Millipede Madness

[7rider]

potato bugs!! These give me the creeps.

Camel crickets!!!!

{{{{{shiver}}}}

But...I do have a pic of a big ol' millipede from our backyard that looks frighteningly similar to some posted in yellow's links...

[jobob]

hundreds of legs: poisonous

thousands of legs: not poisonous. Unless you eat them.

check.

[jobob]

So girls if you have any other tips for me I would really appreciate it.

I think this is where snap would say "poke 'em with a stick and run like hell"

[Tuckervill]

I live in Arkansas. Know what people not from Arkansas are afraid of when they come here? Chiggers, ticks and snakes.

Like we're swimming in them. My mother used to make me cover my head on Brownie outings, because she, being from Chicago, told me that ticks are sitting in the trees just looking for a warm blooded mammal to jump into your hair. I've always had this picture of ticks with tiny parachutes waiting for just the right moment to jump on my head.

We just don't go where the chiggers, ticks and snakes are. It's not like they can't be avoided!

Karen

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

You guys are a bunch of BABIES!! afraid of mole crickets and lowly poor potato bugs? PFFFFTT!! BABIES!!

Here I posted a picture of one of my old tarantula mountings, from when I used to keep several:
http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showt...ight=tarantula

When I was about 12 I had a huge millipede named Oscar. He was beautiful and fascinating...a very gentle vegetarian too. He was the size of a hockey puck when curled up. He was significantly bigger than this:
http://www.bugguy012002.com/african-millipede.jpg
Very fun little pet- no noise, no smells, no demanding traits, easy to feed and clean, gentle, interesting.
Now hissing cockroaches....hmmmm...I draw the line there. I grew up with roaches and just can't get into really huge ones as being appealing in any way.

[SadieKate]

You guys are a bunch of BABIES!! afraid of mole crickets and lowly poor potato bugs? PFFFFTT!! BABIES

Who said we were afraid of them?????

Creep and fear -- two different emotions.

-- SK who grew up with tons and tons of captive snakes

[jobob]

Thanks Lisa

[7rider]

Who said we were afraid of them?????

Creep and fear -- two different emotions.

Exactly!!

And it's not a mole cricket...it's a CAMEL cricket!

[SadieKate]

BTW, 7 rider, I love your dutch bunny avatar. I had one growing up (Winkle) who would travel all over the country with us in our camper. The ag inspectors would always goggle when they'd open the door to see a standard poodle, black lab and Winkle all curled up on the dog bed together.

[SadieKate]

I've seen mormon crickets (which are actually katydids) swarming so thickly that I thought the road was moving.




Doing my best for jobob here.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Exactly!!

And it's not a mole cricket...it's a CAMEL cricket!

You're right- sorry!

The lovely Mole Cricket:

[7rider]

BTW, 7 rider, I love your dutch bunny avatar. I had one growing up (Winkle) who would travel all over the country with us in our camper. The ag inspectors would always goggle when they'd open the door to see a standard poodle, black lab and Winkle all curled up on the dog bed together.

Thanks! That is Tasha...we call her the Queen of Quite-a-lot, because that's what she thinks she is! Little bunny...BIG attitude! She'd probably kick the poodle and lab out...."My bed!!"

[bikerz]

I vote for more bunny pictures and fewer creepy-crawly pictures!

(Oh, wait, this is a creepy-crawly thread...)

[snapdragen]

I think this is where snap would say "poke 'em with a stick and run like hell"

Eggzactelly!

So....I'm guessing you wouldn't be up for a trip to the Insect Zoo?

[Blueberry]

Eggzactelly!

So....I'm guessing you wouldn't be up for a trip to the Insect Zoo?

Thankfully, the insect zoo was closed on our last Smithsonian visit. DH and his brother couldn't wait to go. ICK!!!!

More furry pictures, please. 7rider - are your bunnies house bunnies??

CA