never seen one of these little berkeleyers before. he was crawling on my head when i was watching TV this evening. only 8mm from end to end, hence the small image:
i do not heart teh bugz, especially ones i've never seen before.
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Sept. 25, 2010 9:31 p.m. AngryCorvair SuperDork
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Sept. 25, 2010 9:34 p.m. MrJoshua SuperDork
Looks like a tick, a bumble bee, and a horsefly had a baby.
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Sept. 25, 2010 9:37 p.m. AngryCorvair SuperDork
thanks Josh, i'll probably never sleep again...
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Sept. 25, 2010 10:03 p.m. AngryCorvair SuperDork
ladybug larva. i'm a big hairy Bob Costas. requisite hotlinked image below:
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Sept. 25, 2010 10:15 p.m. Giant Purple Snorklewacker SuperDork
It was trying to lay Lady Bug eggs in your brain.
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Sept. 25, 2010 10:21 p.m. AngryCorvair SuperDork
Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote:
It was trying to lay Lady Bug eggs in your brain.
shut up, dude! you're haunting me.
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Sept. 25, 2010 10:28 p.m. carguy123 SuperDork
And here I thought it was a bed bug.
Just to be safe pull the covers off your bed and look around the edges to see if you see more of them.
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Sept. 25, 2010 10:31 p.m. EastCoastMojo SuperDork
This made me giggle.
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Sept. 25, 2010 10:45 p.m. MrJoshua SuperDork
Shows you how much looks matter. Adult ladybug and we are all like "Awwww isn't that pretty" and "If you find one it brings you good luck", baby ladybug and all the sudden " Ahhhhhhh, It's laying eggs in my brain!".
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Sept. 26, 2010 8:08 a.m. 914Driver SuperDork
Amgry, look around your house for something that looks like a dish or plate that you don't recognize.
That's how it got here.
It's an alien life form seeking a better life.
It is having babies in your brain.
Sleep well.
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Sept. 26, 2010 8:24 a.m. Supercoupe Reader
notice any buzzing in your ears lately?
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Sept. 26, 2010 9:18 a.m. EricM Dork
good news, the ear whig came out your other ear, bad news, it layed eggs....
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Sept. 26, 2010 9:40 a.m. AngryCorvair SuperDork
@914, so that's where iron maiden's Eddie came from!
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Sept. 26, 2010 11:04 a.m. mattmacklind SuperDork
At least it is, or will be, good fortune. Interesting that the larval from of something so benign is so nasty looking. Maybe it helps survival rates.
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Sept. 26, 2010 11:13 a.m. mtn SuperDork
mattmacklind wrote:
At least it is, or will be, good fortune. Interesting that the larval from of something so benign is so nasty looking. Maybe it helps survival rates.
Benign if it really is a lady bug and not the Japanese lady bug. Those things bite. They're annoying.
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Sept. 26, 2010 4:27 p.m. Toyman01 SuperDork
That is an ugly little beasty there.
Don't feel bad. I was getting ready for an autocross Thursday and killed 4 black-widow spiders around the latches for the back door on my trailer. I've been paranoid about opening it up ever since.
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Sept. 26, 2010 10:20 p.m. mad_machine SuperDork
mtn wrote:
mattmacklind wrote:
At least it is, or will be, good fortune. Interesting that the larval from of something so benign is so nasty looking. Maybe it helps survival rates.
Benign if it really is a lady bug and not the Japanese lady bug. Those things bite. They're annoying.
Place I used to work for would get inundated with Japanese Lady bugs every fall. I do not know how they got into the building, but my office was especially attractive to them. I would have to start my day with a shopvac to get them up and keep them out of the computers.
Might I add that Japanese Lady Bugs also smell horrible when in mass mating quantities?
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Sept. 27, 2010 12:16 a.m. Appleseed SuperDork
Ever seen a Helgramite? Creepy as berkley and about as long as a dollar bill.
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Sept. 27, 2010 6:44 a.m. 1988RedT2 Reader
Appleseed wrote:
Ever seen a Helgramite? Creepy as berkley and about as long as a dollar bill.
Seen one? Hell, I've grabbed 'em and stuck 'em on a fishhook. They make great bait!
Never seen one as long as a dollar bill, though.
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Sept. 27, 2010 8:18 a.m. pilotbraden Reader
1988RedT2 wrote:
I have useed them for bait. Where do you find the huge ones?. The biggest that I have seen are 1.5-2 inches longAppleseed wrote:
Ever seen a Helgramite? Creepy as berkley and about as long as a dollar bill.
Seen one? Hell, I've grabbed 'em and stuck 'em on a fishhook. They make great bait!
Never seen one as long as a dollar bill, though.
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Sept. 27, 2010 12:24 p.m. Appleseed SuperDork
Up north in Wisconsin. Just about to go to bed in the tent when I hear, "Holy e36 m3! Mike you gotta see this thing!
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Sept. 27, 2010 12:46 p.m. mad_machine SuperDork
looks like the bug Khan put in people's ears to control them in ST2: The wrath of Khan
