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Orlanth wrote:My choice also, not especially nasty, just horribly icky. I was just looking up botfly videos to add.

I cannot see how botfly larvae enter the brain though. Sounds like an Urban myth, like the stories of camel spiders chasing HMMVs.

Yup, could be a myth.... But it just makes the Botfly sound even worse

I gotta second the huntsman! I hate them with a passion! not really an evil spider but they are big, they are fast and they have legs that make them waaaaaay to big to just brush off...oh and they have those beady little eyes that stare right through you, challenging you,...... come on they say....get......close .....enough!

Well as someone who keeps and, when required, handles all manner of scorpions, tailless whip scorpions (ambyglids), birdeater tarantulas, a small selection of Indian Ornamental tarantulas, assassin bugs and mantids, there's no insect that scares me.

...well, except angry centipedes. Sod that for a game of soldiers!

I really wished I hadnt clicked on this thread. My skin is crawling. Screw you guys and your terrifying bugs. I hate bugs. GAH!

Why did I look at this thread, those camel spiders are nasty and I heard they're tough little buggers too. We gotta nuke them from orbit, it's the only way to be sure.

Deadshot wrote:

WARORK93 wrote:those before?

Tjhose are the @$$-kicking butterflies from Fallout New Vegas or something right?

Aye, that be a Cazadore.
Nasty pieces of work, they are.

Asherian Command wrote:http://ghostsofthemogollon.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/no-this-is-an-australian-spider-snacking-on-a-bird.gif

Holy Gak. What the heck is that thing???

Ok, a quick bit of research has unearthed this little gem:


Jack jumper ants are carnivores and scavengers. They sting their victims with venom that is similar to stings of wasps, bees, and fire ants. Their venom is one of the most powerful in the insect world. Jack jumper ants are proven hunters; even wasps are hunted and devoured. These ants have excellent vision, which aids them in hunting.

The symptoms of the stings of the ants are similar to stings of the fire ants. The reaction is local swelling and reddening, and fever, followed by formation of a blister. The heart rate increases, and blood pressure falls rapidly. In individuals allergic to the venom (about 3% of cases), a sting sometimes causes anaphylactic shock.[1] Although 3% may seem small, jack jumper ants cause more deaths in Tasmania than spiders, snakes, wasps, and sharks combined.[2]

Cheers Wikipedia, yet another reason why I can't understand why people move to Oz out of choice.....

Because it's beautiful down here! just be careful that's all :-)

Careful? Careful?! I'd never leave my house and live in a full EVA suit. Even then I might not survive
Seriously, I know it's a stunning country and all that, but the Yorkshire dales are amazing and the plus side is you don't run the risk of an agonising spasming death every time you take your dog for walkies!!

Those huntsmen give me the creeps. I know they are 'tolerated' on account of them not being dangerous, and because they get rid of vermin and the like, but boy do those things move fast! I was using an outhouse in Oz in the rainforest, I spotted one of them high up on the wall while I was sat on the throne, which decided to choose that moment to come hurtling towards me. I jumped off and straight outside, with my trousers hanging round my ankles, much to the amusement/disgust of the other hikers I was with

Worst story I have heard: A friend of mine digging a hole in his garden in Sydney. He disturbs a funnel web spiders nest, the mother then jumps out and proceeds to chase him around the garden!

Incidentally, I don't know what it is about spiders that everyone finds so creepy. Anyone an authority on it?

I guess it's because the majority of us are taught from a young age that Spiders are 'bad'....I'm not overly scared of spiders per se, but you could call me wary!
Also, Spiders are quite unlike any other creature on the planet. They are ancient, optimal hunters. Tarantulas have not altered since the Jurrasic period. They have never had too....pretty much top if the tree when it comes to the insect world.


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Edit: I meant Arachnid.....

feth these things.

Spiders are cool because they don't need to learn how to spin webs, unlike a bird that needs to learn to fly, or mammal rthat needs to learn how to walk. These are bioth shown how by adults. The spider just does it.

It's abdomen looks a little like ET.....kinda cute huh?

Besides, more spiders in my flat = less flys. Always a bonus in my book!

Personally I find Karon's profile picture more distubing than the Giant Wasps, no offence.

Pacific wrote:

Incidentally, I don't know what it is about spiders that everyone finds so creepy. Anyone an authority on it?

Yeah, I don't understand either although I think anyone should be afraid of this regardless if you're arachnophobe or not.

Man, that's an awesome picture!

To paraphrase The Tick, "Nature can be a cruel and unpredictable mistress!"

Orlanth wrote:

I cannot see how botfly larvae enter the brain though. Sounds like an Urban myth, like the stories of camel spiders chasing HMMVs.

They don't chase HMMVs. . . per se. They are after shade, most of the time. Although a mechanic buddy of mine was "hunted" by a camel spider for about 3 hours... started off, we were changing some suspension on a humvee in iraq and I went to get another wrench or part or something... next thing i know, i hear him yelling like a mad man, jumping up and down (and hes around abouts 200 pounds or so, not a small dude in any case).. I head out to see what the commotion was, bout the time i get there, he's just sitting on the roof of the truck, with this "huge" camel spider sitting in front of the truck, staring back at him, staring at it... we didn't finish the suspension that day, and he was stuck on the truck for about 3 hours.

When I was in Elementary school, we took a trip to the Oregon Zoo for a "sleep over at the zoo" thing, where they showed us all sorts of cool bugs and animals, etc. And the Whip Scorpions were one of the ones that i thought were downright cool, because at least the ones there at the zoo (which had tails) when they "stung" a person, it didn't do much more than any bee sting, but it dyed the skin orange where struck, like an ink blot kind of.


For me, the creepiest bug ive seen was at the Stuttgart Zoo in Germany. In the insect house they have all manner of "creepy crawlies" but to me, the creepiest was the Silk Spider. Not for any particular reason other than how large they were, and the way they were just chillin in their web..To give a size estimate, one of their legs were about as long as the wingspan of my 1/48 scale Corsair... guessing here, and they were mostly leg, but still.. Their coloration was quite fascinating, just the creepy factor crept in because of their size.

Nerivant wrote:I accidently searched "hobo bites."

Probably far worse than what I'd get if I threw "spider" into there.

thank you, for making my day

Ma55ter_fett wrote:

Chowderhead wrote:

What are you on about, nothing wrong with naked women.

Indeed. beat me to the punch there...
http://www.cracked.com/article_19210_7-insane-easter-eggs-hidden-in-movies-tv-shows.html

Knox wrote:Why did I look at this thread, those camel spiders are nasty and I heard they're tough little buggers too. We gotta nuke them from orbit, it's the only way to be sure.

ONLY I CAN REFERENCE ALIENS
Wait, have you even seen the movie?

Yes, dude it's on the movie channel here every, single thursday.

Knox wrote:Yes, dude it's on the movie channel here every, single thursday.

But is it the ------- DIRECTOR'S CUT? Okay, no it's not because that's only available on dvd or netflix. All you miss is a scene where they kill like 200 aliens with sentry guns. Plus, you get a thorough intro to the crew and you get to see what Ripley's dead daughter looks like.

no, I'm not advertising for James Cameron secretly. Who told you that? No. Wait. Ummmm. I've got to go now.

I feel a little jealous (perversely), because living in the wilds of west Oxfordshire, the only creepy things I ever see are the common Garden Spider

Hope to fill my 'Creepy Creature' quotient when I go to the Philippines in March...

Or I could just spend a saturday night in Soho....

Army Ants. Villages move because you cannot stop them. They are described as a "force of nature"

sarpedons-right-hand wrote:I feel a little jealous (perversely), because living in the wilds of west Oxfordshire, the only creepy things I ever see are the common Garden Spider

Hope to fill my 'Creepy Creature' quotient when I go to the Philippines in March...

Or I could just spend a saturday night in Soho....

As I recall some of the creepiest things in P.I. are some of the "bar girls".....

Army ants can be stopped. Taking a pafge from purplefood's book, all you need is a CRASSUS ARMOUIRED ASSAULT TRANSPORT WITH 4 HEAVY FLAMER SPONSONS!

As long as the ants don't have camel spiders listed in their army list, the CRASSUS ARMOURED ASSAULT TRANSPORT WITH 4 HEAVY FLAMER SPONSONS would be more than a match.

If they have camel spiders, we get PRAETIOR ARMOURED ASSAULT LAUNCHERS.

If they have CRASSUS or PRAETOR, then we get WARHAWK V "STORMBIRDS" GUNSHIPS, rules for which can be found at this link, made by yours truly.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/403315.page