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rob
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PLEASE IDENTIFY THIS
Can anyone tell us what this creature is?
He/she/it was pretty aggressive (or at least unimpressed) when captured, and my ranch manager tells me that it is instant death to be bitten by one
(although this threat is pretty routine).
Last seen heading off into a mangle bush . . .
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BajaGringo
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Jerusalem Cricket - AKA Potato Bug
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tehag
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Bug
Solpugids, also known as Solifugids, "Sun Scorpions", "Camel Spiders", "Sun Spiders", "Wind Scorpions"
Harmless to humans.
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Bajame
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Potato Bug
We all want a peaceful world, filled with love and laughter, but we fill ourselves with anger and hate trying to fiqure out how to achive it.
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El Comadante Loco
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Beware Rob this could be the incarnation of the
Chupacabras.. One bite and ............
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Bob H
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Potato bug images.... here
http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?_adv_prop=image...
The SAME boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It's about what you are made of NOT the circumstance.
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Marc
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Bugzilla
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cabobaja
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Come on.....cannot believe you have never seen a potato bug. Gather about 30 more, have Linda roast them in olive oil and mix with salad.
Yummy!!
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woody with a view
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el hijo de la langosta y alacran.....
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mcfez
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Potato Bug!
Harmless. Will not attack. These used to be a very common insect till the 60's. We have a few out here on the farm...but not the thousands like it
used to be.
Old people are like the old cars, made of some tough stuff. May show a little rust, but good as gold on the inside.
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BooJumMan
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Those things are so darn ugly! 
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Jack Swords
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Tehag is correct. Count the legs. This is an arachnid, not an insect (potato bug). Ugly, can be quite fast, but harmless. Google solpugid.
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toneart
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That's a cross eyed Bugaboo! That's what makes them so dangerous. 
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BajaBlanca
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see now I was also told it was called a nino de a tierra and also told that it was MUY peligroso ....
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Woooosh
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Really? More than a dozen posts and no definitive answer yet. If it were a fish...
http://www.google.com.mx/search?q=Solpugids&hl=en&rl...
This little guy is a Solpugid
[Edited on 7-24-2011 by Woooosh]
[Edited on 7-24-2011 by Woooosh]
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marv sherrill
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Definitly a solpugid - no stinger - arachnid- not a potato- bug scary little buggers but deadly on c-ckroaches - they will bite if handled.
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woody with a view
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Andrew Zimmerman
this guy has the answer:
  
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Woooosh
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| Quote: | Originally posted by woody with a view
this guy has the answer:
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That is the bravest man on earth. The stuff he get's past his lips is incredible.
\"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing\"
1961- JFK to Canadian parliament (Edmund Burke)
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mcfez
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I take back my words...
Well...seeing it up close..ya...it aint no potato bug.
Does however look like my Mother in Law. Does this thing yell a lot?
Old people are like the old cars, made of some tough stuff. May show a little rust, but good as gold on the inside.
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Bajachillin
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mcfez[/i
I take back my words...
Well...seeing it up close..ya...it aint no potato bug.
Does however look like my Mother in Law. Does this thing yell a lot?
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In German?
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