holy mother of god what is it :O
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holy mother of god what is it :O
found a bug. in my house. looks like a cross between a chicada and a cocroach and a cricket... its got like.. claws.. but not pincers, they are like ... diggers.. like a mole...
anyone any ideas ? any bug I.D websites ?
anyone any ideas ? any bug I.D websites ?
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Re: holy mother of god what is it :O
Do you have a photo?
Re: holy mother of god what is it :O
Sounds like a Devil´s Coachman ( or Devil´s Coachhorse ) to me! Try googling them.
Más vale un "por si acaso" que un "¿quién lo iba a saber?"
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Re: holy mother of god what is it :O
I googled coach horse beetle as suggested by lis48 and here it is
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocypus_olens
I had a couple of these in the garden last week,really scary little critters,they arched up like a scorpion when i walked past them.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocypus_olens
I had a couple of these in the garden last week,really scary little critters,they arched up like a scorpion when i walked past them.
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Re: holy mother of god what is it :O
nope it was neither of those.
it looked pretty much like a cricket or chicada, but had some like ... curved ... "hands" on the front...
no pic, i´ve thrown it out in the garden
it looked pretty much like a cricket or chicada, but had some like ... curved ... "hands" on the front...
no pic, i´ve thrown it out in the garden
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Re: holy mother of god what is it :O
Its not a ickle earwig is it?!
I had a few after I brought some plants home. They must have crawled in from the terrace whilst I was busy ironing!
I had a few after I brought some plants home. They must have crawled in from the terrace whilst I was busy ironing!
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Re: holy mother of god what is it :O
Mole cricket perhaps - try googling. I can't get a link to work on here. They sure are ugly critters and their 'song' is like a cricket under water!
We saw loads of them when digging out footings for BBQ but apparently they are an endangered species here in England.....
We saw loads of them when digging out footings for BBQ but apparently they are an endangered species here in England.....
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Re: holy mother of god what is it :O
From the description, it sure does sound like a mole cricket.
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Re: holy mother of god what is it :O
Could this be it - sweet little thing..........
http://www.geocities.com/brisbane_grass ... lpidae.htm
http://www.geocities.com/brisbane_grass ... lpidae.htm
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redsoxbrit wrote:Could this be it - sweet little thing..........
http://www.geocities.com/brisbane_grass ... lpidae.htm
thats the one it was a bit stressful when it flew in the window and landed on my face
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Re: holy mother of god what is it :O
Gross!!! Same thing happened to me when I tried to humanely throw a cockroach out of the window that had crawled into my trainer - never knew till then they could fly!!!spanish_lad wrote:thats the one it was a bit stressful when it flew in the window and landed on my face
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Re: holy mother of god what is it :O
Mole crickets are great..
You know they actually act like a mole and hunt down worms to eat? if you look at the front digging claws they are perfectly developed and if you put one on open soil and look away for a second and then back again it will be gone.....
They don't bite, are not poisonous and are completely harmless to people...
if you are a worm then they will eat you alive from the tail up after they have tracked you through your tunnel..
You know they actually act like a mole and hunt down worms to eat? if you look at the front digging claws they are perfectly developed and if you put one on open soil and look away for a second and then back again it will be gone.....
They don't bite, are not poisonous and are completely harmless to people...
if you are a worm then they will eat you alive from the tail up after they have tracked you through your tunnel..
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