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Title: Insect just bit me. WTF?!?
Post by: captain on Thu, 29 March 2012, 14:27:33

What is this freak?



I felt something on my neck, then a "sting" like a mosquito or flea. Am I going to die?

Title: Insect just bit me. WTF?!?
Post by: Tarkoon on Thu, 29 March 2012, 14:30:37

Absolutely! You have about one hour left!
Use the time, do something kind and send me all your keyboards!

Title: Insect just bit me. WTF?!?
Post by: whiskerBox on Thu, 29 March 2012, 14:31:05

Paranoid scratching now! Thx

Title: Insect just bit me. WTF?!?
Post by: alaricljs on Thu, 29 March 2012, 14:35:16

That's an earwig, rip... his has the pincer arrangement on it's face, not it's ass.

Title: Insect just bit me. WTF?!?
Post by: thegunner100 on Thu, 29 March 2012, 14:40:51

Scary! Quick, send us all off your keyboards and keycaps before they go to waste!

Title: Insect just bit me. WTF?!?
Post by: captain on Thu, 29 March 2012, 14:54:04

Now, that's just pure mean, that is. :-(

Title: Insect just bit me. WTF?!?
Post by: Input Nirvana on Thu, 29 March 2012, 14:55:04

Keep paying your bills, because you'll live. I doubt you'll have any irritation. Non-venomous irritating insects.

You may want to keep him as a pet. Wicked!

Title: Insect just bit me. WTF?!?
Post by: captain on Thu, 29 March 2012, 14:55:11

Quote from: thegunner100;560645

Scary! Quick, send us all off your keyboards and keycaps before they go to waste!

I was thinking of trying to get all my keyboard parts into one photograph. I don't think I have a large enough space!

Title: Insect just bit me. WTF?!?
Post by: captain on Thu, 29 March 2012, 14:56:23

Quote from: whiskerBox;560626

Paranoid scratching now! Thx

There is a psych term for that. Brother ripster?

Title: Insect just bit me. WTF?!?
Post by: thegunner100 on Thu, 29 March 2012, 14:56:54

Quote from: captain;560664

I was thinking of trying to get all my keyboard parts into one photograph. I don't think I have a large enough space!

Perhaps its time for some ultra wide or fish eye lens :behindsofa:

Title: Insect just bit me. WTF?!?
Post by: captain on Thu, 29 March 2012, 14:57:53

Quote from: ripster;560636

That is the rare Fukushima Nuclear version that has floated across the pacific on the debris.

Here, I'll help do the Melissa CountDown:

4,
3,
2,
1

5!

Title: Insect just bit me. WTF?!?
Post by: captain on Thu, 29 March 2012, 15:00:12

Quote from: thegunner100;560669

Perhaps its time for some ultra wide or fish eye lens :behindsofa:

I have the 18mm, and access to 11mm, that's no problem. Floorspace is less than keyboard surface area, I'm afraid. I just mentally went through the keyboards I can recall, and it's astounding!

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Post by: captain on Thu, 29 March 2012, 15:09:57

Apparently it is the larval stage of this:

Title: Insect just bit me. WTF?!?
Post by: captain on Thu, 29 March 2012, 15:15:27

Quote from: whiskerBox;560626

Paranoid scratching now! Thx

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somatoform_disorder ??

Title: Insect just bit me. WTF?!?
Post by: captain on Thu, 29 March 2012, 15:22:41

http://dracogardens.blogspot.com/2009/08/watch-out-its-vinegaroon.html?m=1

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Post by: thegunner100 on Thu, 29 March 2012, 15:36:27

Anyone for salt and vinegar chips?

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Post by: captain on Thu, 29 March 2012, 17:06:52

Well, I figured it out, at last!  It was a lacewing larva. They are beneficial, and used as pest control. Yes, you can actually buy them!

http://www.ca.uky.edu/entomology/entfacts/ef148.asp

Title: Insect just bit me. WTF?!?
Post by: JoeC on Sat, 31 March 2012, 03:24:06

Quote from: captain;560820

Well, I figured it out, at last!  It was a lacewing larva. They are beneficial, and used as pest control. Yes, you can actually buy them!

http://www.ca.uky.edu/entomology/entfacts/ef148.asp

another link: http://www.arbico-organics.com/product/Green-Lacewing-Larvae-1000

At those prices, it actually seems like a pretty lucrative business!  I almost feel sorry for the shipping dept.   964, 965, 966, 967.... what? oh, DAMMIT, I lost count!