You are still like many times larger than this insect, as far as we know, the human is its eldritch horror. The thing is terrified, and no bug really wants to be around you.
I did because I saw your comment, now I don’t want to go outside anymore . I’m 99% they don’t even live in my country but still they’re out there making that noise.
Theoretically I would think so. Probably wouldn't be great for the insect since they breathe passively through holes in their exoskeleton and I'd imagine most lubricants would not agree with their insides
I really don’t like bugs and spiders but I refuse to kill them too. I used to not care, but the older I get the more I feel that I don’t have any right to end their lives and feel really bad if someone else’s does or there’s no other option.
Thats goodnto know my rubbing body parts together is strindulating.
What about when you rub your body part with someone elses body part ?.whats that sound called ?
Until he goes all Steve Irwin on it and says something like “hold on… im gomna jam my finger up its butt… WHOA, man this is pissed off now that i jammed my finger up it’s butt!!”
Easiest way to put down an insect like this is to let it grab something with its legs and just back away. Works for most things that don’t fly well. Usually they won’t come after you… usually…
Like the 2” tree roach that is 3” & sitting on your shoulder? That you caught site of in your peripheral vision when you were on the phone & had a white tshirt on? That you screamed so loud & accidentally hung up & didn’t answer again, that the person you were talking to called 911 bc you had a stalker who was threatening you? Then the cops showed up. And you’d gotten a warning for driving fast (or DUI, bc you failed the test & he was alone & didn’t feel like waiting for backup bc the car would have to be towed)earlier in the night. & they saw it & said “you’ve been seeing a lot of us tonight.” But the cop was cool (finally, after you begged him) & used his cowboy boot to kill it in the corner.
Yes. Significantly fewer law enforcement officers and fatalities of all kinds. When they are on a shirt it’s tricky bc they have claws and grip tighter as a reflex…
Let me just tell you something I discovered about this horrible creature, my arch nemesis. I hate those tree roaches so much that when I was dating my husband and saw one in the house, I sprayed a circle of Raid around myself and sat on the coffee table in order to be able to watch the rest of our movie. It had already killed, but I thought he might have friends. I was panicked the entire time.
And then...
Years later I saw another one crawling up the wall and literally screamed as loud as my lungs would allow. It literally jumped at my scream, clearly startled, and tried running away from me. It was then I realized this was the way.
Oh my god I brought one home accidentally after a camping trip. I was a teenager and dumped my bag on the floor like a lazy teen does and my poor unfortunate mother became the one to open it up and try to add my clothes to the washer. The scream she scrumpt.
theyre kind :( they have a strong bite but its bc they make their home in wood. the noise its making supposed to sound scary on purpose its called stridulation and its basically a creaky joint
Fun fact: insects breath though their exoskeleton, not through mouth.
Those noises are from him moving the head up and down and rubbing the playing of his exoskeleton against itself in a show of either fear or aggression.
It's not wheezing. Insects don't breathe through their mouths, they aspirate through their carapace. Any sound an insect makes will usually be from rubbing one part against another.
I'm pretty sure this particular one isn't real, it looks like a toy doesn't it? Its moving its head and legs perfectly in sync and its neck looks like it has a plastic joint. Plus its head looks like it has a seam down the middle of it.
Edit: plus it looks like there's a red led in the eyes, this is, like, a battery operated Halloween decoration or something surely
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u/Electronic_System839 4h ago
Dude, like how do you get rid of it without getting bit? It will 100% have a vendetta for you. It's so mad that it's wheezing like a pug lol.