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Cirque du So-What

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20. I woulda moved on too if I'da seen it beforehand

Tue Dec 4, 2018, 04:27 PM

Dec 2018

As it was, the sting was a complete surprise. My arm instintively flew up after the sting, and that's when I saw the poisonous bastage, who flew away quite leisurely. If I weren't temporarily incapacitated with pain, I woulda tried to smash the MFer.

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Florida Gots Them Palmetto Bugs. [View all] MineralMan Dec 2018 OP

I wasn't a-skeered of much when I was a kid... Cirque du So-What Dec 2018 #1

Those are really pretty, but sting very painfully. MineralMan Dec 2018 #3

Here's a giant wasp from California. Fairly rare to see, MineralMan Dec 2018 #6

I see the stinger Cirque du So-What Dec 2018 #7

That one's dead. MineralMan Dec 2018 #8

One of these zapped me Cirque du So-What Dec 2018 #14

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Yikes! frogmarch Dec 2018 #60

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Wow, wonderful excerpt! frogmarch Dec 2018 #66

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"A" fire ant bite wouldn't be too bad SCantiGOP Dec 2018 #38

Yes! Little arsehats bite in unison! cwydro Dec 2018 #61

It can be serious SCantiGOP Dec 2018 #62

I got hit by one once. Worse sting of my life behind an Io moth caterpillar GulfCoast66 Dec 2018 #21

I remember picking one of these up when I was a kid out in the woods hatrack Dec 2018 #67

Almost looks like a toy Watchfoxheadexplodes Dec 2018 #2

Yes, palmetto bugs are cockroaches. There are many species MineralMan Dec 2018 #5

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I love creepy crawlies of all kinds. Solly Mack Dec 2018 #4

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I handled them for hours as a kid Cirque du So-What Dec 2018 #22

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LOL - At least potato bugs move slow!!!! LeftInTX Dec 2018 #13

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Banana Slugs! MineralMan Dec 2018 #23

Slugs are cool ismnotwasm Dec 2018 #25

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No. ismnotwasm Dec 2018 #58

I read where some idiot in Australia ate a garden slug and the parasites it carried killed him. brewens Dec 2018 #34

Always makes me think of Vincent in "Pulp Fiction"... Moostache Dec 2018 #57

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he/she's a beauty! handmade34 Dec 2018 #31

Wow! That's a beautiful insect! MineralMan Dec 2018 #32

aieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! Demovictory9 Dec 2018 #49

Wow!! What a photo! nt Codeine Dec 2018 #65

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"Just give a little whistle...." JenniferJuniper Dec 2018 #35

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Oh, Ick! MineralMan Dec 2018 #37

Right!?! 2naSalit Dec 2018 #59

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Anecdotal evidence suggests that they can chew through sheetrock. Adsos Letter Dec 2018 #41

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From Floriduh, a vile insect soon to spread disease and destruction north. retread Dec 2018 #44

Ick! A bug! MineralMan Dec 2018 #46

i hate those things. UGH. Is that you touching one!! UGH UGH Demovictory9 Dec 2018 #47

No, but I routinely picked thekm up and MineralMan Dec 2018 #50

My house in WI has been invaded by stinkbugs this year Poiuyt Dec 2018 #48

The thing about palmetto bugs is mitch96 Dec 2018 #51

Florida girl here, I find nothing as horrifying as Palmetto bugs. dewsgirl Dec 2018 #52

Ugh...palmetto bugs! The Genealogist Dec 2018 #54

Ugh! I hate all insects! Especially the huge, ugly ones as shown above. smirkymonkey Dec 2018 #56

I won't lie, Codeine Dec 2018 #64

You're not alone in that. MineralMan Dec 2018 #68