What's Under Your Sink
I caught a large strange looking beetle the other day that was lurking about under my sink. After scooping it up in a bag and placing it outdoors, I browsed online to try to find out more about it. No joy , , , but I did come across some of the weirdest and scariest looking insects that I never knew existed.
Apparently there are about 10,000,000,000,000,000,000 insects on earth at any given moment, and for every one of us there are 1.5 billion bugs.
Here's just a few of them that I wouldn't like to find under my sink!
The Giant Walking Stick (New Guinea, New Caledonia, and the Solomon Islands)
Supposedly blends in to look like a stick, but if you do manage to spot it and it feels threatened, it can squirt you with vomit, faeces or blood.
Giant Long-Legged Katydid (Malaysia)
From Walking Carpet land, these enormous insect eating insects are the largest katydids in the world, and almost as strange as WC himself.
Wattle Cup Caterpillar (Northern Australia)
Probably the most colourful caterpillar you'll ever see, but covered in loads of thorns. It also has a potent sting that is more painful than three simultaneous wasp stings!
Titan Beetle (Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, the Guianas, and north-central Brazil)
Apparently, the sharp mandibles of this beetle are notorious for being able to slice a pencil in half and easily tear through human flesh.
White Ermine (Eurasia)
Looks cute but these moths are poisonous. They inhabit much of Europe and Asia.
Giant Weta (New Zealand)
Endemic to New Zealand, in 2011 a weta was found that weighed 71 grams. The Tree Weta can inflict painful bites and scratches on a human.
Apparently there are about 10,000,000,000,000,000,000 insects on earth at any given moment, and for every one of us there are 1.5 billion bugs.
Here's just a few of them that I wouldn't like to find under my sink!
The Giant Walking Stick (New Guinea, New Caledonia, and the Solomon Islands)
Supposedly blends in to look like a stick, but if you do manage to spot it and it feels threatened, it can squirt you with vomit, faeces or blood.
Giant Long-Legged Katydid (Malaysia)
From Walking Carpet land, these enormous insect eating insects are the largest katydids in the world, and almost as strange as WC himself.
Wattle Cup Caterpillar (Northern Australia)
Probably the most colourful caterpillar you'll ever see, but covered in loads of thorns. It also has a potent sting that is more painful than three simultaneous wasp stings!
Titan Beetle (Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, the Guianas, and north-central Brazil)
Apparently, the sharp mandibles of this beetle are notorious for being able to slice a pencil in half and easily tear through human flesh.
White Ermine (Eurasia)
Looks cute but these moths are poisonous. They inhabit much of Europe and Asia.
Giant Weta (New Zealand)
Endemic to New Zealand, in 2011 a weta was found that weighed 71 grams. The Tree Weta can inflict painful bites and scratches on a human.
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