Wtf Is This????? [Archive]

'78 gt boat

07-21-2007, 08:48 PM

Just caught this thing in my house. ANyone know whatg it is??? The wife is scared shitless right now and refuses to go in the bedroom now cause she is afraid it laid eggs somewhere.
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r224/RYDNDTY/WTF3.jpg
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r224/RYDNDTY/WTF2.jpg
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r224/RYDNDTY/WTF.jpg
LOOK AT THE TEETH ON THAT THING!!!!!!!:sqeyes: :sqeyes: :sqeyes:

DAVEO

07-21-2007, 08:52 PM

Look around and see if there are more. If so Im thinking turmite

lakeluver

07-21-2007, 09:02 PM

Looks to me like a sun spider or pronounced "locally" as a "vinagaroon"...you taste vinagar, and they are agressive. I had one come at me on my patio last summer.

beaverretriever

07-21-2007, 09:02 PM

Looks like a fricken pissed off potato bug.... fricken gawd awful. :mad:

DSW

07-21-2007, 09:02 PM

That is a sun-spider. Actually a type of scorpion. They arent poisonious but do hurt when bitten. AND they can run up to 12 MPH! They will charge at you with their front legs raised up as to say WTF? MAN! Pretty big mofo!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_spider

Squirtin Thunder

07-21-2007, 09:04 PM

How big is that little monster ?

DAVEO

07-21-2007, 09:09 PM

That thing is nasty

Outnumbered

07-21-2007, 09:14 PM

We had those before we started to spray on a regular basis. Have not seen any in years. They are harmless but creepy.

Outnumbered

07-21-2007, 09:15 PM

Look around and see if there are more. If so Im thinking turmite
No, these things are huge...about 1 to 1-1/2 inches long:sqeyes:

JetBoatRich

07-21-2007, 09:20 PM

Looks ugly to me:D

Outnumbered

07-21-2007, 09:26 PM

Also called Wind Scorpions...
http://kaweahoaks.com/html/wind_scorpian.htm

Baja Big Dog

07-21-2007, 09:28 PM

Come on puzzies...that Man VS. Wild dude would Que those up and eat um like candy...:eek:

'78 gt boat

07-21-2007, 09:29 PM

How big is that little monster ?
About 2 inches:(

Outnumbered

07-21-2007, 09:30 PM

Come on puzzies...that Man VS. Wild dude would Que those up and eat um like candy...:eek:
Man vs wild dude is a puss...he has a crew with him. Survivor Man is the real deal...solo with no film crew:D

IMPATIENT 1

07-21-2007, 09:35 PM

Come on puzzies...that Man VS. Wild dude would Que those up and eat um like candy...:eek:
and he'd wash it down with his own piss:eek: :( :D film crew or not, that dude is tough:devil:

OverKill

07-21-2007, 09:37 PM

About 2 inches:(
I live in Queen Creek AZ. How far are you from me. Just want to know if I have to keep a look out for these things. What type of landscape do you have??
Reason I ask is if you have a home built on a scorpions nest you will have a problem with them. Our home was built over an old pecan farm, and we see all the little bugs that used to hang around here back when the old farm was here.
OverKill

'78 gt boat

07-21-2007, 09:39 PM

I live in Queen Creek AZ. How far are you from me. Just want to know if I have to keep a look out for these things. What type of landscape do you have??
Reason I ask is if you have a home built on a scorpions nest you will have a problem with them. Our home was built over an old pecan farm, and we see all the little bugs that used to hang around here back when the old farm was here.
OverKill
I live in Buckeye for over a year and this is the first I've seen. I have not seen any other scorpions around here just your basic black widow now and then.:devil:

Outnumbered

07-21-2007, 09:48 PM

and he'd wash it down with his own piss:eek: :( :D film crew or not, that dude is tough:devil:
I'm sure he could kick my ass but you just gotta respect the guy doing it solo---Survivor Man rules:D

RiverRatMike

07-21-2007, 09:50 PM

Hal

07-21-2007, 09:53 PM

That thing looks tiny compared to the one I found under the couch at our house in Parker 2 weeks ago. It was dead and the damn thing scared me :eek: . No way would I let the wife see it or that house would have been for sale. She wasn't with me on that trip thank god .Called the bug guy and they hadn't switched us over to the summer schedule yet which is monthly. He showed up about 30 mins later. We always have dead scorpions around when we go up but I've never seen anything that big before that made it into the house.

pw_Tony

07-21-2007, 10:16 PM

Man vs wild dude is a puss...he has a crew with him. Survivor Man is the real deal...solo with no film crew:D
That's what I've been saying!!! Watching Man vs. Wild right now...
I was thinkin bout making a thread bout it but you read my mind;)

BigDogIvan

07-21-2007, 11:09 PM

Reason I ask is if you have a home built on a scorpions nest you will have a problem with them.
OverKill
FYI.....
Scorpions do not nest. Their travelers. You may be in an area that scorpions are promanant (i.e. the desert). :D

Tom Brown

07-21-2007, 11:41 PM

Burn the room.

Fast Freddy

07-21-2007, 11:55 PM

lol...

riverracerXXX

07-22-2007, 01:38 AM

Man vs wild dude is a puss...he has a crew with him. Survivor Man is the real deal...solo with no film crew:D
I second that. Watch them both and Man vs Wild starts looking like a puss. Too staged, too Hollywood. The only thing he really has going is he'll eat just about anything for shock value. BTW, DONT let the old lady watch the Youtube clip off the Wikipedia link of that thing eating a lizzard... she wont sleep for a couple days.

Wet Dream

07-22-2007, 06:00 AM

The sight of those things send chills through my body. They're always good for a scare when you're in the garage looking for something, move a box and one of these demon spawn bugs are running at you. We always called them potato bugs, but whatever they are...they're better off dead. On a 2nd note...is ST really posting here again? :confused:

91nordic29

07-22-2007, 06:17 AM

Okay, here's one for ya...what is THIS thing? It flies and it is fuzzy
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/medium/IMG_0904.JPG
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/medium/IMG_0905.JPG

Quest4Fun

07-22-2007, 06:28 AM

I don't know what the fuzzy thing is but the other but is a vinagaroon. They can get rather large, we've had some big ones. I was told they are good to have around because the eat the crickets...I don't know though, they're creepy!

RitcheyRch

07-22-2007, 06:56 AM

I'm scared just looking at pictures of that focker.

HavaPaul

07-22-2007, 06:56 AM

Those things are fast. Once you spot one, you have to go psycho on it. Hope to have a hard surface for the termination of the beast. You can stomp on them big bastards and they will play dead and then run again. About a good ten good heal drops on it will work. If its on gravel or sand you wont be able to kill it. When they bite they hang on pretty good too. You have to kind of grab on to it and pull it off ya. If I see one I wont get scared, I'll get pissed and go tear-ass crazy to find it. Yikes!! If I knew one was in my house, I would set off about 50 insect bombs and not come back inside for a week.
Best to go recon and find the bastard.
Wondering if they are in the scorp family, will they glow in the dark with a black light? :sleeping: :confused: :sqeyes: :devil:

photo chick

07-22-2007, 06:58 AM

I can't find anything that looks like that on-line....it looks like it could really bite..... eekk it's scary!

Jetboatguru

07-22-2007, 07:10 AM

It looks like the leaping scorpionis photochickius. It is known to bite and burrow into your skin and piss the living shit out of you.:eek:

HavaPaul

07-22-2007, 07:13 AM

http://www.dbc.uci.edu/~pjbryant/biodiv/spiders/Solifugid.htm
Evidently in the same family as the Camel Spider.

photo chick

07-22-2007, 07:14 AM

It looks like the leaping scorpionis photochickius. It is known to bite and burrow into your skin and piss the living shit out of you.:eek:
Excuse me? You've never had the privilage to have been bitten by me! Oh and I don't leap!

Jetboatguru

07-22-2007, 07:15 AM

Excuse me? You've never had the privilage to have been bitten by me! Oh and I don't leap!
I meant stumbling scorpionis photochickius

Big Warlock

07-22-2007, 07:35 AM

Termite?

Mandelon

07-22-2007, 07:50 AM

It kinda looks like a Jeruselem Cricket, aka potato bug....ugly. My daughter's cats bring them in as gifts....
http://waynesword.palomar.edu/images/potbug4.jpg

STV_Keith

07-22-2007, 08:01 AM

Man vs wild dude is a puss...he has a crew with him. Survivor Man is the real deal...solo with no film crew:D
Hate to tell you, but both of those guys have an "advisor" and a crew. I guess it's supposed to be all quiet, for obvious reasons, but my boss did a desert survival training class about a month ago through Gabe Suarez's Suarez International in Prescott, AZ and the guy he had teaching the class was the "advisor" to BOTH of those guys.
Bear Grillz doesn't have any of the SAS background he claims he does, but is a very good climber and parachuter (as seen) and will eat anything. The producers of that show say that's one of the big draws for the people - to see what he eats in the next show.

Outnumbered

07-22-2007, 10:32 AM

I can't find anything that looks like that on-line....it looks like it could really bite..... eekk it's scary!
http://kaweahoaks.com/html/wind_scorpian.htm

Jerrys59

07-22-2007, 10:52 AM

I've had lots of sun spiders at my home in Havasu over the years. Yeah they are scary looking, and yes they move very fast. Raid works well on them.
seen them around here outside. some big andsmall ones to. carb cleaner wont kill them lol. there fast as hell too. hear they have a really painfull
bite too............

talkinghead

07-22-2007, 11:47 AM

survivor man uses advisors for local knowledge prior to getting dropped off. After that, he's totally on his own.

jbone

07-22-2007, 12:36 PM

Man vs wild dude is a puss...he has a crew with him. Survivor Man is the real deal...solo with no film crew:D
I beg to differ.
Bear "Man vs Wild" IS the shiat. SAS special forces, summited Everest, navigated the arctic, skilled climber, etc.
He broke his back in a parachuting accident. 18 months in recovery and look at him now.
He takes one camera guy and he does not intervene.
Now survivor guy is a filmographer with great survivor skill. His attributes are running a guide operation and taking lots of survivor classes from a guy like bear.
Both are good, but if I were in the shiat I'd take Man vs Wild any day.
J

pw_Tony

07-22-2007, 12:47 PM

I beg to differ.
Bear "Man vs Wild" IS the shiat. SAS special forces, summited Everest, navigated the arctic, skilled climber, etc.
He broke his back in a parachuting accident. 18 months in recovery and look at him now.
He takes one camera guy and he does not intervene.
Now survivor guy is a filmographer with great survivor skill. His attributes are running a guide operation and taking lots of survivor classes from a guy like bear.
Both are good, but if I were in the shiat I'd take Man vs Wild any day.
J
Yea but when I'm watchin Man Vs. Wild, why the hell is that guy ALWAYS breathing so hard? Think of that while you're watching and you'll laugh your ass off:D . And when ever he cross a "deadly river" or goes up and out of an "impossible" canyon, I figure it can't be that hard cause the dang Camera Man is right there getting the shot!!! And who knows if hes cheating with food and what not.
Survivor man whoops Man Vs. Wild ass!

baysleeper

07-22-2007, 02:21 PM

It's a windscorpion, and they can get up to 4 inches long!!!!!!:sqeyes:

photo chick

07-22-2007, 02:44 PM

http://kaweahoaks.com/html/wind_scorpian.htm
That thing is nasty but I was talking about the one with wings, what is that?

Baja Big Dog

07-22-2007, 04:03 PM

Wonder what they taste like???:confused:

photo chick

07-22-2007, 04:04 PM

Wonder what they taste like???:confused:
Crunchy....chicken......:D

badbrad

07-22-2007, 04:21 PM

it is called a "windwalker" non-poisonous. they eat other biugs so they are good to have around they use their claws and speed to catch the prey and have a beak to kill and eat.

91nordic29

07-25-2007, 06:57 AM

So what about the fuzzy flying thingamajig? Has anyone else ever seen one?:confused: :eek:

Liberator TJ1984

07-25-2007, 07:19 AM

lucky

07-25-2007, 07:31 AM

the spider snapped a pic to send to his friends ... It was revealed to as a Converse comming down at a high rate of speed ! non of his friends have heard from him since ?:D they placed an ad on the back of a Raid can - " have you seen this spider ??? " :devil: