Check out this cool moth I found

[Steelrat]

Thank god we live in our sealed houses. Imagine the poor chump in some third-world country who has to deal with these things coming into their room at night and trying to crawl into any orifice it can.

[Fred]

hehe, want some pics of the creepy-crawlies we got here in Italy?

a week or so ago we had a 3 inch stag beetle in one of the rooms... and these HUGE beetles are always flying into our classroom, we're talking little tanks, they look just like the HUGE bugs in starship troopers, except they're 2 inches long, with more spines...

its funny how girls are still freaked out by bugs, but I'll still pick em up and chuck em out the window, which, incidentally, freaks them out even more... more than if you squash them (which just isn't cool, big bugs are sweet!).

Down in Rome we saw some 10 inch long millipedes... like 3/4 inch diameter!!! crazy stuff...

cool moth!

---Fred

[cphilip]

I think its a Polyphemus Moth (or closely related if not)that has just emerged from his cacoon and has not fully extended his wings and all. Looks like this when he finaly matures out:

[cris8762]

break out the Raid!

omg...time for a funny story.

Camping trip last year. Me and a 2 other guys in a tent (damn counselor separated guys and girls , but i digress. Right b4 we go to sleep, one of the guys freaks out that there's something on his face, and the dialogue goes like this.

"AHHHHH HOLY *explitive* THERE'S SOMETHING ON MY FACE!" *sitting up screaming and swatting his face

"dude just relax" *everyone gets flashlights ready to smash the "thing" while one shines theirs.

It turns out to be a daddy long legs and he squishes it.

Later that night:

Me: " OMG OMG OMG HOLY *explitive* THERE'S SOMETHING IN MY SLEEPING BAG!!!!!!"

Other guys : "dude shut up you're imagining it!"

Me: " HELL NO IT'S THERE!!!!"

So they all get flashlights, i unzip my bag all the way, and what do we find? A HUGE FREAKIN millipede/centipede thing that was like 5 inches long and all black and slimy. All the guys proceed to freak out, move to the edges of the tent and beat my sleepingbag with their flashlights!

I can just imagine being outside. Seeing a couple of lights flicker on, then hearing screaming and the tent just kinda erupts as 4 guys start pushing against the walls, then the lights flicker as they beat it to death!!!!

Moral of the story: always check your sleeping bag first, and close your tent!

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