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packman

(16,296 posts) Wed Dec 18, 2019, 12:27 PM Dec 2019

No- thank you - I'll take my ant and occasional roach problem any day

In the kitchen in Sydney, Australia - A Tarantula Hawk wasp carrying off a Huntsman Spider

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No- thank you - I'll take my ant and occasional roach problem any day (Original Post) packman Dec 2019 OP

That thud you heard earlier was me passing out and hitting the floor. AJT Dec 2019 #1

It was a double thud. Dem2theMax Dec 2019 #11

I applaud the wasp. Arkansas Granny Dec 2019 #2

Australia has more animals that can actually kill you than anywhere else in the world. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2019 #3

Scrolling quickly to trash thread irisblue Dec 2019 #4

So that's why humans are trying to kill Australia! ret5hd Dec 2019 #5

Yikes. LakeArenal Dec 2019 #6

That's why I stay 2naSalit Dec 2019 #7

That is absolutely horrifying. Fla Dem Dec 2019 #8

I was curious about the size thing packman Dec 2019 #9

Ok, packman, if I have a nightmare tonight, it's all your fault! Fla Dem Dec 2019 #10

I perfer this to roaches any day. LeftInTX Dec 2019 #12

AJT

(5,240 posts)

1. That thud you heard earlier was me passing out and hitting the floor.

Reply to packman (Original post)

Wed Dec 18, 2019, 12:29 PM

Dec 2019

It's the apocalypse.

Dem2theMax

(9,653 posts)

11. It was a double thud.

Reply to AJT (Reply #1)

Thu Dec 19, 2019, 10:54 PM

Dec 2019

I passed out as well. I hate bugs! And no bug in the world should be bigger than my hand. Yikes.

Arkansas Granny

(31,525 posts)

2. I applaud the wasp.

Reply to packman (Original post)

Wed Dec 18, 2019, 12:30 PM

Dec 2019

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,829 posts)

3. Australia has more animals that can actually kill you than anywhere else in the world.

Reply to packman (Original post)

Wed Dec 18, 2019, 12:33 PM

Dec 2019

Sea snakes, saltwater crocodiles, funnel-web spiders, box jellyfish and more...

The critters in the photo might not be lethal but they're just too damned big to be in somebody's kitchen. Ick.

irisblue

(33,020 posts)

4. Scrolling quickly to trash thread

Reply to packman (Original post)

Wed Dec 18, 2019, 12:36 PM

Dec 2019

Australia trying to kill humans.

ret5hd

(20,516 posts)

5. So that's why humans are trying to kill Australia!

Reply to irisblue (Reply #4)

Wed Dec 18, 2019, 12:41 PM

Dec 2019

LakeArenal

(28,837 posts)

6. Yikes.

Reply to packman (Original post)

Wed Dec 18, 2019, 12:54 PM

Dec 2019

2naSalit

(86,774 posts)

7. That's why I stay

Reply to packman (Original post)

Wed Dec 18, 2019, 01:02 PM

Dec 2019

Closer to the arctic circle than the equator! Our bugs are small enough to squash with the tip of your shoe!

Fla Dem

(23,736 posts)

8. That is absolutely horrifying.

Reply to packman (Original post)

Thu Dec 19, 2019, 10:52 AM

Dec 2019

Picture has been enlarged, you can tell by the oversized door hinge. But still a very scary situation I hope to never encounter.

packman

(16,296 posts)

9. I was curious about the size thing

Reply to Fla Dem (Reply #8)

Thu Dec 19, 2019, 01:16 PM

Dec 2019

The Huntsman spider LEG from leg to leg is around 12 in. with body of 2 in. The wasp size is about 2 in. long, making them among the largest wasp species.

The scary part is the wasp does not kill the spider, but paralyzes it, drags it to its lair, lays an egg on it which the larva feeds on while the spider is still alive. NOW if that isn't out of the movie Alien, it certainly sounds like it.

Fla Dem

(23,736 posts)

10. Ok, packman, if I have a nightmare tonight, it's all your fault!

Reply to packman (Reply #9)

Thu Dec 19, 2019, 08:04 PM

Dec 2019

🙀

LeftInTX

(25,526 posts)

12. I perfer this to roaches any day.

Reply to packman (Original post)

Fri Dec 20, 2019, 08:21 PM

Dec 2019

We have roaches the size of this wasp.

I had the worst invasion of American cockroaches until I found out my bath tub drain had come disconnected. They were coming from the sewer.

I don't mind ants too much.

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