Huge Bug Found in Pool - What the hell is it? (SEE PICS)
 

Things was dead and drowned in my pool. I live in Southern California, but I've never seen one of these. Is it some kind of super ant? A mutant grasshopper?

Here's a closeup of the head...

http://img77.imageshack.us/img77/8886/3247708hd.jpg

And here's a shot for scale...

http://img73.imageshack.us/img73/9730/3247744ap.jpg

looks like some kind of super queen ant bloated and ready to kill you

I believe its a very large Katydid they are found in southern areas. they eat plants and fruit etc.

Mars attacks.

thats just plain creepy

Oh hell no! If I saw that shit I would run my ass off. WTF is that thing?

It looks like a cross between an ant and a grasshopper, that's the scariest thing I've seen in months.

wtf is that? never seen such thing

thats a potato bug...

they live underground... these bugs randomly get a tumor, and when they do, their senses tell them to go find water... so they come up from underground in search of water and always wind up dead in puddles or in pools

:thumbsup

Sad thing is both shots look like the photographer has porn shoot experience.

dat looks like my slave owna cracka great, great ant Phannie Phifa from Philadelphia yo

Really? Is this thing the super queen or something ?

You're right :1orglaugh

:1orglaugh :1orglaugh :1orglaugh Your right, they do!

I think the potato bug theory has something in it..

http://www.potatobugs.com/pix/images/potatobug_14.jpg

http://www.potatobugs.com/ - you can even get potato bug t-shirts, apparently

Now thats a bigass bug :)

Here's a cute potato bug:

http://www.ccmuseum.org/KidsPages/potatobug.jpg

Q: Do potato bugs bite?
A: They gnaw.


lol lol

no.. they all look like that :upsidedow

awwwwww that's sad.

aaw... Poor little thing. :(

so, do they bite ?

Jesus Christ...keep your kids away from that

from http://www.sdnhm.org/fieldguide/inverts/sten-fus.html

"Commonly referred to as "potato bugs," even though they do not prefer potatoes and are technically not bugs, they are also called niña de la tierra (child-of-the-earth), stone cricket or chaco. Believed by some to be fierce and poisonous, this nocturnal cricket is actually non-aggressive and possesses no poison glands, although its jaws can inflict a painful bite."


I like the other answer better.

http://www.trib.com/~sigma1/0605.jpg





Bug of a Potato


:1orglaugh

They make great snacks.
You can't eat just one.

That thing looks creepy as hell

I would sell that bad boy to the local high school.

fucking scary imagine finding one of those in your bed at night.

Sad thing is that your sunglasses were made in China...

Oh hell, that thing is nasty!
WG

I would find them all the time when I live in Huntington Beach, CA.

Holy shit !!

I'd freak the hell out if i saw anything like that... :Oh crap

potato bugs. very common in california. thats not even a big one. i saw one once that scared the living hell out of me. they are slow and at the point you will see them, close to death.

in your bed, and twice your size, with laser beam eyes :eek2

fucking huge man

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water... :1orglaugh

i would make a real check in the pool if i was you and don't get anybody inside

scary fucker... nothing I have seen before!

Jeez, my GF would shit (and so would I) if I saw that in the pool ;) I like how it is measured against a quarter and some sunglasses. Nice pics.

An Asshopper maybe? :winkwink:

They do spit shit into your eyes if you get close to a live one... And the shit is like mace! Also they can shoot this milky goo a few feet. So if you get close to one and want to really check it out in its live state, leave you hand up near your eyes and see if you can put it infront of them before the goo hits ya... Talk about fun....

On another note... Anyone want to do a site, www.potatobugfacials.com ?

damn, that is big

dude host your own pics.... :1orglaugh :winkwink:

That thing is a Jerusalem cricket, I used to catch a few of them out at Red Rocks when I was a kid, haven't seen one in years though.

that shit is GROSS!

Di you check your bed or the bathroom? They could be all over your house now. :(

50 bugs....