The horror!

SweetWitch

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It's massive. It's gross. It's revolting. It’s so large I could hear it walking across the floor. It landed on my head and proceeded to attack my ponytail. It’s wingspan is wider than the palm of my hand.

I went after it with a flyswatter. It took five good hits but still kept coming back for me. It landed on my blouse. I was doing the icky bug dance and scaring the cat.

I defended myself with a phone book, beating on it until it finally stopped moving. After tossing both the book and the crushed beetle into the fireplace and struck a match. At last I was safe. The cat came out of hiding.

Then I heard something, a scratching sound that made the hair on the back of my neck stand on end. The thing was crawling from the fire. After two blows with a hammer, it was no longer recognizable. Man, I hope it’s dead now. I don’t fancy blowing a hole in my own floor with a shotgun.

Nasty bug.
 
It looks like one of those bugs from that movie Free Lunch. You know, the one with the anus/mouth on its back under its wings.

ETA: I'm sorry. The movie is called Naked Lunch.
 
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That bugs almost as ornery as you :D

at least you didn't use the hammer when it was on your heard :D
 
So where was your cat during all of this? Doesn't it know that cats are responsible for catching and killing all of the small, crawly things in the house?
 
So where was your cat during all of this? Doesn't it know that cats are responsible for catching and killing all of the small, crawly things in the house?

Exactly.

In fact, I haven't seen a wolf spider in the house since getting Jazz and Thunder. :) And moths? They are delightful entertainment. I never knew cats could leap quite so high. Aerial acrobats!
 
It's massive. It's gross. It's revolting. It’s so large I could hear it walking across the floor. It landed on my head and proceeded to attack my ponytail. It’s wingspan is wider than the palm of my hand.

I went after it with a flyswatter. It took five good hits but still kept coming back for me. It landed on my blouse. I was doing the icky bug dance and scaring the cat.

I defended myself with a phone book, beating on it until it finally stopped moving. After tossing both the book and the crushed beetle into the fireplace and struck a match. At last I was safe. The cat came out of hiding.

Then I heard something, a scratching sound that made the hair on the back of my neck stand on end. The thing was crawling from the fire. After two blows with a hammer, it was no longer recognizable. Man, I hope it’s dead now. I don’t fancy blowing a hole in my own floor with a shotgun.

Nasty bug.

Cat scared of a bug!?!?!

Bah you need to send kitty down here for a couple weeks of learning Kat Fu with Master Pumpkin. His current student, Ash, has progressed far enough that she's working on her black belt with a few good throws of her own. Some things Kitty will learn: Kangaroo Kick, throw the mouse across the yard, and Pumpkins personal favorite...the Kitty Slam!

Added benefit: Kitty will learn Bloody Knuckles Cat Style [I kid you not! Josh taught Pumpkin, whom is teaching Ash]
 
Cat scared of a bug!?!?!

Bah you need to send kitty down here for a couple weeks of learning Kat Fu with Master Pumpkin. His current student, Ash, has progressed far enough that she's working on her black belt with a few good throws of her own. Some things Kitty will learn: Kangaroo Kick, throw the mouse across the yard, and Pumpkins personal favorite...the Kitty Slam!

Added benefit: Kitty will learn Bloody Knuckles Cat Style [I kid you not! Josh taught Pumpkin, whom is teaching Ash]

The cat wasn't scared of the bug. He was scared of me while I was doing the icky bug dance. I was jumping around, screeching and batting at the nasty beetle.

After doing a little research, the closest I can find to the creature that attacked me was the lesser stag beetle. Yuck.
 
The cat wasn't scared of the bug. He was scared of me while I was doing the icky bug dance. I was jumping around, screeching and batting at the nasty beetle.

After doing a little research, the closest I can find to the creature that attacked me was the lesser stag beetle. Yuck.

Hmm, would have loved to see video of you doing the icky bug dance. ;)
Seriously, we're in IL, you have stag beetles and we have salamanders, what is the world coming to?
 
The cat wasn't scared of the bug. He was scared of me while I was doing the icky bug dance. I was jumping around, screeching and batting at the nasty beetle.

After doing a little research, the closest I can find to the creature that attacked me was the lesser stag beetle. Yuck.

All that jumping around for a Lesser Stag Beetle ... I could understand for a GREATER Stag Beetle, but a lesser one :rolleyes:
 
Hmm, would have loved to see video of you doing the icky bug dance. ;)
Seriously, we're in IL, you have stag beetles and we have salamanders, what is the world coming to?

I remember those from when I lived up there. Dad was always catching them and giving them to us for pets. Slimy things.

All that jumping around for a Lesser Stag Beetle ... I could understand for a GREATER Stag Beetle, but a lesser one :rolleyes:

Were you there? I think not.
 
After doing a little research, the closest I can find to the creature that attacked me was the lesser stag beetle. Yuck.

Aha! I was correct in my identification. However I didn't clarify it's status in bugdom (Greater vs. Lesser). :D

Those guys are harmless, but having one crawling in your hair can induce capering not unlike St. Vitus' Dance. Or the bugaloo. ;)
 
All creatures, great and small... This one seems to have Rasputin in him.
 
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