O-Trap
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Jun 24, 2012 11:20pm
My friend just took a picture of this on the side of his house up here on the border of north Akron and Cuyahoga Falls. It was about the size of an adult man's fist.
Anyone know what it is?
Anyone know what it is?
hoops23
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Jun 24, 2012 11:23pm
Did a quick Google search and looks like it may be a Paloverde Root Borer... But what the fuck do I know?[h=1][/h]
sleeper
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Jun 24, 2012 11:25pm
Put it on the grill and eat it. Tasty!
hoops23
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Jun 24, 2012 11:26pm
Lotta proteinsleeper;1210748 wrote:Put it on the grill and eat it. Tasty!
Ironman92
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Jun 24, 2012 11:35pm
O-Trap;1210739 wrote:My friend just took a picture of this on the side of his house up here on the border of north Akron and Cuyahoga Falls. It was about the size of an adult man's fist.
Anyone know what it is?
That's the size of an adult man's fist....nice. Throw some Air Jordans on it a have people pay to see it.
O-Trap
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Jun 25, 2012 12:08am
He killed it, as he kinda freaked out, but I thought he should catch it and give it to the U of Akron if they have an Entomology department.Ironman92;1210768 wrote:That's the size of an adult man's fist....nice. Throw some Air Jordans on it a have people pay to see it.
Ironman92
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Jun 25, 2012 12:09am
What's it on in the pic?
sleeper
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Jun 25, 2012 12:10am
Terrible. I would have put it in a jar and put it outside.O-Trap;1210801 wrote:He killed it, as he kinda freaked out, but I thought he should catch it and give it to the U of Akron if they have an Entomology department.
Commander of Awesome
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Jun 25, 2012 12:12am
Fuck that thing. If I saw that I would call my mom to come kill it.
THE4RINGZ
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Jun 25, 2012 12:13am
I would have smashed that mofo with a brick. This is America we kill what we don't understand. And I'd you don't subscribe to that theory...GTFO.
Curly J
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Jun 25, 2012 12:14am
Is it snowing in Akron??? Looks like snow and a bug they would eat in South Korea. (Rice Beetle)
THE4RINGZ
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Jun 25, 2012 12:17am
Curly J;1210813 wrote:Is it snowing in Akron??? Looks like snow and a bug they would eat in South Korea. (Rice Beetle)
Yes it is snowing in the A K Rowdy tonight. It was nearly 85 degrees there today, but it is snowing now.
Do you wear a helmet all day?
Commander of Awesome
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Jun 25, 2012 12:18am
He should have taken a vid of him trying to psyche himself up and touching the beetle's back with his finger.
Commander of Awesome
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Jun 25, 2012 12:19am
and Water Wings.THE4RINGZ;1210816 wrote:Yes it is snowing in the A K Rowdy tonight. It was nearly 85 degrees there today, but it is snowing now.
Do you wear a helmet all day?
sleeper
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Jun 25, 2012 12:22am
I'll wait for LJ to tell us what it is. I think he has a pHD in entomology from Brown.
THE4RINGZ
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Jun 25, 2012 12:22am
sleeper;1210824 wrote:I'll wait for LJ to tell us what it is. I think he has a pHD in entomology from Brown.
And Mackey?
Terry_Tate
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Jun 25, 2012 12:24am
I don't know if I would kill it, but first off I would freak the fuck out then probably catch it.
I think hoops is right. Definitely looks the same. Native to the southwest US and Mexico, I'd say it's a long way from home.
I think hoops is right. Definitely looks the same. Native to the southwest US and Mexico, I'd say it's a long way from home.
O-Trap
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Jun 25, 2012 12:32am
sleeper;1210809 wrote:Terrible. I would have put it in a jar and put it outside.
It was already outside. It was on the side of the house, as per the first post. I still would have caught it and given it to the local university.
THE4RINGZ;1210812 wrote:I would have smashed that mofo with a brick. This is America we kill what we don't understand. And I'd you don't subscribe to that theory...GTFO.
/Belly'd
Curly J;1210813 wrote:Is it snowing in Akron??? Looks like snow and a bug they would eat in South Korea. (Rice Beetle)
It's the side of the house.
The bug started tearing the roof off.
THE4RINGZ;1210816 wrote:Yes it is snowing in the A K Rowdy tonight. It was nearly 85 degrees there today, but it is snowing now.
Do you wear a helmet all day?
Hey, he doesn't understand you, and he's American. Ergo, he should now kill you.
/THE4RINGZ'd
Nah, it was just his Masters. His PhD is in Psycholinguistics from MIT.sleeper;1210824 wrote:I'll wait for LJ to tell us what it is. I think he has a pHD in entomology from Brown.
O-Trap
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Jun 25, 2012 12:34am
It's wider than that. A friend of mine who actually is an Entomologist finally got back to me and said it's some kind of long-horned beetle. He said "something californicus" I think.
Commander of Awesome
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Jun 25, 2012 12:39am
Why anyone would want to mess with bugs all day is beyond me.O-Trap;1210832 wrote:It's wider than that. A friend of mine who actually is an Entomologist finally got back to me and said it's some kind of long-horned beetle. He said "something californicus" I think.
Curly J
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Jun 25, 2012 12:42am
THE4RINGZ;1210816 wrote:Yes it is snowing in the A K Rowdy tonight. It was nearly 85 degrees there today, but it is snowing now.
Do you wear a helmet all day?
Helmet no. Aluminum Foil hat freaking YES!!! Never know my brother who is stealing our thoughts.
said_aouita
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Jun 25, 2012 6:08am
Theirs so many scary black creatures around Akron, it's not even funny.
I think it's a .....? 
White-spotted Sawyer Beetle
I think it's a .....?
Ironman92
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Jun 25, 2012 9:08am
said_aouita;1210858 wrote:Theirs so many scary black creatures around Akron, it's not even funny.
I think it's a .....?White-spotted Sawyer Beetle
Said body was less than an inch long?
O-Trap
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Jun 25, 2012 12:11pm
Yeah, this bastard was damn-near 4 inches long. It was a flippin' dinosaur.
se-alum
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Jun 25, 2012 12:43pm
It's obviously a Prionus Californicus.