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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-04-08 02:00 PM
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What's the biggest bug in your part of the world?
We get these harmless, but gross things....

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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-04-08 02:04 PM
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1. Yeah, probably those here too.
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PassingFair Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-04-08 02:16 PM
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2. Fish Fly.
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And they are attracted to lights.

I couldn't find a picture of how DISGUSTING they
are at night, covering every inch of the storefronts.
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TroglodyteScholar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-04-08 03:08 PM
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7. We used to get those when we lived on a lake in central Alabama...
They do get EVERYWHERE, and they will dive-bomb/land no you without hesitation. Yech!
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PeaceNikki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-04-08 02:22 PM
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3. Cicada


:scared:
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arcadian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-04-08 02:33 PM
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4. Probably stick bugs or praying mantis
Or Luna moths, they are both beautiful and big.



I don't think that particular variety is around here but I've seen some big ones.
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Bicoastal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-04-08 02:38 PM
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5. The roaches that live in the kitchen of my new apartment in Brooklyn...
....we strongly suspect the last residents were total slobs.
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Call Me Wesley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-04-08 02:49 PM
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6. We have crane flies, too, but the biggest bug here probably is
the stag beetle:



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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-04-08 04:25 PM
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11. didn't know europe had big arse bugs like that
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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-04-08 03:47 PM
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8. June beetles


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LeftyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-04-08 03:50 PM
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9. Giant Motherfucking Beetle of Doom
Okay, so I have no idea what the name of it is, but there's a dead one pushing two inches long lying on the floor of my carport.
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-04-08 04:04 PM
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10. The New England Lieberman.
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PassingFair Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-04-08 08:08 PM
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12. Gross.
Edited on Sat Oct-04-08 08:09 PM by PassingFair
Stomp on it!

On second thought, don't go NEAR it, use these:

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