I thought that by waterbugs, you meant waterbugs. Which I'm sure you wouldn't want in your home.
Annie Dillard's Pilgrim at Tinker's Creek opens with a long and horrifying discussion of the water bug.
Well, look who just popped open a fresh can of venom.
Xander ,'Empty Places'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
DavidS - Jun 09, 2009 5:47:25 pm PDT #23495 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Juliebird - Jun 09, 2009 5:49:20 pm PDT #23496 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Arachnophobia was less horrifying and more funny than I expected, too.
Says you!
I actually have to cover my eyes for the last part of the Land of the Lost trailer with the giant bugs. Despite the horrid CGI.
amych - Jun 09, 2009 5:49:40 pm PDT #23497 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I'm fairly certain that when bt's waterbug eating a FROG link says "Napa County, California", it actually means the Napa Co, CA in AUSTRALIA.
sarameg - Jun 09, 2009 5:52:21 pm PDT #23498 of 30000
Aus has the truly scary uncrushables.
billytea - Jun 09, 2009 5:56:14 pm PDT #23499 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
it actually means the Napa Co, CA in AUSTRALIA.
I don't really see many waterbugs in Melbourne. We do have them in Australia, and apparently the Sydneysiders grow up to 7 cm long. I've still always thought of them as an American thing.
Oh, in South-East Asia some of them can reach 12 cm long. That's one impressive waterbug.
Atropa - Jun 09, 2009 6:02:48 pm PDT #23500 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Arachnophobia was less horrifying and more funny than I expected, too.
twitches violently
I was taken to that movie on a first date. There was no second date.
Juliebird - Jun 09, 2009 6:10:16 pm PDT #23501 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
![[link]](http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.stat.duke.edu/~ervance/Greatphotos/WestafricaII/1994-myspiderphoto.jpg&imgrefurl=http://digg.com/pets_animals/Ladies_Gentlemen_give_a_warm_welcome_to_Ms_Scary_Spider&usg=__OVdhfps_CpFSvKP6ooCWDIsDmMw=&h=1600&w=1200&sz=816&hl=en&start=30&sig2=_z03817ARN75zfE5Ziir6w&tbnid=ISvWakRyttwE7M:&tbnh=150&tbnw=113&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dscary%2Bspider%26gbv%3D2%26ndsp%3D18%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26start%3D18&ei=wiMvSpDpLIaxmAeS78n5Cg){kind=link}
Juliebird - Jun 09, 2009 6:15:39 pm PDT #23502 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
i'm gonna give myself nightmares: [link]
![[link]](http://ratsoverboard.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/image1724324831.jpg){kind=link}
(again: eight legs are involved. ten if you include the victims)
Zenkitty - Jun 09, 2009 6:19:18 pm PDT #23503 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Oh, good grief, why do I have this irrestible urge to click on these damn bug links?
I'm gonna need a drink to wash that last picture out of my mind before bedtime. nnnnnggghh
Bugs should not be large enough to look me in the eye. I met a giant praying mantis once at a gas station in Kentucky. The thing was easily as long as my forearm, sitting there on the gas pump, looking at me.
Atropa - Jun 09, 2009 6:20:32 pm PDT #23504 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
HELL NO I AM NOT CLICKING ANY OF THOSE LINKS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
Pete warned me about something on the BBC site the other day, something about "spider labs". It sounds like a nifty article, and nifty science. Not gonna go read it.