World's largest flying aquatic insect found, and it's nasty lookin', page 2

posted on Jul, 24 2014 @ 04:52 AM

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originally posted by: Snarl

originally posted by: smithjustinb

originally posted by: Kangaruex4Ewe
I bet if it flew into one of those bug zappers it would kick the breaker...

lol

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Did you beat me to it? I was about to suggest this bugger is another reason to back the 2d.

When someone says something funny, and you don't have anything to say about the topic, they deserve the recognition of a simple "lol".

skunkape23

posted on Jul, 24 2014 @ 05:41 AM

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This scene from 'Caveman,' one of my favorite films when I was a kid, comes to mind.

skyblueworld

posted on Jul, 24 2014 @ 05:56 AM

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Introducing the all new Thor Bug Zapper, show these other worldly looking beasts the might of the Thunder Bug Zapping Gods.

chiefsmom

posted on Jul, 24 2014 @ 07:30 AM

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a reply to: proob4

Really? Really?

You had to say we have them here?
Thanks for the nightmares. LOL

Those things look nasty.

Baddogma

posted on Jul, 24 2014 @ 09:44 AM

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a reply to: canucks555

Awwww... cute 'lil feller.

We got sewer roaches here in AZ that could step on that guy and not notice...

Bobaganoosh

posted on Jul, 24 2014 @ 09:53 AM

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Where I grew up in central texas, my family has used the larva of these for over a hundred years as catfish bait. We call them hellgrammites. They live in swift moving shallow rapids. You flip rocks and set up netting downstream to catch them. They never swarm. They are solitary creatures when in adulthood. I feel bad for them. They are like moths, and would always die when they get too close to the campfire. The larva has a hell of a bite, but never been bothered by them once they get their wings.

Boba

countingdown

posted on Jul, 24 2014 @ 10:03 AM

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I've had bugs in my eyes and teeth (the joys of a motorcycle)
even had a bee in my helmet, that looks like it cause whip-lash

ewww

Realtruth

posted on Jul, 24 2014 @ 10:54 AM

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Yep we have in Michigan, especially around the inlets around the Great Lakes.

The like to land on boats and for some strange reason on the tip-tops of fishing poles.

Not sure if I've seen them as large as the OP's pic though.

edit on 24-7-2014 by Realtruth because: (no reason given)

awakendhybrid

posted on Jul, 24 2014 @ 11:17 AM

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Yikes, that looks like it should have been extinct for a billion years already! I wonder how loud they are in flight.

Realtruth

posted on Jul, 24 2014 @ 11:48 AM

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originally posted by: awakendhybrid
Yikes, that looks like it should have been extinct for a billion years already! I wonder how loud they are in flight.

The ones I have heard sound like a hummingbird.

I think the sound and the site of one will startle most.

CellDamage420

posted on Jul, 24 2014 @ 01:58 PM

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Now that is a big one. Dobsonfly larvae make great fishing bait. We call them grampus down here in S.E. Ky. The adult males usually have the biggest jaws and are nearly unable to even bite as a result, it's the females and larvae that can really put a hurtin on ya.

Rossa

posted on Jul, 24 2014 @ 02:13 PM

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Oh funny, this is what we call a hilgamite in Missouri, and yes they are that big, masses of them linger around the gasconade river on a regular basis, although I will have to say that's the only river I have seen them in
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TheToastmanCometh

posted on Jul, 24 2014 @ 02:51 PM

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I think Australia's getting challenged in the "damn nature you scary" competition

Also, PUT THAT THING BACK WHERE IT CAME FROM OR SO HELP ME...

yeahright

posted on Jul, 24 2014 @ 02:57 PM

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The following is my opinion as a member participating in this discussion.

Dragonfly/dobsonfly two very different things. It's the dragonfly you'll normally see flitting around a fishing boat or landing on the tip of your fishing rod. They're harmless to humans and in fact eat mosquito larvae, so they're 'good bugs'. Please don't hurt the dragonflies.

The dobsonfly is the really scary one, and is also primarily nocturnal. The males have the nastier looking pincers, but they're so long they can't get any real leverage with them, so can't inflict any damage to humans. The females are less menacing looking but can bite the hell out of you.

The larval stage hellgrammite is probably the best smallmouth bass bait you can use. But oh yes they pinch. Hook one through the collar on a light wire hook and drift them around submerged rocks in a smallmouth creek or river and hang on, the smallmouth will slam them hard.

Freshwater fishing. I do love it so.

As an ATS Staff Member, I will not moderate in threads such as this where I have participated as a member.

spacedoubt

posted on Jul, 24 2014 @ 04:13 PM

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originally posted by: TheToastmanCometh
I think Australia's getting challenged in the "damn nature you scary" competition

Also, PUT THAT THING BACK WHERE IT CAME FROM OR SO HELP ME...

lol, Monsters Inc. quote..love it.

Used to catch the hellgrammites that everyone is referring to also. In West Virginia. Good bait. Nasty looking things.
Just not that big!

DeadSeraph

posted on Jul, 24 2014 @ 07:24 PM

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