[SoCo4Fun]

Can anyone tell me what this bug is?? I saw it at a relatives house in Central California this summer. I just happened across the picture again and cant figure out what it is.

 

[Yamerhaw]

i'd say an alien or locust:confused

 

[thunderex]

holy christ! wtf is that thing? that looks like something out of starship troopers. that ain't a locust. am i high or does that thing look about 8 inches long?

 

[cesj]

Looks like a cricket
:confused

 

[~LongRider~]

Looks like a grasshopper on steroids. Look at the legs on that thing. :eek

 

[blueFLsv]

fugged up mole cricket???

 

[J_75]

How big is it?......There are these awesome looking cricket-type things in New Zealand called weta's (sp?)......can be a about a foot long.

 

[SoCo4Fun]

It was probably about 2 inches long.

 

[J_75]

ok, then it was definately a mutant :nanana

 

[Effing Limey]

Gryllidae, but I'd have to see the top to ID it further.

 

[thunderex]

whatever it is, it's seems to be enjoying its sunbathing. soco, i think that should be your new avatar.

 

[EpyonXero]

I dknt know what it is but it looks like it could kick my ass.:eek

 

[TwoWheeldTerror]

Potato bug! UGLIEST SOB I have seen in the states. YUCK!

 

[pHaedFZ]

That disgusting creature is called a Jerusalem Cricket, also known as a Potato Bug. You can read more about it here:

http://www.unce.unr.edu/publications/FS99/FS9935.htm

 

[Jester27]

did you smack the cigarette out of it's mouth before Will Smith came and stepped on it?

 

[Particle Man]

I dknt know what it is but it looks like it could kick my ass.:eek

holy shit! +1

 

[cesj]

did you smack the cigarette out of it's mouth before Will Smith came and stepped on it?

That is what i was thinking when I first saw it. MIB

 

[Stitch Jones]

They're called Children of the Earth. They're all over Camp Pendleton area. Those things are huge. I hear they taste like crap.