r/whatisit • u/Cultural_Fall_3255 • 8h ago

New, what is it? What is this thing.

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u/overdramaticpan 8h ago edited 3h ago

longhorn beetle! while they look like they were born from hell's pyres, their bites aren't bad at all; it can break the skin, like a crab pinching you, but just put a bandaid on it and you'll be fine if bitten

IMPORTANT EDIT: while largely harmless to humans, many longhorn beetle species are invasive in much of the US; the asian longhorn beetle can kill trees and produce falling branch hazards in forested or rural areas (information courtesy of u/BantedHam, corroborated by the USDA)

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u/Redd1tRat 8h ago

This is a lie, if you get bitten, within a week you will become one.

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u/Tom-Dibble 4h ago

It’s true! Kafka wrote about it.