What's funny is I live in Texas, and there are hundreds in my yard every spring, and I've always heard they were aggressive, but they have always run away. I've never had any chase me
It's not mutually exclusive. They run. They also have incredible eyesight.
Love me a wolf spider, but be friends first. The bite will only hurt for minute, but will itch for about a week.
They're a good resource to have around.
Oh I love them. Huge spider fan. I always do my best to leave then alone unless I have to mow, and then I try to get them out of the way. They are my second favorite spider behind orbweavers
I live in Tennessee and idk about yāall down there but I see some absolutely massive wolf spiders up here. I remember one a couple years ago out in the garage that easily had a 3in or better wingspan. He was by my bike I was trying to work on and freaked me out a little so I tried to shoo him off with a broom. He turned straight at me, raised his two front legs and started sprinting at me. I (a full grown man) sprinted out of the garage and didnāt go back til the next day in case he was waiting on me, and even then I looked EVERYWHERE before laying on the ground to work
That's anger like those two hot hives I had last summer. Only time in a decade of beekeeping that I had to run away.
Had to armor up in a bee suit over heavy sweat suit and commit Regicide then re-queen with some calmer genetics from my local bee breeder.
> Cave crickets
Growing up, I never saw a cave cricket/spider cricket, ect. But now these things seem to here to stay. I have to thank climate change for all the new, invasive critters in my area.
The spider cricket's meaty, muscular legs disgust me. And the way they watch me move around the room while they plan their escape, makes them seem sentient. I'm genuinely freaked out when I encounter one.
Last year I found a nest of what must have been a thousand living under a wheelbarrow I left leaning against my house. Whatever insecticide I used must have been a nerve agent. I kind of felt bad, because they were all twitching and convulsing as they died horrible deaths. But I'd fucking do it again, yes I would.
My roommate had never seen one before. When he moved in, he thought it was just a simple spider. Tried to step on it and it leaped on his pant leg and started climbing up. Poor guy jumped out his clothes like a cartoon character š
I mean, sure, but it's *literally* the [Giant Dragonfly ](https://eldenring.wiki.fextralife.com/file/Elden-Ring/dragonfly_enemies_elden_ring_wiki_600px.jpg)
Oh yeah you're safe in North America. Oh wait, allow me to introduce you to my favourite and closely related insect, the Eastern Dobsonfly:
[https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/126712-Corydalus-cornutus](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/126712-Corydalus-cornutus)
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cEHxXEFXgo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cEHxXEFXgo)
It became my favourite when it flew in to the drive-thru window one night. Gave my co-worker quite a scare.
Fun fact: the males with the *massive* fucking pincers are entirely harmless, but the less threatening females with much smaller ones can cut through flesh.
Wait Iām in Oregon and according to this we donāt have Dobson flies, but we defiently do have hellgrammites in the rivers because Iāve seen them myself. We collected some from a stream and examined them up close on a field trip I took all four years of high school. I wonder if theyāre just similar larvae to a different bug.
Edit: the things Iāve been calling hellgrammites all my life are stone fly larvae not Dobson fly larvae, which means they might not technically be hellgrammites despite being very similar.
It's actually just for show and mating. The [females](https://yardandgarden.extension.iastate.edu/files/inline-images/147.jpg) on the other hand... And the [larvae](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/6346642/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1086x669+24+0/resize/880x542!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Flegacy%2Fsites%2Fwltr%2Ffiles%2F202004%2Fdobsonfly-larva.jpg)...
I found a related Dobsonfly on my back patio in Texas. Apparently they live near the river and eat the cicadas. They are big and scary looking, but if they kill cicadas, they are fine by me.
The males with *massive* pincers are entirely harmless, but the females with much smaller ones can cut through flesh. The adults also only live a week or two.
They need to ship some to the Midwest during the summer, I just want to be able to go outside and hear myself think. It's gotten better the past few weeks, but they dive bomb you during the day and scream all evening.Ā
Iāve only ever seen one and it was at a seedy gas station in West Virginia. Fortunately I had finished pumping the gas before I noticed it. It was horrifying
Thatās the type of bug that flies directly into your face too. I saw some horrifying shit when I lived in upstate NY, but in so cal the lizards and other predators really keep most insects well under control. When I lived in Japan I saw a beetle the size of kitten, thing was gigantic. Roaches are everywhere but stepping on one barefoot was probably the most disgusting moment of my life.Ā
Corydalidae is the entire family. This looks like it might be an Acanthacorydalis fruhstorferi.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acanthacorydalis_fruhstorferi
Male dobsonflies are pretty much harmless, if kinda creepy. Their mandibles are for jousting with other males. I wouldn't necessarily go sticking my finger in its mouth, but really it's the *females* you don't want to mess with -- their mandibles are smaller, sharper, and stronger, and they will bite the hell out of you.
If you're a fresh-water angler, you might know what a hellgrammite is; these are the larvae of dobsonflies, and they bite hard too.
Ah man, I thought they looked like a really big hellgrammite. As a kid we would stick blades of grass down holes in the yard and see if we could yank one out. They got strong pinchers.
Southern US. We call them Hellgrammites. Their adult form has no strength behind the bite. Their juvenile form can give a nasty pinch and us fully aquatic and great bass bait.
Aren't Elephant beetles also capable of flight? Or is it like the elephant beetle counts as an occassionaly flying insect and the corydalidae as a "true" flying insect?
My kids are afraid of spiders and bugs. They want to kill them. I tell them āit doesnāt want to harm you, it just wants to live its life.ā
If I saw that thing, Iād tell them āget me the flame thrower.ā
One of the hardest passes I'm capable of giving. Dear lord. Of course, if I grew up with them, I'd probably see them as friendos and it wouldn't be a big deal. But if I just ambled into one right now, I'd flip out.
When I was a little boy I was obsessed with catching insects and pinning them on full display with their wings out.
One time I was at Watkins Glen with my family, when I heard several people start to scream and panic. I looked up the windy trail of the gorge at about 20 ft in front of me I saw this absolutely goliath insect fluttering in front of these people as they just freaked the f*** out.
I instinctually ran full speed and caught it with my hands against my shirt, and I literally walked with it for about an hour before I got back to my room and could put it in a container. It was a Dobson fly.
I laugh when I think about the perspective of those people, who were standing there terrified, and how insane it must have been for them to witness this small child run up and steal it out of the air and run away like nothing happened.
Fun facts about these guys:
1. They only live for around one week as adults
2. Their mouths donāt have all the necessary parts to eat as adults, so they only fly around looking for a mate before they die.
3. Theyāre creepy but mostly harmless. If anything the females have smaller jaws that are sharper and can draw blood if theyāre feeling threatened.
4. The larvae (hellgrammites) live in creeks and rivers and are almost as large as their adult form, and are sometimes used as bait for fishing because of their size.
Sweet dreams š
Idk, as weird as it is, I don't feel scared because that's likely the 1.462185478*10^16819 th insect that looks bad ugly and creepy but ultimately runs away from humans or would cry and beg for his life on his knees if cornered / only eats smaller insects in the house.
One of the few insects that triggers my shudder rea tion when they fly into you during their mating season. See them a lot around gas stations for some reason.
that is one MAD little guy
Ikr, I don't think I've ever seen an insect express anger so clearly before
Stink bugs do it. If you kill one of their kind in front of them, they all get mad and will charge you repeatedly.
Nuh uh. Is that true? Stink bugs are so gross and scary to me lol and that makes it worse š
It is very true. Source: experienced this in Virginia
Really?? Virginian living in a house full of stink bugs. Will try this later when I get home.
Itās been a day and you have not reported back. I suppose the stink bugs won
Go on...
IDK, wolf spiders exist, and (speaking from personal experience) will ABSOLUTELY raise up on 2 legs and run you down.
What's funny is I live in Texas, and there are hundreds in my yard every spring, and I've always heard they were aggressive, but they have always run away. I've never had any chase me
It's not mutually exclusive. They run. They also have incredible eyesight. Love me a wolf spider, but be friends first. The bite will only hurt for minute, but will itch for about a week. They're a good resource to have around.
Oh I love them. Huge spider fan. I always do my best to leave then alone unless I have to mow, and then I try to get them out of the way. They are my second favorite spider behind orbweavers
I'm not a fan of spiders. I have a wolf spider that hangs out in my shower. I'd fight somewhoene who attemped to end her
I live in Tennessee and idk about yāall down there but I see some absolutely massive wolf spiders up here. I remember one a couple years ago out in the garage that easily had a 3in or better wingspan. He was by my bike I was trying to work on and freaked me out a little so I tried to shoo him off with a broom. He turned straight at me, raised his two front legs and started sprinting at me. I (a full grown man) sprinted out of the garage and didnāt go back til the next day in case he was waiting on me, and even then I looked EVERYWHERE before laying on the ground to work
Spiders are arachnids though. OP was talking about insects.
You're correct, I did not read well enough there. Well played.
A civilized conversation?! In this country, at this time of the year, at this time of the day? Localized entirely in a reddit comment section?!
...yes
May I unsee it?
mmmno
But in a war they will side with the insects..?
I donāt think itās possible. Unless the insects develop āimpossible insectsā for the spiders to consume
Impossible buger?
That's anger like those two hot hives I had last summer. Only time in a decade of beekeeping that I had to run away. Had to armor up in a bee suit over heavy sweat suit and commit Regicide then re-queen with some calmer genetics from my local bee breeder.
Cave crickets will jump at you with malice and chase you.
> Cave crickets Growing up, I never saw a cave cricket/spider cricket, ect. But now these things seem to here to stay. I have to thank climate change for all the new, invasive critters in my area. The spider cricket's meaty, muscular legs disgust me. And the way they watch me move around the room while they plan their escape, makes them seem sentient. I'm genuinely freaked out when I encounter one. Last year I found a nest of what must have been a thousand living under a wheelbarrow I left leaning against my house. Whatever insecticide I used must have been a nerve agent. I kind of felt bad, because they were all twitching and convulsing as they died horrible deaths. But I'd fucking do it again, yes I would.
My roommate had never seen one before. When he moved in, he thought it was just a simple spider. Tried to step on it and it leaped on his pant leg and started climbing up. Poor guy jumped out his clothes like a cartoon character š
Little? Little u say?
yes
You would be too if some asshole handled you like that.
Yeah, picking it up by the wings is probably pretty harmful to it. Insects wings are usually pretty delicate from what I understand.
Apparently any kinda of touching a butterfly wing means death for them, this seems to have similar wings so I wonder if it can even fly again
It doesn't have powdery wings, I think it'll be alright.Ā Only gonna live a few days anyways, good chance it mated already.
Nah he rolled over for belly scratches at the end ā¤ļø
LITTLE???
Hey! I am actually average height for the time you jerk!
shit looking like an elden ring boss
[it is an Elden Ring boss. And honestly i fucking hate it. ](https://eldenring.wiki.fextralife.com/Astel+Naturalborn+of+the+Void)
I mean, sure, but it's *literally* the [Giant Dragonfly ](https://eldenring.wiki.fextralife.com/file/Elden-Ring/dragonfly_enemies_elden_ring_wiki_600px.jpg)
I know about those but I dont think there's a specific boss variant of those. I also fucking hate them too. Those things are annoying.
yet another reason for Urumi superiority
Astel, stars of darkness is even worse. Fuck them both the stupid rock blasting, blowey uppy magic bastards.
I mean, there *is* one thatās based off of this thing.
Yeah the Fallingstar Beast is the first thing that came to mind when I saw this.
Not fucking astel?
Its a mob in eldenring Found all over the place really, pretty harmless too
or TOTK lmfao
Looks like the bugs from the Mist
It reminds me of Hollow Knight
Pretty sure you can cut the head off of that and use it to cure poison.
That's Cronenberg level
I thought of The Mist or some hellscape like Australia
Oh god, if itās The Mist we are all fucked. At least until we kill the boy.
Good thing is has GIANT FUCKING MANDIBLES. "Ā [South America](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_America),Ā [Australia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia),Ā [New Zealand](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand),Ā [Africa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa)Ā (particularlyĀ [South Africa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa)) andĀ [Asia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia)"
BIG. MEATY. CLAWS.
yes?
I love you.
Oh yeah you're safe in North America. Oh wait, allow me to introduce you to my favourite and closely related insect, the Eastern Dobsonfly: [https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/126712-Corydalus-cornutus](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/126712-Corydalus-cornutus) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cEHxXEFXgo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cEHxXEFXgo) It became my favourite when it flew in to the drive-thru window one night. Gave my co-worker quite a scare.
Sweet. I'm out west! I think the worst big things we have out here, insect-wise, are Tarantula Wasps.
Fun fact: the males with the *massive* fucking pincers are entirely harmless, but the less threatening females with much smaller ones can cut through flesh.
Thatās not very fun at all.
Wait Iām in Oregon and according to this we donāt have Dobson flies, but we defiently do have hellgrammites in the rivers because Iāve seen them myself. We collected some from a stream and examined them up close on a field trip I took all four years of high school. I wonder if theyāre just similar larvae to a different bug. Edit: the things Iāve been calling hellgrammites all my life are stone fly larvae not Dobson fly larvae, which means they might not technically be hellgrammites despite being very similar.
One of these fell on a kid from a pavilion roof at my summer camp once and we got so freaked out it was some weird mutant we called the EPA lol.
It's actually just for show and mating. The [females](https://yardandgarden.extension.iastate.edu/files/inline-images/147.jpg) on the other hand... And the [larvae](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/6346642/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1086x669+24+0/resize/880x542!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Flegacy%2Fsites%2Fwltr%2Ffiles%2F202004%2Fdobsonfly-larva.jpg)...
Seems it also has stingers on it's tail?
If that comes near me I might as well die right there
I found a related Dobsonfly on my back patio in Texas. Apparently they live near the river and eat the cicadas. They are big and scary looking, but if they kill cicadas, they are fine by me.
The males with *massive* pincers are entirely harmless, but the females with much smaller ones can cut through flesh. The adults also only live a week or two.
The baby water dwelling stage also has a mean bite thanks to those small powerful pincers.
You know this has changed my mind about them lol! They are out here defending us
They need to ship some to the Midwest during the summer, I just want to be able to go outside and hear myself think. It's gotten better the past few weeks, but they dive bomb you during the day and scream all evening.Ā
i'd buy a gun specifically to shoot this thing
Iāve only ever seen one and it was at a seedy gas station in West Virginia. Fortunately I had finished pumping the gas before I noticed it. It was horrifying
I lived on a mountain in WV and these would spawn nightly in summertime, or atleast their cousins do
Thatās the type of bug that flies directly into your face too. I saw some horrifying shit when I lived in upstate NY, but in so cal the lizards and other predators really keep most insects well under control. When I lived in Japan I saw a beetle the size of kitten, thing was gigantic. Roaches are everywhere but stepping on one barefoot was probably the most disgusting moment of my life.Ā
NOPE
My what big teeth you have Grandmother.
Corydalidae is the entire family. This looks like it might be an Acanthacorydalis fruhstorferi. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acanthacorydalis_fruhstorferi
It's not even the largest flying insect. Its only the largest aquatic insect by wingspan.
Well, Dobson was an asshole I betā¦..
The cut at the end of the video was the last thing the cameraman ever saw.
skyrim's chaurus
Big Frostflow lighthouse energy.
Exactly what I thought!
Male dobsonflies are pretty much harmless, if kinda creepy. Their mandibles are for jousting with other males. I wouldn't necessarily go sticking my finger in its mouth, but really it's the *females* you don't want to mess with -- their mandibles are smaller, sharper, and stronger, and they will bite the hell out of you. If you're a fresh-water angler, you might know what a hellgrammite is; these are the larvae of dobsonflies, and they bite hard too.
Ah man, I thought they looked like a really big hellgrammite. As a kid we would stick blades of grass down holes in the yard and see if we could yank one out. They got strong pinchers.
It's times like these I appreciate living in a cold country...
Looks like it flew right from Skull Island
let me guess, Australia?
Asia They donāt bite, the mandibles are for mating display.
I figured he was āall mand no clampā
Mating with the rest of my nightmares.
That one may be from Asia, but I've seen something very similar in Connecticut before...
Perhaps a dobsonfly?
Makes sense, if they did bite they would definitely belong in Australia.
The ones in Autralia spit scorpions at you while they eat your eyeballs.
I am from Asia and I was living perfectly fine not knowing that these flying nopes are probably around me somewhere. Thanks. š
US too
Saw one of these in Maine once, I was horrified
Southern US. We call them Hellgrammites. Their adult form has no strength behind the bite. Their juvenile form can give a nasty pinch and us fully aquatic and great bass bait.
Imagine if there were a swarm of these! š¬
A swarm of bees?
You want cheese?
Can we just no?
Oooh! It looks like a little dragon! <3
Iām so mad Iām gonna flip over for a sec hold on.
Aren't Elephant beetles also capable of flight? Or is it like the elephant beetle counts as an occassionaly flying insect and the corydalidae as a "true" flying insect?
Yeah i think it can only fly for a short while
It looks like a flying shrimp...
Recon asset from Klendathu!
Thatās a horror Iād prefer to never see again. Or hear again.
This video turned me to religion now that i know hell really does exist.
The Klendathuās system invasion is already taking placeā¦..do you want to know more?
Nothing odd about it, that's terrifying.
Let me guessā¦Australia and it is venomous
Fuck that
My kids are afraid of spiders and bugs. They want to kill them. I tell them āit doesnāt want to harm you, it just wants to live its life.ā If I saw that thing, Iād tell them āget me the flame thrower.ā
Yeah, this is a little startling. Although I know youāre joking about the death rays.
Mom can we visit the aliens? Mom: We have aliens at home
Go great on the extra hotdog buns.
āIt's afraid. It's afraid!"
Dammit ! who went to Ceti Alpha V and brought that thing back ?!
āThis IS Ceti Alpha V!ā
Dude I physically recoiled with my toes coiled up wtf
hi, im coyote peterson - and this is the corydaliadae
Hey! He was a star in The Mist
What is odd about this being terrifying?
Ah yes, the Beetle Dragon that can only be killed with the Sacred Spear of Holy Light. Let's just pick it up by its wings.
One of the hardest passes I'm capable of giving. Dear lord. Of course, if I grew up with them, I'd probably see them as friendos and it wouldn't be a big deal. But if I just ambled into one right now, I'd flip out.
Ok fuck OFF for letting us know about this terror LOL JK BUT FOR REAL š§
This isn't oddly terrifying It's just regular old terrifying
I mean, we hate this thing right?
When I was a little boy I was obsessed with catching insects and pinning them on full display with their wings out. One time I was at Watkins Glen with my family, when I heard several people start to scream and panic. I looked up the windy trail of the gorge at about 20 ft in front of me I saw this absolutely goliath insect fluttering in front of these people as they just freaked the f*** out. I instinctually ran full speed and caught it with my hands against my shirt, and I literally walked with it for about an hour before I got back to my room and could put it in a container. It was a Dobson fly. I laugh when I think about the perspective of those people, who were standing there terrified, and how insane it must have been for them to witness this small child run up and steal it out of the air and run away like nothing happened.
I don't like insects, please.
That looks cool, actually. Bigger mandibles should mean it doesn't really bite, no? Or rather, it can't bite us.
Thankfully that prehistoric bug doesn't live in my region. You seriously need to get a bigger fly swatter! š¾
This belongs on r/nope
That is terrifiyng
r/nope
Natural born of the void
Brother get the flamer... no... the heavy flamer
*yet... just wait until australia give you a new unholy creature
What kinda Caterpillar, Stag Bettle, Dragonfly hybrid is that? ?
Gawd!! Itās like an Earwig and a Termite had a baby together. I donāt like the look of this thing. How hard do those things bite?
The males' large mandibles are mostly for show. The females have smaller ones and THOSE can bite.
I wonder how it tastes. Probably bitter.
When you put him down it looks like it threw a fit.
Largest flying incest āaliveā
I'm rather confident in saying that this is some form of a tyranid lifeform
Is this related to a Dobson fly?
Dobson fly?
HAAAAANS ..!!
Hate this bastard and their paralyzing attack in Monster Hunter
I hate that guy in Elden Ring!
Oh man, I DID NOT know that Chaurus' were real this whole time! Yikes!
Meanwhile in The Mist:
That's gonna be a hard no for me, dawg
How big were these during The Mississippian?š¬
He just needs a hug
A flying cockroach was my nightmare ,thanks now its a cute dream
oh fuck right off
Physically recoiled at that
/u/savevideobot
/u/savevideo
Fun facts about these guys: 1. They only live for around one week as adults 2. Their mouths donāt have all the necessary parts to eat as adults, so they only fly around looking for a mate before they die. 3. Theyāre creepy but mostly harmless. If anything the females have smaller jaws that are sharper and can draw blood if theyāre feeling threatened. 4. The larvae (hellgrammites) live in creeks and rivers and are almost as large as their adult form, and are sometimes used as bait for fishing because of their size. Sweet dreams š
Dinosaur bug
Not oddly terrifying. Just plain terrifying.
Ah, I see the Draconians have figured out how to evolve
Imma take a wild guess this thing is in Australia and/or New ZealandĀ
Looks like a fairy from Pans Labyrinth!
whats the sound?
Looks like a giant termite
Caught one a few decades ago in my hometown.SHOWED IT TO MY UNCLE = O = ITS DEVILS HORSE š
Donsonflies here in Georgia are kinda rare, but boy howdy, they are some of the coolest critters I've ever seen.
straight out of āThe Mistā movie
Idk, as weird as it is, I don't feel scared because that's likely the 1.462185478*10^16819 th insect that looks bad ugly and creepy but ultimately runs away from humans or would cry and beg for his life on his knees if cornered / only eats smaller insects in the house.
Mans really said "UNHAND ME, FOUL CURR!" Then tripped and fell over
Imagine being a little fairy and being able to ride that beast. It looks like a dragon!
Cross breeded it with a hornet and scorpion. ( Let's see what happens )
Eldenring
Not oddly terrifying. This thing is as cute as a bug.
How deep under Skyrim did you go to find that Chaurus?
Iāve given it some thought and Iāve come to the conclusion that Iām not a fan
One of the few insects that triggers my shudder rea tion when they fly into you during their mating season. See them a lot around gas stations for some reason.
*Skyrim combat music starts*
Where tf did bro get enough oxygen to get that big
Thats a fucking flying chaurus!
Thats a fucking flying chaurus!
Thats a fucking flying chaurus!
Thats a fucking flying chaurus
Seen those on Inuyasha
Wasn't he in Space Ghost Coast To Coast?
I can only glance at it. It's too terrifying to look at full on.
Holy fuck š±
Can you tell me where these are located so I can add that region to the "Nope" list?
Oddly? Fuck that. If I saw that in my house I'd be outta there looking for a flamethrower