Sorry, it even looks nasty. My son Jason, is an owner of a Pest Control company.

The Giant Vinegaroon is a species of whipscorpion that has a very unusual defense! It gets its’ name from the vinegar (actual acidic acid) that it emits to scare away predators! As if that isn’t strange enough, Giant Vinegaroons do not have stingers, they have long whip-like tails that do not sting at all. Sometimes people mistake them for insects because it looks like they have 6 legs and a pair of antennae, but actually, the “antennae” located in the front are just long, modified legs. All whipscorpions do not have venom, so Giant Vinegaroons are harmless when it comes to toxicity. They can be held, although handling any type of whipscorpion is not recommended. This creepy-looking arachnid is seldom seen in the wild due to its nocturnal nature. A note for any arachnid collectors out there, if you don’t have a Giant Vinegaroon, your collection isn’t complete. The Giant Vinegaroon is a truly fascinating arachnid that can be kept by beginners, intermediate keepers, or experienced hobbyists!

Benjamin - age 6 calls this a RolyPolie bug.

Rolypolies… by Benjamin R., age 6, narrated click here
It is a creature in my collection. They look like they are long but sometimes when they are scared they curl up into a ball and look like a pill. Some of its names are wood louse, sow bug, pill bug, rolypoly (this one I like to use), bibble bugs, tiggy hogs, and potato bugs. It has more than six legs (so it�s not an insect). One time doctors used rolypolies as medicine, a long time ago! Rolypolies are like bunnies because they eat their scat (scientific name for poop) when they don�t have any other food. They protect themselves with a hard shell on their backs, and they give off a stink like a skunk. They also carry their babies like a kangaroo in a pouch. They may have hundreds of babies in the pouch at the same time!

Sorry folks, I don’t even know what it is other than a bad bug.

Terresa Boardman doesn’t like Box Elder Bugs, she doesn’t like scary bugs, but likes them undressed. Here is a butterly with so little clothes on you can see right through it. I bet she will like it.

The Glasswing Butterfly. Click here for an event better photo. A fine example of a bug undressed.

This Roach is coming out from the cold.

The Roaches That Came In from the

Cold

“A frog or a praying mantis, they do interesting things,” says Catherine Chalmers, and she should know. Chalmers has spent the better part of the last decade raising frogs, praying mantises, snakes, and mice in her SoHo loft. Her larger-than-life color photographs of these animals doing interesting things€”eating other animals, mostly€”have earned her art-world acclaim and popular praise. Her work has been exhibited throughout the United States and Europe, and collected in the monograph

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Question of the day is in the title, why do these bugs have to be here? The second question I know the answer to: is this guy dangerous or not dangerous. Tell us if you know. Larry Cragun - Today I make an exception, you can bug me on Saturday as I am off line today.

Teresa called it bugs undressed. I said don’t bug me on Saturday. I am here to warn you the next three are scarry or strange. Drop by. If your home has bugs, go to PointePestControl.com.

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The Famous African Fattail Scorpion….. Commomly known as the St Paul Terminator.

Remember, don’t bug me on Saturday.

Don’t bug me on Saturday folks.

Pill bugs are actually closer related to lobsters and crabs than to centipedes and millipedes, and that centipedes and millipedes, despite looking so similar superficially, are actually not too closely related.

Description: somewhat flattened; resemble their terrestrial cousins: seven pairs of legs; color varies, usually gray, but sometimes brown: length less than 1 inch.

Reproduction: eggs are carried under the female’s abdomen until they hatch.

Food: characterized as scavengers, eating both dead and live plant and animal debris.

Scientific Name: Class: Crustacea Order: Isopodalem.

Pill Bugs get their name from the habit of rolling into a ball when bothered, protecting their soft underside. Most crustaceans, such as lobsters and crabs, live in or near water, so pill bugs are unusual dry-land crustaceans. However, they still require moist habitats because their delicate gill-like breathing organs must be kept moist. Pill bugs are found under logs, stones, and in damp basements, and they feed mostly on decaying vegetation, so obviously they are not going to bite you. Pill bugs are often called sow bugs, but specialists like to reserve the name sow bug for some species that look a little like pill bugs, but can’t roll into balls. Both pill bugs and sow bugs are sometimes known as woodlice.