What is this insect? Warning: Close-up shot of big bug!!

[redhen]

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It figures. Only the females can bite and draw blood.

LOL!

Just like the preying mantis the females eat the males heads.

And Black Widow spiders. I think she kills the male after they mate..

 

[gritsar]

I'm telling you I knocked one of those things off the kitchen window screen, figuring the chicken at my feet would like it. She tried to eat it and then squawked and jumped back. I ain't messing with another one.

 

[maplesky7]

whack it with your teflon pan.

 

[ivan3]

Nice shot. Reminded me I'd spotted a couple that the tree frogs hadn't gotten to on the front porch light.

We still call `em `May flies' (as in, they may not be around very long...)

 

[The Chicken Lady]

Ivan, I can't believe you picked that thing up!

This is what we call a Mayfly here:

Cedar Point Amusement Park in Sandusky, OH, gets covered in TONS of these things every summer. I used to disturb guests by picking these bugs up when I worked there.

They would flail a bit, which was rather gross.

I'm not scared of bugs, but I don't like ones that bite or sting.

 

[debilorrah]

Lisa, I just passed out and now my head hurts where it hit the floor.

 

[The Chicken Lady]

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Ha ha, Debi! Don't say I didn't warn ya!

 

[PurpleChicken]

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Look at the focus on those chicken's faces. They are totally mesmerized!!!!

 

[debilorrah]

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Ha ha, Debi! Don't say I didn't warn ya!

Woman you know as well as I do that a WARNING on a post is an invitation to open it. Like a train wreck - you know it's bad but you have to look anyways.

 

[PurpleChicken]

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Here's an ice pack