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lingililingili
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Bugging Me
Anyone know what this bug is? We thought it was hand painted until we found a dead one exactly like it! He or she is beautiful and we are very glad
Jeanette did not step on it!
•Life is just one damned thing after another
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Sharksbaja
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Yes it's beautiful. Squish it now, hurry before it morphs back into a Chupacabra. Remember it's still Fri the 13th!
DON\'T SQUINT! Give yer eyes a break!
Try holding down [control] key and toggle the [+ and -] keys
Viva Mulege!
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DianaT
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Those are GREAT pictures---that bug does look hand painted.
If I saw a ceramic bug painted like that, I would think it was beautiful, but also not an authentic reproduction.
Hope someone knows what it is---but you sure did a great job with the camera
Diane
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lingililingili
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Diane: Thanks, now I wish we had kept the dead one!
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longlegsinlapaz
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Dibs on the electric tennis racket at the next gathering....IF I'm invited, and IF you found that in your yard! It doesn't look dead enough in the belly up
pic!
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lingililingili
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Longlegs you are always invited and that be the only bug you can't zap unless, of course, it bites, is poisonous, or is in the c-ckroach family!
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DianaT
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Quote: | Originally posted by longlegsinlapaz
Dibs on the electric tennis racket at the next gathering....IF I'm invited, and IF you found that in your yard! It doesn't look dead enough in the belly up
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Now, now, does that tiny little creature give you the creeps? Take your taser gun.
Actually, how big is this beautiful creature? Chupacabra keeps flashing in my mind, thanks to Sharks.
Diane
[Edited on 6-14-2008 by jdtrotter]
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Ken Bondy
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Magnificent photos of a magnificent bug lingililingili!!
++Ken++
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longlegsinlapaz
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Okay, I RECOGNIZE it NOW.....it's a highly poisonous, terribly aggressive biting painted c-ckroach! Trust me!
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DianaT
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Quote: | Originally posted by longlegsinlapaz
Okay, I RECOGNIZE it NOW.....it's a highly poisonous, terribly aggressive biting painted c-ckroach! Trust me! |
It does so looked painted.
lingililingili
Are you sure you didn't paint it? Those colors are so big!
Diane
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lingililingili
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I assure you I would not handle a live bug! And even if I did like bugs, I cannot paint worth a darn! I just know someone will know exactly what
this guy is.
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Sharksbaja
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I was kidding of course. They turn into vampire bats.
Beautiful vampire bats!
DON\'T SQUINT! Give yer eyes a break!
Try holding down [control] key and toggle the [+ and -] keys
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BMG
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Quote: | Originally posted by jdtrotter
Actually, how big is this beautiful creature?
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At least 2 feet long and 30-40 pounds.
Sorry, the fisherman in me took over. About 1 1/2".
I think the world is run by C- students.
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longlegsinlapaz
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Quote: | Originally posted by lingililingili
I just know someone will know exactly what this guy is. | You're doubting MY veracity?
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BMG
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Quote: | Originally posted by longlegsinlapaz
Okay, I RECOGNIZE it NOW.....it's a highly poisonous, terribly aggressive biting painted c-ckroach! Trust me! |
Someday you just may realize how useful c-ckroaches can be. (Always wondered where that term 'roach' came from. Oops, wrong kind of cigarette.)
I think the world is run by C- students.
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bigjohn
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It is a Giant Mesquite Bug.
Here is a link for some others.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/20163/bgimage
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BMG
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That's it. A Giant Mesquite Bug.
Maybe it was 3 feet long and 40-50 lbs after all.
I think the world is run by C- students.
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Aventurera
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Good call, Big John -- you know your bugs! I found a site with more info and pics of them.
http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2008/03/18/giant-mesquite-b...
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lingililingili
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Thank you Big John and Aventurera: I guess I wasn't finding it because in my mind I kept insisting it was a beetle. When I searched beetles a whole
slew of VW's came up! Ha! Thanks again, mystery solved.
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ELINVESTIG8R
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That bug is beautiful. Just be cautious around it because it could be an undercover "Elitist Chump Bug” put out by the “Elitist
Holier Than Thou, I Am More Entitled Than You Elitist Chumps" on Baja Nomad. Don't touch it because if it bites you will turn into one of the Elitist
Chumps or one of their Sheeple ring kissing follower. Do not be a fence sitter anymore and get over and vote at: http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=31848 Show the Elitists Chumps they no longer run the kingdom.
NOTE: Maybe the powers that be will see their way clear and move the poll over here to the Elitist side of the railroad tracks where it will get to
see the light of day.
[Edited on 6-14-2008 by ELINVESTI8]
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