Most Disgusting Photo Ever [WARNING Gross. Dude, seriously]

I typically love insects.
I have no idea what this is and it makes me feel really, really squeamish?

thought I would share!

Weird! Maybe its one of those insects that carries its fertilized eggs on its back until they hatch?

Ooh how yum! It looks so delicious.



See how the slimy slime makes its body glisten.
Then they topped it off with squirts of ketchup on thee frontal area.
I want me some of that. =P~

Need a better pic- not getting the full effect here...

Click on it. I did and the full pic came up.

i clicked on it. and now the insect looks like it is going to crawl out of my screen. eek!

caaahyoko wrote: Weird! Maybe its one of those insects that carries its fertilized eggs on its back until they hatch?

Yeah, those look like larvae coming off its back.

what king of insect is that??? would someone please be kind enough to pm me because i can't look at this thread any more. my stomach is lying in my lap.

Looks like this guy -
http://www.whatsthatbug.com/toe_biter_2.html

Male Predatory Water Bug with Eggs
(05/19/2007) Toe Biter?
Not sure but I guess its a Toe Biter.All the pics I saw didn't have any eggs so Im sending you this cool pic. Found it in a pond in Gulfport Mississippi.
David Cox
Gulfport MS



Hi David,
This is a Predatory Water Bug and it has many of the same common names as the more commonly photographed genus Lethocerus, including Giant Water Bug, Electric Light Bug and Toe-Biter. This is however a different genus, Belostoma. Males of this genus carry the eggs which the female cements onto his back.

i am going to hurl.

which the female cements onto his back

:twisted:

"Hold still, honey..."

Here's a toad that carries the eggs not on her back but INSIDE her back...

During mating the male sweeps the eggs onto the female's back, they adhere to her and become embedded in the skin. In some species tadpoles hatch from the skin after about 4 weeks, but in the Surinam toad they develop directly into toadlets, emerging from the mother's back after 3-4 months.

Almost totally off topic, but I snapped this critter yesterday in the BBG, and I just wanted to share. Dragonfly and poppy. Click for full-size.

Oooh, that's a sexy macro shot.

thank you for that visual sherbert to get the salty taste of the slimy sac things out of my mouth.

caaahyoko wrote: Oooh, that's a sexy macro shot.

Thanks. This is my cheap go-anywhere canon A650IS, nuffin' fancy.

Ahh, dragonflies, cicadas, praying mantis...its must be the month for my favorite bugs!

could it be a horseshoe crab

I hate almost all bugs...except for dragonflies, I love dragonflies. Great pic.

Doctorj , that bug looks so pretty.The blue on the tail looks awesome. And the wings look like they have a black fish net pattern. Nice.