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05-06-2010, 05:59 PM
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Jerusalem Cricket - Ugliest Bug?
I HATE these motherfuckers - they creep me out worse than any bug on the planet - even cockroaches! Jerusalem crickets, also called potato bugs, are a group of large, flightless insects of the genus Stenopelmatus. They are native to the western United States and parts of Mexico. Despite their name, Jerusalem crickets are neither true crickets, true bugs, nor native to Jerusalem, and they do not prefer potatoes for food. Active only at night, the insects use their strong mandibles to feed primarily on dead organic material but can also eat other insects.[2] Their highly adapted feet are used for burrowing beneath moist soil to feed on decaying root plants and tubers. Thanks to Wikipedia!  ·  ·  ·  · |
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05-07-2010, 05:19 AM
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 GAY BLACK ABORTION Poster Rank:8 Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 98,730 Mentioned: 582 Post(s) Quoted: 23002 Post(s)
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Re: Jerusalem Cricket - Ugliest Bug?
i see your j-bug and raise you a ......WETA!!!!!!
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05-07-2010, 11:11 AM
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Re: Jerusalem Cricket - Ugliest Bug?
Thanks, Abyss, thanks a whole hell of a lot! If I run across one of those I'd wake up screaming every night until I died!  |
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05-07-2010, 10:55 PM
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Re: Jerusalem Cricket - Ugliest Bug?
naah you would be as safe as the giant jobbies are a protected species anyhoo  to many were being taken to be kept as pets without people knowing they were pregnant or not..... i think they along with the tuatara are coolest thing in godzone |
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05-08-2010, 01:06 AM
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| GAY BLACK ABORTION Poster Rank:8 Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 98,730 Mentioned: 582 Post(s) Quoted: 23002 Post(s)
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Re: Jerusalem Cricket - Ugliest Bug?
a type of ancient reptile new zealands link to the dinosaurs.......
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05-08-2010, 01:24 AM
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 meow. Poster Rank:47 Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 31,736 Mentioned: 11 Post(s) Quoted: 1058 Post(s)
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Re: Jerusalem Cricket - Ugliest Bug?
imagine the crunch/squish if you stepped on that thing  cool lizard though |
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05-08-2010, 06:40 AM
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Re: Jerusalem Cricket - Ugliest Bug?
^imagine the shit you would be in if the authorities found out i am not joking but,the big boys are precious wee fellas owing to nz's atrocious record of conservation in the past. 2 cool things about the tuatara; 1. it has a 3rd eye maaan seriously though it has a pineal gland that it uses as a heat sensor 2. sometimes it doesn't start breeding till well after the age of 100 years or so......theres hope for me yet |
