Can anyone tell me what this bug is?

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Regarding your mystery insect, GT, it is in fact a katydid (or bush cricket, as we usually call them in Britain) and specifically a 'great green bush cricket'. They are neither crickets or grasshoppers but are closely related to both. You can read about them here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tettigoniidae

The picture on the right hand side is what was on your ceiling. :)
 
The other night I was in bed reading some Stephen Hawking, when one of these boogers crawled up my arm:

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markj_87
Regarding your mystery insect, GT, it is in fact a katydid (or bush cricket, as we usually call them in Britain) and specifically a 'great green bush cricket'. They are neither crickets or grasshoppers but are closely related to both. You can read about them here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tettigoniidae

The picture on the right hand side is what was on your ceiling. :)
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That looks like a katydid. They are closely related to grasshoppers/praying mantises.

But don't trust me, Im just basing it on looks.
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oh yeah! I was right! WHAT did I tell you?

Sage, what the hell is that? You people are increasing my insectophobia. The katydid was kinda cute, but Black widow? Giant scary spidery thing? AAAH! :scared::nervous::scared::sick::scared:
 
Well, the stinkbug isnt bad.

The bolivia bug looks kind of like a mutated many legged puppy :lol:.

But why shouldnt we touch it, is it poisonous?
 
Duke
I'd have crapped a whale if that thing walked up my arm just about any time, let alone in my bed at night.
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Oh, you bet. It didn’t just walk up my arm, it ran up it, so I jumped out of my bed and did the obligatory flailing and slapping at my arm. It hid behind my bed, so I had to move my bed away from the wall, then took an old Automobile magazine and slapped it to death.

Nothing’s worse than centipedes though. Not only are they scary and move fast and can hide easily, but once you do hit them, you have to keep hitting them over and over and over again. With the bigger ones, you sometimes have to cut them up to get them to stop moving. :crazy:
 
Sage
Oh, you bet. It didn’t just walk up my arm, it ran up it, so I jumped out of my bed and did the obligatory flailing and slapping at my arm. It hid behind my bed, so I had to move my bed away from the wall, then took an old Automobile magazine and slapped it to death.

Nothing’s worse than centipedes though. Not only are they scary and move fast and can hide easily, but once you do hit them, you have to keep hitting them over and over and over again. With the bigger ones, you sometimes have to cut them up to get them to stop moving. :crazy:
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You used Automobile ? Hah, great minds think alike. :sly:
That's what I use to kill the pests that make it into my room.
 

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