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paperbag princess

Joined: 07 Mar 2004 Location: veggie hell
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Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 5:01 am Post subject: holy big mother of a bug! |
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woah! i just saw the biggest cockroach of my life. it was huge. how can they get that big?
man, i hate bugs. |
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jaganath69

Joined: 17 Jul 2003
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Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 5:03 am Post subject: |
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In Australia they get so big that I have had to wrestle the odd one. |
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paperbag princess

Joined: 07 Mar 2004 Location: veggie hell
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Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 5:19 am Post subject: |
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how come c.roach was beeped out? |
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tzechuk

Joined: 20 Dec 2004
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Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 6:03 am Post subject: |
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Because you cannot type C*ck.... |
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Hwajangsil Ajumma

Joined: 02 May 2005 Location: On my knees in the stall
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Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 7:26 am Post subject: |
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How big is "big"? I've seen a couple that could hide a 500 Won coin, but nothing that needs a collar and leash.
p.s. nice pic Tzechuk, is she really growing that fast? |
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mishlert

Joined: 13 Mar 2003 Location: On the 3rd rock from the sun
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Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 4:05 pm Post subject: |
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In my home town of Miami, Fla. the bugs are not only big, but fight for their turf; coming home once, I walked into my bedroom and one flew, yes, I said flew at me.
Basically, it was a palmetto bug, which is a roach with wings. |
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Grotto

Joined: 21 Mar 2004
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Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 4:14 pm Post subject: |
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Last month in one of my classes a student had a big beetle with massive mandibals. I thought how cute a plastic bug to scare the girls with. So I picked it up Very docile little bug but about an inch and a half long. Jet black, shiny shell, pretty cool overall. |
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gdimension

Joined: 05 Jul 2005 Location: Jeju
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Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 6:15 pm Post subject: |
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Last month in one of my classes a student had a big beetle with massive mandibals. I thought how cute a plastic bug to scare the girls with. So I picked it up Shocked Very docile little bug but about an inch and a half long. Jet black, shiny shell, pretty cool overall. |
Was this it, Grotto?
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My wife was just a wee bit uncomfortable for this shot. It didn't help that the beetle wouldn't stop moving, so it took a while for me to get a picture in focus.
There are a couple more photos of them on my blog, if anyone is interested: http://gdimension.typepad.com/ |
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Bulsajo

Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 7:17 pm Post subject: |
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That's a wicked photo- I had to look at it for a minute before I realized that it wasn't a painting or an animation cell. |
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alicat_blue

Joined: 09 Mar 2005
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Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 11:02 pm Post subject: |
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I've seen those same beetles sold at GS Mart in little plastic containers (quite inhumane really). Are they native to Korea? What I mean is would you see one if you were hiking in the mountains here? I think they're pretty damn cool myself. |
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Grotto

Joined: 21 Mar 2004
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Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 11:49 pm Post subject: |
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Was this it, Grotto? |
Yup thats the wee little beastie! Nice pic! |
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buddy bradley

Joined: 24 Aug 2003 Location: The Beyond
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Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 11:53 pm Post subject: |
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So did your wife fry, boil, or roast the little guy? |
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captain kirk
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
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Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 12:18 am Post subject: |
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That thing'll squeeze your finger 'til the tip of the mandible pokes through your skin. I had one on my finger like that 'til I whacked it on the head and it let go. |
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Derrek
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 1:33 am Post subject: |
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They've got a whole big cage full of those things at a pet store near here. They feed 'em little containers of jelly, and they eat 'em like crack. |
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gdimension

Joined: 05 Jul 2005 Location: Jeju
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Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 2:37 pm Post subject: |
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That's a wicked photo- I had to look at it for a minute before I realized that it wasn't a painting or an animation cell. |
Thanks. That was at Bunjae Artpia on Jeju.
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Are they native to Korea? What I mean is would you see one if you were hiking in the mountains here? |
According to my sources, which are never wrong (cough, cough), nonnative beetles are not allowed in Korea, so those, and all others that you see, can be found here. The ones in my pictures in particular can be found here on Jeju, and I assume the mainland, near fruit trees at night (hence the fact that they go bonkers over that jelly that Derrek referred to). |
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