Huge Insects

Jack Ruby · Post by **Jack Ruby** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 4:14 pm

I saw this pic a few days ago:

Thats the biggest wasp in the world, see more of him here:
http://www.hornissenschutz.de/manda.htm

Last summer I had a nest of wasps in my attic, my apartment was in the attic, the nest was right above my head when I sat at my desk, behind about 1/2 inch of plaster, I could hear this scraping noise, thought they were tunneling through, it made my skin crawl it was horrible. The pest control guy said the noise was because they were trying to cool the nest down, they all line up and beat their wings in unison to get a cooling draft going through the nest and the crackling noise was the nest flexing with the air pressure.

I hate wasps.

Post by **jv_map** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 4:28 pm

Yikes I wouldn't prefer that one in my room

Anyway had to edit your topic title for consistence, pure caps titles are not allowed

tltrude · Post by **tltrude** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 5:58 pm

Maybe we need to breed and train them to kill only Africanized "Killer Bees".

"The Vespa mandarinia attack and crush honeybees one after another with their mandibles until all the honeybees are wiped out, then carry away all of the larvae."

lizardkid · Post by **lizardkid** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 8:44 pm

this isn't an insect... but since we're on the freaks of nature sort of theme, here's a vid of the biggest species of centipede known to man.

measures about 1.5-2 ft long, not sure what that is in metric though. about up to your knee.

http://www.spikedhumor.com/articles/224 ... s_Rat.html

TopTiger · Post by **TopTiger** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 9:23 pm

lizardkid wrote:this isn't an insect... but since we're on the freaks of
http://www.spikedhumor.com/articles/224 ... s_Rat.html

OMG!!! I don't wanna meet that fella. Just horrible haha. Can't sleep now

The wasp is nothing compared with it hehe. I've read it's not even full grown yet?

Jack Ruby · Post by **Jack Ruby** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 11:20 pm

No way man!

What was that thing?

damn, thats scary, where do they come from?

I have to find out so I NEVER visit there.

I reckon if that thing happened to stumble across the giant wasps nest it would lose the fight though

I was just thinking that these would be cool non lethal weapons for clearing out a house full of bad guys, throw that centipede in the window, the house would be clear in seconds, same with a bag of big wasps

I just found myself checking around me for insect invaders

Splaetos · Post by **Splaetos** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 12:09 am

Lizzy your overestimating its size slightly....

the ruler shows it at over 9" around 25ish cm... 2 feet would be enormous!

wikipedia says thats about as big as they get... which is still pretty big =p but under a foot.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scolopendra_gigantea

south america... its commonly called the 'peruvian giant centipede' also lists a vacation destination though... Jamaica =p

oh and dont pet one...

The centipede has modified claws called forcipules which curve around its head and can deliver venom into its prey to assist in immobilizing it. The venom is toxic to humans; (the poison contains acetylcholine, histamine, and serotonin) and causes a local sharp pain (similar to a hornet-sting), and severe swelling, chills, fever, and weakness.

S. gigantea is a popular pet among arthropod fanatics ? however, the centipede should not be handled without protective equipment given that even a trace of the venom coming in contact with skin can cause a reaction

Jack Ruby · Post by **Jack Ruby** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 12:43 am

I thought it was eating a rat which made it look huge, its a mouse, even so a terrifying insect, wiki says its similar to a hornet sting, I wonder if they are comparing it to the giant wasp sting, that wasp is also considered a hornet I think?

Any Australians here? They have most of the venomous creatures there, doubt I will ever visit.

Splaetos · Post by **Splaetos** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 10:13 am

Id love to see the barrier reef.... (and Great white sharks!) up close someday. Would like ot see alot of down under really...

Jack Ruby · Post by **Jack Ruby** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 1:40 pm

I just saw this, the worlds biggest shrimp has just been caught, seems Jung's Synchronicity theory might be working on this thread ( if you dont know about synchronicity have a google):

http://www.local6.com/problemsolvers/87 ... etail.html

Post by **Rookie One.pl** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 3:23 pm

Whoa, now that's a BIG shrimp!

Jack Ruby wrote:( if you dont know about synchronicity have a google)

I say you'd better have a Wikipedia.

Post by **jv_map** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 5:37 pm

Yikes

An example of the world's largest species of centipede, Scolopendra gigantea , has been brought to the Natural History Museum for identification, having been found crawling up a living room wall in Islington.

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/about-us/news/2005 ... _6293.html

k47a · Post by **k47a** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 5:45 pm

Jack Ruby wrote:I just saw this, the worlds biggest shrimp has just been caught, seems Jung's Synchronicity theory might be working on this thread ( if you dont know about synchronicity have a google):

http://www.local6.com/problemsolvers/87 ... etail.html

well, this actually worried me more

*sorry for being offtopic*

Jack Ruby · Post by **Jack Ruby** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 7:00 pm

JV that scared me, my friend lives in Islington, and Ivan that story was crazy, how can they not have saved that guys house

At0miC · Post by **At0miC** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 8:38 pm

ieeek interesting stuff

. Well this is not an insect, but just have a look at it

:

"It?s a colossal squid or Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni. The one in the photo is 17ft high, but they may grow to 49ft. And that freaky eye actually glows to illuminate its surroundings"

(saw this in my science magazine once, dunno if this one is fake tho)