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February 22nd, 2007 • Related • Filed Under

Filed Under: Travel

Q: What in the name of holy hell is this thing?

Name: Unknown
Type: Insect
Size: Approximately 2″
Stinger: Yes, large
Location: Progreso, MX
Flight: Unknown, further data not desired
Speed: Slow moving
Strength: Survived Initial Cinderblock Offense
General Appearance: 70% scary, 100% fugly
Status: Deceased, with great prejudice

Any Yucatecan wildlife experts care to fill in the blanks for us?

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There Are 9 Responses So Far. »

1. 

   Comment by Tim on 23 February 2007:

   The offender appears to be a cave or camel cricket. They are usually found in damp dark areas, and they are completely harmless.

   However, they can be alarming as they sometimes defend themselves by jumping at you.
2. 

   Comment by Mom on 23 February 2007:

   Or, it looks amazingly like a potato bug, also terrifically gross.
   Sometimes Nature should just keep to itself.
   Love you, not so crazy about the bug.
3. 

   Comment by Malcolm on 23 February 2007:

   And that barb-looking thing on the back? Not for stinging?
4. 

   Comment by jillian on 23 February 2007:

   Hey Tim, thanks for the expert advice. I am really not stoked on this horrid bug, but I am happy to have a name for it.
5. 

   Comment by Pam on 23 February 2007:

   Ewww….have I mentioned how I hate bugs. That one looks like it could do some real damage. Even if it didn’t hurt you, you could probably hurt yourself getting away from it!! Take care!!
6. 

   Comment by Allie on 23 February 2007:

   Ew. We had camel crickets under the house when I was a kid in NC. They were not THAT big, but you’re probably warmer and damper down there. My cat always liked to eat them which is why we nicknamed him “Cricket-breath.”
7. 

   Comment by Tim on 25 February 2007:

   The barb thing is for laying eggs…it might have been a mom.
8. 

   Comment by Mom on 26 February 2007:

   And you killed it!!!
9. 

   Comment by Sarah on 27 February 2007:

   Cave Cricket. They lived throughout my house in ATL in a major way. At first I decided they were brown recluse spiders and I was going to die a horrible death, but they weren’t. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_Recluse_Spider
   speaking of, how are la cucarachas down there?

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