#39439
July 10th, 2005 at 09:30 AM
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#39440
July 10th, 2005 at 09:58 AM
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EWWWWWWWWWW! Egads! How big was it?! If it's rat-sized, I'd suggest relocating immediately
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#39441
July 10th, 2005 at 11:02 AM
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Meg....that is really creepy looking!! This is a case for buglady.....
Oh Buglady, where are you??????
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#39442
July 10th, 2005 at 11:41 AM
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How big is it really Meg? Should put a penny or something to identify size..... Did you save the bug? Or is it still running around your house, as we speak????
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#39443
July 10th, 2005 at 11:53 AM
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Weezie, it was on the front porch, and I didn't think to grab anything to put next to it for size.. but it was probably close to the size of a penny. Skinnier than a penny, but lengthwise, it coulda been close to that big. I didn't do anything with it, except take the picture. I didn't want to kill it, just in case it was actutally a good guy. I didn't realize it had those pinching looking jaws or whatever they are, until I was looking at the closeups I took of it.
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#39444
July 10th, 2005 at 11:59 AM
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I have something like that that's in my compost pile every so often, but they just scamper away... I have never see one chomping on anything, but I am not 100% sure... I wonder if Loz PM'd the Suzanne??? I'll have to go ask????
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#39445
July 10th, 2005 at 12:02 PM
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Meg, and I didn't think to grab anything to put next to it for size.. and wha'ts wrong with you for future shotz will ya ? *Peaks out from behind computer chair, makin' sure coast is clear*
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#39446
July 10th, 2005 at 12:08 PM
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LOL Weezie!! Ya know, I likely had some change laying around on the table near the camera when I grabbed it.. I just didn't think to put it down. Buggy was on the move, & I didn't want to get *that close* to it!
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#39448
July 10th, 2005 at 06:43 PM
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Hey Weezie, those links were great! I think it very well coulda been the bigheaded ground beetle. Glad I didn't squish it, it's considered beneficial, eating bad guy bugs. But, it also says, not to handle them, they can really pinch with thier mandibles, and emit a noxious odor for a defense.
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#39449
July 11th, 2005 at 11:30 PM
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She's right. It is a ground beetle. And, they are friends.
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#39450
July 12th, 2005 at 04:48 AM
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Hi to all Gardening Gods I am pretty new to gardening, but already I have had a run in with the Black Vine Weevil, but if I found that thing in my garden I would never leave the house again! LOL UK here, nothing that nasty
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#39451
July 12th, 2005 at 05:05 AM
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Hey Atreus. It's a good bug, but not nearly the size it betray's......
If you put a penny down next to it, the penny would be bigger and wider...
so, it's an okay bug... I see them alot here, more scared of us than we are of them... and they do good stuff in the garden, and don't harm what we're growin'...
Glad to have you here.!! We have several members from your area...
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#39452
July 24th, 2005 at 06:17 AM
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Are you sure thats not a mole cricket? It sure is ugly. Good thing its small
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#39453
July 24th, 2005 at 08:33 AM
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Are you sure thats not a mole cricket? I took a peak, the body, or end part didn't quite look the same in the pictures....
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