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Awesome photo's great bug.
The only bugs I am absolutely detest and kill on sight are the 10cm centipedes you know the black ones and the red ones, if they bite you.... yuck!
The only bugs I am absolutely detest and kill on sight are the 10cm centipedes you know the black ones and the red ones, if they bite you.... yuck!
Do you mean these? Didn't realise they were dangerous. This one was at Vanna's in Kep.The only bugs I am absolutely detest and kill on sight are the 10cm centipedes you know the black ones and the red ones, if they bite you.... yuck!
Back to Phnom Penh - didn't quite get the focus with this one (Gimped), but you get the idea...
Unsure as to whether it has its full complement of body parts as Muttley got to it before I did
... and in a field 30 mins from Phnom Penh
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Chuangt2u, that's a millipede, or chongololo,as we call them in Zambia, completely harmless, cannot/ will not bite.
Centipedes are bitches.
Centipedes are bitches.
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Nice pictures! But wtf is that last one? Does it have a sort of suction cup on you? Can't say I'm a bug fanatic though, since most bugs I see are either ants or cockroaches...
The last one is a Golden Tortoise Beetle - the shell is like a clear hard hat, feels a little like a baby's fingernail and opens centrally for flight.
http://fiveprime.org/hivemind/Tags/cass ... nteresting
The middle one that the dog had is called Sternocera aequisignata or the Jewel Beetle and is apparently used to make jewellery in Thailand.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Rare-Real-Metallic- ... 3f0ca6cc5f
http://www.godofinsects.com/index.php/m ... uisignata/
The first one - the Frog Legged Leaf Beetle, or Sagra femorata
http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2011/03/28/ ... -malaysia/
http://fiveprime.org/hivemind/Tags/cass ... nteresting
The middle one that the dog had is called Sternocera aequisignata or the Jewel Beetle and is apparently used to make jewellery in Thailand.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Rare-Real-Metallic- ... 3f0ca6cc5f
http://www.godofinsects.com/index.php/m ... uisignata/
The first one - the Frog Legged Leaf Beetle, or Sagra femorata
http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2011/03/28/ ... -malaysia/
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Admittedly I didn't see this in Cambo, but in Madagascar (still the tropics). I've no idea what it is but I've never seen one before or since. I was huge and those mandibles are stupidly big. Anyone got any ideas? Vladimir have you seen one?
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Agreed, millipedes are almost harmless,they are vegetarian and can't bite or anything. However they sometimes secrete a mild toxin from tiny holes in their scales that can cause a rash. Giant centipedes are nasty bastards.vladimir wrote:Chuangt2u, that's a millipede, or chongololo,as we call them in Zambia, completely harmless, cannot/ will not bite.
Centipedes are bitches.
Who Gives a Fuck?
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It looks like some sort of cricket, with an unfeasibly big pair of gnashers.Typhoon wrote:Anyone got any ideas?
Great thread anyway, I'm big on wildlife.
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Never seen a big centipede here, plenty of 2 inch ones, but nothing that'd make me want to kill it.vladimir wrote:Chuangt2u, that's a millipede, or chongololo,as we call them in Zambia, completely harmless, cannot/ will not bite.
Centipedes are bitches.