affected how I thought a cricket looked. That guy looks nothing like Jimminy Cricket. :iagree: LOL Nope. Not gonna click. No one can make me. Me either... Well they can come back for this alien cricket any time now Best smilie ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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