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Shokan · 07-20-2003, 04:57 AM

Sorry for the shit quality.

I have never seen this bug before. It was about 3-4 inches long, and had wings similar to a dragonfly. I am in southern Ontario, Canada.

Can anyone help?

http://groups.msn.com/askaaska/shoeb...hoto&PhotoID=1
http://groups.msn.com/askaaska/shoeb...hoto&PhotoID=2
http://groups.msn.com/askaaska/shoeb...hoto&PhotoID=3

LittleOralAnnie · 07-20-2003, 06:38 AM

Here I'm asking myself why I ever clicked the link. Why why why!!? That is one of the most hideous bugs I've seen and at this moment I'm unsure of what kind that may be.

denim · 07-20-2003, 07:18 AM

Looks like the furbious Snozwangler to me. Are you still alive, or has it burrowed into your brain yet? If not, be glad you're not an Umpa Lumpa.

Kaos · 07-20-2003, 08:38 AM

Damn, I live in Southern Ontario, and have never seen a bug like that. Seen similiar ones like big Katydid's and stuff, but not that one.

/me goes to find out what that is.

Giant Hamburger · 07-20-2003, 09:15 AM

Hail Bug Hunter!

I had one of those crawl out of a wound once.
I always wondered "which species was that?"
I promptly ate it.
I will now begin my research for you.
I am done.
-GH

forseti-6 · 07-20-2003, 10:21 AM

Hmm looks like some cross between a Katydid/locust and a Cicada. Weird looking mofo.

bullgoose · 07-20-2003, 10:52 AM

I live in upstate NY; looks like a Katydid or Cicada to me; we get 'em fairly often around here; ugly but harmless (raises hell with the windshield,though!)

putzy · 07-20-2003, 11:33 AM

wow, im glad i live in BC cause thats one of the most scaries looking bus ive ever seen.

platypus · 07-20-2003, 03:50 PM

I don't know. In my world this is a katydid...

and this is a cicada.

What you've got is neither and looks to be quite nasty.

-----
Edit: <b>Found it!</b>

Dobsonfly

Not as dangerous as they look, actually. Used as bait by fishermen.

nothingx · 07-20-2003, 11:05 PM

I was just about to say, I know them as hellgrammites... Which, thanks to your link platypus, I now know that name refers to the larvae. Interestingly, I see them every once in a great while and I'm in the mid-easteren united states... so apparently, they come down from canada now and then.

Zeld2.0 · 07-20-2003, 11:50 PM

Whats pretty freaky is those bugs that come from continents away. Living in LA, we have a pretty diverse society down here but that also brings some pretty foreign bugs.

A few years ago jumping flying spiders weren't around and suddenly its like "attack of the super bugs" or something lol.

Bill O'Rights · 07-21-2003, 04:43 AM

Damn, that's a ugly bug!!

Daval · 07-21-2003, 06:17 AM

thats a scary looking bug. I live in southern ontario and aint ever seen a bug like that!

Shokan · 07-21-2003, 08:51 AM

thanks guys! that been's bugging me for quite awhile!

triplefivesoul · 07-21-2003, 09:05 AM

disgusting.

Zeld2.0 · 07-21-2003, 09:10 AM

Heh I remember doing bug collection projects for school and I still cringe at having to stick needles through huge bugs like a potato bug or something ugh

tinfoil · 07-21-2003, 10:12 AM

Whilst we are on the bug topic, I have been searching for about a week regarding one that I saw on my car.

I am in Southern Ontario as well. My wife and I were walking to the car when we saw this fly roughly 2 to 3 inches long. It looked similar to the cicada posted by platypus, but it was gloss black with clear wings. Nothing else. It was nearly invisible on my car as it is black as well.

It looks to be in the horse fly family, but that's all I can find out. I really wish I had my camera on me.... I normally do, but the real estate lady we were with said no pictures allowed so I left it at home.

Any thoughts?
----

Edit:

After hitting the link Platypus posted, I had read there were indeed 9 types of cicada that are common in Canada.. I think it was one of those, though I am still looking at picks for more.

It does look alot like this one:

It may be a Tibicen chloromera... whatever that is heh.

fallen_angel · 07-21-2003, 02:54 PM

oh my god that thing scared the crap outta me. . . just kill it, its to ugly to be flyin around. . . that thing would make me run out of my house or where ever i was even if i was driving just to get away from it. . . i freak out around bugs and thats a big scary bug
but thanx for waking me up alot

Arachnid · 07-23-2003, 02:15 AM

like a said on IRC... thats an awesome bug ya got there .... bottle the buggar for later refeerence

Cheers

vetoed_libido · 07-23-2003, 06:29 AM

yeah, I live in southern ontario, too. that's a nice one you found there!

up to 70cm long! that's huge! i'd be running. : )

eyeronic · 07-23-2003, 06:30 AM

cool bug pictures

I now officially hate the Dobsonfly

rocinante2003 · 07-23-2003, 09:49 AM

I hate bugs lol.

m0ntyblack · 07-23-2003, 11:57 AM

Man, that Dobsonfly is a ugly son of a bi0tch....ugh...imagine waking up at night finding one crawling on your face /shudder.

MB

clavus · 07-23-2003, 01:52 PM

Strong work, platypus!!

I suggest that you capture this insect and hide it in your sister's underwear drawer.

asdf4321 · 07-23-2003, 08:37 PM

Underwear drawer sounds like a great idea... I don't get it. I'm 18, used to love bugs at age 10ish, just recently realized how I detest bugs this summer while biking (ingesting gnats.. fun stuff).. All this bug talk reminds me of the time I was chased, along with two friends, by a giant horse fly back in scout summer camp..

Damn bugs.

oldman2003 · 07-23-2003, 09:14 PM

lol .... you guys crack me up! All bugs are ugly...

StormBerlin · 07-30-2003, 09:19 PM

I dunno, I think he;s kinda cute

ugly things need love too...

The.Lunatic · 07-30-2003, 09:42 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by platypus

Edit: <b>Found it!</b>

Dobsonfly

Not as dangerous as they look, actually. Used as bait by fishermen.

Very nice, I never did get to see the pictures as they don't seem to be working right now.

maxero · 07-30-2003, 11:16 PM

i think the bugs in my house are evolving
ive had these little black beetles for a while, and recently ive learned they can fly, and their exoskeletons are becoming more indestructable by the month

BentNotTwisted · 08-04-2003, 09:51 AM

My wife just had me call to have the house sprayed because there are a few spiders and the occasional cricket. The spiders are never more than 1 cm and the crickets can't be more that 2 or 3 cm. She would have called the fire department if she saw an insect that big anywhere near our home, especially one that flies!

Looften · 08-04-2003, 11:30 AM

I've seen that insect before, although I couldn't for the life of me remember where. Good catch on the Dobsonfly ID

mingusfingers · 08-04-2003, 11:59 AM

That is one freaky ass bug...though I really hate horseflies more.

rl33 · 08-04-2003, 12:12 PM

That is about the most revolting bug I have ever seen, and to have it crawling around your house. echhh

07-20-2003, 04:57 AM	#1 (permalink)
Shokan Addict Location: Canada	need help I.Ding an insect Sorry for the shit quality. I have never seen this bug before. It was about 3-4 inches long, and had wings similar to a dragonfly. I am in southern Ontario, Canada. Can anyone help? http://groups.msn.com/askaaska/shoeb...hoto&PhotoID=1 http://groups.msn.com/askaaska/shoeb...hoto&PhotoID=2 http://groups.msn.com/askaaska/shoeb...hoto&PhotoID=3 __________________ Legalize it. Last edited by Shokan; 07-20-2003 at 12:22 PM..

07-20-2003, 10:21 AM	#6 (permalink)
forseti-6 Existentialist Location: New York City	Hmm looks like some cross between a Katydid/locust and a Cicada. Weird looking mofo. __________________ "Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened." - Dr. Seuss

07-20-2003, 10:52 AM	#7 (permalink)
bullgoose Insane Location: Central N.Y.	I live in upstate NY; looks like a Katydid or Cicada to me; we get 'em fairly often around here; ugly but harmless (raises hell with the windshield,though!) __________________ "If I had it to do all over, I'd do it all over you."

07-20-2003, 03:50 PM	#9 (permalink)
platypus Essen meine kurze Hosen Location: NY Burbs	I don't know. In my world this is a katydid... and this is a cicada. What you've got is neither and looks to be quite nasty. ----- Edit: <b>Found it!</b> Dobsonfly Not as dangerous as they look, actually. Used as bait by fishermen. __________________ Out the 10Base-T, through the router, down the T1, over the leased line, off the bridge, past the firewall...nothing but Net. Last edited by platypus; 07-20-2003 at 04:06 PM..

07-21-2003, 04:43 AM	#12 (permalink)
Bill O'Rights will always be an Alyson Hanniganite Location: In the dust of the archives	Damn, that's a ugly bug!! __________________ "I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice it always coincides with their own desires." - Susan B. Anthony "Hedonism with rules isn't hedonism at all, it's the Republican party." - JumpinJesus It is indisputable that true beauty lies within...but a nice rack sure doesn't hurt.

07-20-2003, 06:38 AM	#2 (permalink)
LittleOralAnnie Banned	Here I'm asking myself why I ever clicked the link. Why why why!!? That is one of the most hideous bugs I've seen and at this moment I'm unsure of what kind that may be.

07-20-2003, 07:18 AM	#3 (permalink)
denim Banned Location: Massachusetts, USA	Looks like the furbious Snozwangler to me. Are you still alive, or has it burrowed into your brain yet? If not, be glad you're not an Umpa Lumpa.

07-20-2003, 08:38 AM	#4 (permalink)
Kaos Ssssssssss Location: Ontario	Damn, I live in Southern Ontario, and have never seen a bug like that. Seen similiar ones like big Katydid's and stuff, but not that one. /me goes to find out what that is.

07-20-2003, 09:15 AM	#5 (permalink)
Giant Hamburger Gastrolithuanian Location: low-velocity Earth orbit	Hail Bug Hunter! I had one of those crawl out of a wound once. I always wondered "which species was that?" I promptly ate it. I will now begin my research for you. I am done. -GH

07-20-2003, 11:33 AM	#8 (permalink)
putzy Crazy	wow, im glad i live in BC cause thats one of the most scaries looking bus ive ever seen.

07-20-2003, 11:05 PM	#10 (permalink)
nothingx undead Location: nihilistic freedom	I was just about to say, I know them as hellgrammites... Which, thanks to your link platypus, I now know that name refers to the larvae. Interestingly, I see them every once in a great while and I'm in the mid-easteren united states... so apparently, they come down from canada now and then.

07-20-2003, 11:50 PM	#11 (permalink)
Zeld2.0 Cherry-pickin' devil's advocate Location: Los Angeles	Whats pretty freaky is those bugs that come from continents away. Living in LA, we have a pretty diverse society down here but that also brings some pretty foreign bugs. A few years ago jumping flying spiders weren't around and suddenly its like "attack of the super bugs" or something lol.

07-21-2003, 06:17 AM	#13 (permalink)
Daval Junkie Location: The True North Strong and Free!	thats a scary looking bug. I live in southern ontario and aint ever seen a bug like that! __________________ "It is impossible to obtain a conviction for sodomy from an English jury. Half of them don't believe that it can physically be done, and the other half are doing it." Winston Churchill

07-21-2003, 08:51 AM	#14 (permalink)
Shokan Addict Location: Canada	thanks guys! that been's bugging me for quite awhile! __________________ Legalize it.

07-21-2003, 09:05 AM	#15 (permalink)
triplefivesoul Upright	disgusting.

07-30-2003, 09:19 PM	#27 (permalink)
StormBerlin Happy as a hippo Location: Southern California	I dunno, I think he;s kinda cute ugly things need love too... __________________ "if anal sex could get a girl pregnant i'd be tits deep in child support" Arcane

07-21-2003, 09:10 AM	#16 (permalink)
Zeld2.0 Cherry-pickin' devil's advocate Location: Los Angeles	Heh I remember doing bug collection projects for school and I still cringe at having to stick needles through huge bugs like a potato bug or something ugh

07-21-2003, 10:12 AM	#17 (permalink)
tinfoil Fucking Hostile Location: Springford, ON, Canada	Whilst we are on the bug topic, I have been searching for about a week regarding one that I saw on my car. I am in Southern Ontario as well. My wife and I were walking to the car when we saw this fly roughly 2 to 3 inches long. It looked similar to the cicada posted by platypus, but it was gloss black with clear wings. Nothing else. It was nearly invisible on my car as it is black as well. It looks to be in the horse fly family, but that's all I can find out. I really wish I had my camera on me.... I normally do, but the real estate lady we were with said no pictures allowed so I left it at home. Any thoughts? ---- Edit: After hitting the link Platypus posted, I had read there were indeed 9 types of cicada that are common in Canada.. I think it was one of those, though I am still looking at picks for more. It does look alot like this one: It may be a Tibicen chloromera... whatever that is heh. __________________ Get off your fuckin cross. We need the fuckin space to nail the next fool martyr. Last edited by tinfoil; 07-21-2003 at 10:21 AM..

07-21-2003, 02:54 PM	#18 (permalink)
fallen_angel Psycho Location: Somewhere between the Havens and the Earth	oh my god that thing scared the crap outta me. . . just kill it, its to ugly to be flyin around. . . that thing would make me run out of my house or where ever i was even if i was driving just to get away from it. . . i freak out around bugs and thats a big scary bug but thanx for waking me up alot __________________ from the Havens I have fallen. . . to the earth as a mangled form. . . writhing in pain, my wings torn and bloodied. . . I have one purpose, only one goal. . . to find you and love you, for I am your. . . fallen angel

07-23-2003, 02:15 AM	#19 (permalink)
Arachnid Crazy Location: Melb - Australia	like a said on IRC... thats an awesome bug ya got there .... bottle the buggar for later refeerence Cheers __________________ -------------------- Cheers

07-23-2003, 06:29 AM	#20 (permalink)
vetoed_libido Upright Location: Toronto-ish	yeah, I live in southern ontario, too. that's a nice one you found there! up to 70cm long! that's huge! i'd be running. : ) __________________ Yes, you may.

07-23-2003, 06:30 AM	#21 (permalink)
eyeronic I run E. Location: New York	cool bug pictures I now officially hate the Dobsonfly __________________ I hold with those that favor fire.

07-23-2003, 09:49 AM	#22 (permalink)
rocinante2003 Insane Location: Dallas	I hate bugs lol.

07-23-2003, 11:57 AM	#23 (permalink)
m0ntyblack Crazy	Man, that Dobsonfly is a ugly son of a bi0tch....ugh...imagine waking up at night finding one crawling on your face /shudder. MB

07-23-2003, 01:52 PM	#24 (permalink)
clavus pow! Location: NorCal	Strong work, platypus!! I suggest that you capture this insect and hide it in your sister's underwear drawer. __________________ Ass, gas or grass. Nobody rides for free.

07-23-2003, 08:37 PM	#25 (permalink)
asdf4321 Upright Location: Houston	Underwear drawer sounds like a great idea... I don't get it. I'm 18, used to love bugs at age 10ish, just recently realized how I detest bugs this summer while biking (ingesting gnats.. fun stuff).. All this bug talk reminds me of the time I was chased, along with two friends, by a giant horse fly back in scout summer camp.. Damn bugs. __________________ Rar-poop! Combination dinosaur noise and the sound of.. well, you know.

07-23-2003, 09:14 PM	#26 (permalink)
oldman2003 Crazy Location: Over the Rainbow	lol .... you guys crack me up! All bugs are ugly...

07-30-2003, 11:16 PM	#29 (permalink)
maxero Crazy	i think the bugs in my house are evolving ive had these little black beetles for a while, and recently ive learned they can fly, and their exoskeletons are becoming more indestructable by the month __________________ cough

08-04-2003, 09:51 AM	#30 (permalink)
BentNotTwisted Optimistic Skeptic Location: Midway between a Beehive and Centennial	My wife just had me call to have the house sprayed because there are a few spiders and the occasional cricket. The spiders are never more than 1 cm and the crickets can't be more that 2 or 3 cm. She would have called the fire department if she saw an insect that big anywhere near our home, especially one that flies! __________________ IS THAT IT ???!!! Do you even know what 'it' is? When the last man dies for just words that he said... We Shall Be Free

08-04-2003, 11:30 AM	#31 (permalink)
Looften Crazy	I've seen that insect before, although I couldn't for the life of me remember where. Good catch on the Dobsonfly ID

08-04-2003, 11:59 AM	#32 (permalink)
mingusfingers Psycho Location: uhhhh	That is one freaky ass bug...though I really hate horseflies more. __________________ Still Looking

08-04-2003, 12:12 PM	#33 (permalink)
rl33 Tilted Location: Hawaii	That is about the most revolting bug I have ever seen, and to have it crawling around your house. echhh