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Mr Kino · Oct 21, 2005, 08:56 PM

sorry to bring another bug thread but my roommate is driving me nuts. he thinks that is dangerous and that i should not have tossed it out the window. he is tripping he is like, you should have killed it, what if it comes back in the house and bites one of us.

i swear he needs help. i was stupid and showed him the picture.

anyways, here is the bug please help me out.

FulcrumPilot · Oct 21, 2005, 09:05 PM

looks likes the brother of another termite I used to play ping pong with.

iLikebeer · Oct 21, 2005, 09:18 PM

It looks like the alien from Men In Black.
How long was it? Need a reference object for scale.
It's not a centipede though, so I highly doubt it's dangerous.

Albert Pujols · Oct 21, 2005, 09:24 PM

wtf, you should've killed it with a ping pong paddle.

demograph68 · Oct 21, 2005, 09:25 PM

Ladybug I think though I'm not very sure.

ghporter · Oct 21, 2005, 09:47 PM

Not a ladybug by any means. It's related to ants and termites, and it's almost definitely not a problem. How big was this guy, anyway?

IceEnclosure · Oct 21, 2005, 09:58 PM

dude **** that thing man.

I'd step on it and change my zipcode.

itistoday · Oct 21, 2005, 10:50 PM

Holy sh1t, that's a big ass!

Cubeoid · Oct 21, 2005, 11:51 PM

Apple Quicktime

Azzgunther · Oct 22, 2005, 05:31 AM

Originally Posted by demograph68

Ladybug I think though I'm not very sure.

I think you nailed it.

Ozmodiar · Oct 22, 2005, 06:03 AM

Did you take that picture? Or did you find it? If it's the former, next time try and put a quarter or something by it to give a frame of reference.

To answer you're question, that's a Chilean brain eater. They enter your skull through your nose and then eat your brain. I wouldn't worry about it, though, as you threw it outside and there's little chance it will get back in.

Cubeoid · Oct 22, 2005, 07:09 AM

Originally Posted by Ozmodiar

They enter your skull through your nose and then eat your brain.

Awesome.

Mr Kino · Oct 22, 2005, 10:58 AM

Originally Posted by Ozmodiar

Did you take that picture? Or did you find it? If it's the former, next time try and put a quarter or something by it to give a frame of reference.

To answer you're question, that's a Chilean brain eater. They enter your skull through your nose and then eat your brain. I wouldn't worry about it, though, as you threw it outside and there's little chance it will get back in.

Nice.

It was about the size of a dime. you know the weird part about this bug was how it walked. Its hard to explain but in the pic, if you would look at it. It walked from right to left. not at all how you would expect this bug to get around.

btw last night i found out another reason why my dumb roommate freaked out. since i showed him the picture on my camera screen he thought it was 2 inches big. I guess he never heard of zoom. Lol

Buckaroo · Oct 23, 2005, 01:30 AM

gads, I hate bugs. I hate bugs. agghhhhh. Smash it.

Cubeoid · Oct 23, 2005, 01:36 AM

Bugs can also be 'smushed'

Ozmodiar · Oct 23, 2005, 03:33 AM

I prefer to squash bugs.

JoshuaZ · Oct 23, 2005, 04:33 AM

Step one: grab a boot.
Step two: slam boot into bug.
Step three: Repeat.

King Bob On The Cob · Oct 23, 2005, 04:45 AM

Looks like some sort of queen termite. Good things to squish, but not going to harm you...

Cubeoid · Oct 23, 2005, 04:57 AM

Azzgunther · Oct 23, 2005, 05:03 AM

GAHHH. I didn't even feel the revulsion until looking at that thing for a second time. You really need to find out what that thing is...it might be evil.

It almost looks like an elongated Silverfish...but I don't think that's quite it.

Ozmodiar · Oct 23, 2005, 05:07 AM

He said it was the size of a dime.

Cubeoid · Oct 23, 2005, 05:09 AM

Originally Posted by Azzgunther

GAHHH. ...it might be evil.

Good observation skills.

Nai no Kami · Oct 23, 2005, 09:13 PM

Originally Posted by Ozmodiar

Did you take that picture? Or did you find it? If it's the former, next time try and put a quarter or something by it to give a frame of reference.

To answer you're question, that's a Chilean brain eater. They enter your skull through your nose and then eat your brain. I wouldn't worry about it, though, as you threw it outside and there's little chance it will get back in.

In that case this is a huge problem, since it will enter the skull of the poster's firend, find nothing to eat and surely attack our dear friend Mr Kino. Dude, you should move away right now.

Cubeoid · Oct 24, 2005, 12:32 AM

I like Mr Kino.

Azzgunther · Oct 24, 2005, 01:41 AM

I'll miss Mr. Kino

Mr Kino · Oct 24, 2005, 05:43 AM

Well the bug has not returned, or is waiting for my roommate to drop his guard. Lol, thanks for the love.