About 7.6 cm long. Scary, ghastly looking beastie.
American Dobsonfly
Started by Wojo, Jul 29 2011 01:42 PM
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Posted 29 July 2011 - 01:42 PM
This guy hitched a ride from Europe to the US. Does anyone know what it is?
About 7.6 cm long. Scary, ghastly looking beastie.
About 7.6 cm long. Scary, ghastly looking beastie.
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Posted 29 July 2011 - 01:43 PM
A Gnat?
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Posted 29 July 2011 - 01:47 PM
How big is it? Gotta put a quarter in the picture with the bug, man!
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Posted 29 July 2011 - 01:51 PM
It's on the op the quarter! You can't see the quarter because of it!!!
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Posted 29 July 2011 - 01:56 PM
I don't have the bug. I didn't take the picture.
7.62 cm is 3 inches. An American quarter is 0.955 in in diameter, making this bug the length of 3.14 U.S. quarters.
That's pretty big, but since the photo was taken at an angle, I don't have the photoshop skills to make the quarters recede into the page.
It's the head that I'm more interested in, as it looks ready to carve open a soup can.
7.62 cm is 3 inches. An American quarter is 0.955 in in diameter, making this bug the length of 3.14 U.S. quarters.
That's pretty big, but since the photo was taken at an angle, I don't have the photoshop skills to make the quarters recede into the page.
It's the head that I'm more interested in, as it looks ready to carve open a soup can.
@Wojo: stop being facetious.
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Posted 29 July 2011 - 02:17 PM
In 20 years it's offspring will be President of the USA.
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Posted 29 July 2011 - 02:21 PM
In 20 years, its offspring will be younger than 35, the required age to get to be president.
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Posted 29 July 2011 - 03:04 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dobsonfly
So if it tries to grab your wife, don't worry it doesn't want to eat her, just wants some love.
Though both male and female dobsonflies have sharp mandibles, those of an adult male dobsonfly are actually so big – up to 1 inch (25 mm) – that they are unable to harm humans, as they have such poor leverage that they are incapable of breaking the skin. Their mandibles are used exclusively during mating, where males show them off and grasp the females during copulation
So if it tries to grab your wife, don't worry it doesn't want to eat her, just wants some love.
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Posted 29 July 2011 - 03:13 PM
Awesome, thanks!
Dobson! Dobson! We got Dobson here!
Dobson! Dobson! We got Dobson here!
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Posted 29 July 2011 - 03:15 PM
P.S. They also live in America.
I haven't seen any on the East Coast....but definitely saw a couple in California.
I haven't seen any on the East Coast....but definitely saw a couple in California.
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Posted 29 July 2011 - 03:26 PM
not as scary as a camel spider
OH God, Joe is posting again, someone hand me my pills!
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Posted 29 July 2011 - 03:31 PM
Looks like something from The Mist.
Pictures, visual images, are far better to achieve that end than any words, particularly now, when the world has lost all mystery and magic and speech has become mere chatter, empty of meaning - Andrei Tarkovsky
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Posted 29 July 2011 - 03:32 PM
It does. Horrible looking creature.
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Posted 29 July 2011 - 03:33 PM
Quint your link didn't work, here's a fixed one
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Posted 29 July 2011 - 03:55 PM
Sweet Jesus.
Fishermen use them as bait. They live in fast-moving streams.
Fishermen use them as bait. They live in fast-moving streams.
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Posted 29 July 2011 - 04:21 PM
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Posted 29 July 2011 - 04:37 PM
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Posted 29 July 2011 - 04:39 PM
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Posted 29 July 2011 - 06:07 PM
Someone should make a thread called "What's the most repulsive looking creature on the plane?". Could be disgustingly interesting. Human suggestions not allowed.
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Posted 29 July 2011 - 09:49 PM
Ahahaha, I'm afraid you've made my day.
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Posted 01 August 2011 - 07:53 PM
"What's the most repulsive looking creature on the plane?".
And what airline do you fly?
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Posted 02 August 2011 - 12:29 PM
Ryan Air. Have you not seen some of the utter dogs they have pushing the trolleys up and down?
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Posted 02 August 2011 - 12:54 PM
Yeah, but it only costs a fiver!
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Posted 02 August 2011 - 01:08 PM
It's entirely possible that I believe I may have never heard of Ryan Air.
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Posted 02 August 2011 - 01:13 PM
It's a low budget airline.
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Posted 02 August 2011 - 01:14 PM
Awesome. I'm a low budget guy.
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Posted 02 August 2011 - 01:23 PM
It's the scurvy of humankind airspace.
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Posted 02 August 2011 - 01:34 PM
I'll just order a Corona, and bring my own limes.
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Posted 02 August 2011 - 02:37 PM
Not long ago I used an airline called 'Norwegian'. You get to the check in desk and do everything yourself with only one member of staff loitering nearby in case of difficultys.
On a little touch screen console located next to the unmanned check in desk, you scan the bar code on the print out of your booking receipt, then scan your passport details and use the touch screen to confirm a few things. It then prints out that long luggage label which you then attach to your hold baggage, then you put your luggage on the weighing rack and use a little scanner gun to scan it in and away your luggage goes. It's the first time I've had that. It's how they keep the flight cost down I'm sure, but the other side of the coin is that it's putting people out of jobs of course.
On a little touch screen console located next to the unmanned check in desk, you scan the bar code on the print out of your booking receipt, then scan your passport details and use the touch screen to confirm a few things. It then prints out that long luggage label which you then attach to your hold baggage, then you put your luggage on the weighing rack and use a little scanner gun to scan it in and away your luggage goes. It's the first time I've had that. It's how they keep the flight cost down I'm sure, but the other side of the coin is that it's putting people out of jobs of course.
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