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Title: Say hello to the Parktown Prawn!!!
Post by: LilDevilOfPrada on January 10, 2013, 05:07:35 PM
Post by: LilDevilOfPrada on January 10, 2013, 05:07:35 PM
Parktown Prawn is its common causal OMG its a.... name, Its actually called the King Cricket.
I just thought I would enlighten the world to a insect(same family as locusts) that only exists in my city. Literally only in my city.
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These evil creature activity jump at you and follow you!! They also spray a horible black smelly ink at you!!! Not just that they are like the new york rats in numbers in some parts!!
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F1.bp.blogspot.com%2F-D3RcDe5LLmM%2FTsE3cM8iBXI%2FAAAAAAAAAHI%2Foy4CRgEVSvI%2Fs1600%2FScreen%2Bshot%2B2011-11-14%2Bat%2B5.33.28%2BPM.png&hash=318860cbf55e238f885082f81517d68d446155e5)
Its also important to note they have high resistant to bug posions and literally can be squished flat and still live to talk about it.
I just thought I would enlighten the world to a insect(same family as locusts) that only exists in my city. Literally only in my city.
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fblitzmatt.files.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F12%2Fscreen-shot-2011-12-02-at-10-26-48-am.png%3Fw%3D580&hash=68a9b87718637fe1987101740b791cc8bddf2950)
These evil creature activity jump at you and follow you!! They also spray a horible black smelly ink at you!!! Not just that they are like the new york rats in numbers in some parts!!
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F1.bp.blogspot.com%2F-D3RcDe5LLmM%2FTsE3cM8iBXI%2FAAAAAAAAAHI%2Foy4CRgEVSvI%2Fs1600%2FScreen%2Bshot%2B2011-11-14%2Bat%2B5.33.28%2BPM.png&hash=318860cbf55e238f885082f81517d68d446155e5)
Its also important to note they have high resistant to bug posions and literally can be squished flat and still live to talk about it.
Title: Re: Say hello to the Parktown Prawn!!!
Post by: Brooke777 on January 10, 2013, 05:10:07 PM
Post by: Brooke777 on January 10, 2013, 05:10:07 PM
OMG!!! I'm going to have nightmares about that! I hate bugs! I thought this was about a shrimp.
Title: Re: Say hello to the Parktown Prawn!!!
Post by: Shawn Sunshine on January 10, 2013, 05:25:07 PM
Post by: Shawn Sunshine on January 10, 2013, 05:25:07 PM
gee that seems just as bad as the giant hornets only found in Japan
it can sting and bite and also the venom eats flesh
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it can sting and bite and also the venom eats flesh
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Title: Re: Say hello to the Parktown Prawn!!!
Post by: LilDevilOfPrada on January 10, 2013, 05:29:05 PM
Post by: LilDevilOfPrada on January 10, 2013, 05:29:05 PM
Quote from: Shawn Sunshine on January 10, 2013, 05:25:07 PM
gee that seems just as bad as the giant hornets only found in Japan
it can sting and bite and also the venom eats flesh
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F25.media.tumblr.com%2Ftumblr_l4ep5ymPTH1qbkvb1o1_500.jpg&hash=7c1ca43aa1105a0660a2ff713f04bb964be8f474)
Well thats worse but I do recall theres a spider in my country that liquifies muscle tissue with its venom.
Title: Re: Say hello to the Parktown Prawn!!!
Post by: Sarah Louise on January 10, 2013, 05:29:55 PM
Post by: Sarah Louise on January 10, 2013, 05:29:55 PM
The joy of insects. Or the curse.
Title: Re: Say hello to the Parktown Prawn!!!
Post by: Devlyn on January 10, 2013, 05:36:30 PM
Post by: Devlyn on January 10, 2013, 05:36:30 PM
Quote from: LilDevilOfPrada on January 10, 2013, 05:07:35 PM
Parktown Prawn is its common causal OMG its a.... name, Its actually called the King Cricket.
I just thought I would enlighten the world to a insect(same family as locusts) that only exists in my city. Literally only in my city.
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fblitzmatt.files.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F12%2Fscreen-shot-2011-12-02-at-10-26-48-am.png%3Fw%3D580&hash=68a9b87718637fe1987101740b791cc8bddf2950)
These evil creature activity jump at you and follow you!! They also spray a horible black smelly ink at you!!! Not just that they are like the new york rats in numbers in some parts!!
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F1.bp.blogspot.com%2F-D3RcDe5LLmM%2FTsE3cM8iBXI%2FAAAAAAAAAHI%2Foy4CRgEVSvI%2Fs1600%2FScreen%2Bshot%2B2011-11-14%2Bat%2B5.33.28%2BPM.png&hash=318860cbf55e238f885082f81517d68d446155e5)
Its also important to note they have high resistant to bug posions and literally can be squished flat and still live to talk about it.
"You're bugging me, man!
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Name the character and movie. Hugs, Devlyn
Title: Re: Say hello to the Parktown Prawn!!!
Post by: Constance on January 10, 2013, 05:37:43 PM
Post by: Constance on January 10, 2013, 05:37:43 PM
I now have the heebie-jeebies.
Title: Re: Say hello to the Parktown Prawn!!!
Post by: LilDevilOfPrada on January 10, 2013, 05:41:10 PM
Post by: LilDevilOfPrada on January 10, 2013, 05:41:10 PM
I should also add that these come into homes very often during rain storms! And hide in shoes >< They are pure evil!!
Title: Re: Say hello to the Parktown Prawn!!!
Post by: Shawn Sunshine on January 10, 2013, 08:51:50 PM
Post by: Shawn Sunshine on January 10, 2013, 08:51:50 PM
there's always the stink bug, plenty of joy from that!
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(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hoffmanpest.com%2FPortals%2F133986%2Fimages%2Fstinkbug.jpg&hash=a6eabe85f50f609b97bfedcb3c56ebe87a2170ed)
Title: Re: Say hello to the Parktown Prawn!!!
Post by: SarahM777 on January 10, 2013, 09:07:32 PM
Post by: SarahM777 on January 10, 2013, 09:07:32 PM
You can all keep your nasty little bugs and snakes. One of the nice things about living in the north don't have any near as many of the nasty little varmints.
Title: Re: Say hello to the Parktown Prawn!!!
Post by: Ani on January 10, 2013, 10:32:36 PM
Post by: Ani on January 10, 2013, 10:32:36 PM
Quote from: Devlyn Marie on January 10, 2013, 05:36:30 PM
"You're bugging me, man!
Name the character and movie. Hugs, Devlyn
Isn't that Mad, Mad World? No idea about the character.
On topic - looks like a potato bug:
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Cool - two opposable thumbs per 'hand'!
Looked it up on wikipedia - they are related:
"Anostostomatidae is a family in the order Orthoptera. It is sometimes referred to as Mimnermidae or Henicidae in some taxonomies, and common names include King crickets in South Africa, and weta in New Zealand. They are believed to be most closely related to the Jerusalem crickets of North America. Prominent members includes the Parktown prawn of South Africa, and the giant weta of New Zealand."
Title: Re: Say hello to the Parktown Prawn!!!
Post by: LilDevilOfPrada on January 11, 2013, 10:15:34 AM
Post by: LilDevilOfPrada on January 11, 2013, 10:15:34 AM
Quote from: TessaM on January 10, 2013, 09:17:48 PM
Is it wrong if I pictured a crunching sound and this stupid buck squished on the ground?
Im sorry I just hate bugs. Im better now but I couldn't get much worse. Thank god I have two kittys to take care of the house's spiders.
My cats just watch them!! its not fair!!
Title: Re: Say hello to the Parktown Prawn!!!
Post by: Maegan on January 12, 2013, 01:36:44 AM
Post by: Maegan on January 12, 2013, 01:36:44 AM
What part of the country are you in LilDevil?
We also have them here in Knysna and I had lots of them when I still lived in Pretoria. Hideous things they are! Gives me the heeby-jeebies!!
Huggs
Maegan
We also have them here in Knysna and I had lots of them when I still lived in Pretoria. Hideous things they are! Gives me the heeby-jeebies!!
Huggs
Maegan
Title: Re: Say hello to the Parktown Prawn!!!
Post by: LilDevilOfPrada on January 12, 2013, 09:50:25 AM
Post by: LilDevilOfPrada on January 12, 2013, 09:50:25 AM
Quote from: Maegan on January 12, 2013, 01:36:44 AM
What part of the country are you in LilDevil?
We also have them here in Knysna and I had lots of them when I still lived in Pretoria. Hideous things they are! Gives me the heeby-jeebies!!
Huggs
Maegan
Joeburg :P the city of gold :P
Title: Re: Say hello to the Parktown Prawn!!!
Post by: Maegan on January 14, 2013, 02:07:03 AM
Post by: Maegan on January 14, 2013, 02:07:03 AM
Ah, I used to be a Pretoria girl before I decided to come and enjoy the sun, sea and surf of the Garden Route.
Huggs
Megs
Huggs
Megs
Title: Re: Say hello to the Parktown Prawn!!!
Post by: Zeda on January 14, 2013, 06:11:29 AM
Post by: Zeda on January 14, 2013, 06:11:29 AM
Those look so cool o.o I live in the northeast part of the US, but I also live out in a region that is mostly wooded. Going out back at my parent's house, my spouse and I found this on the underside of a leaf:
(https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/555341_414342655311186_1026979873_n.jpg)
We also have these ginormous spiders that we have to watch out for (about as big as a hand, sometimes larger, they are known to eat birds and are yellow and black). They make big webs and my spouse freaked out after almost walking into one XD I had seen them before where I used to live and there was an an outbreak for one year. At one point we had three of them on the fences in the front yard o_O
(https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/555341_414342655311186_1026979873_n.jpg)
We also have these ginormous spiders that we have to watch out for (about as big as a hand, sometimes larger, they are known to eat birds and are yellow and black). They make big webs and my spouse freaked out after almost walking into one XD I had seen them before where I used to live and there was an an outbreak for one year. At one point we had three of them on the fences in the front yard o_O