Bee Assassin Bug

[insanebeatjunkie]

i found a meaner looking assassin bug in my bathroom this thing had horns on its back and it was kinda big it s body armor looked the same color as army fatigue

[pwalpar]

LOL Sounds ominous Thanks for watching

[curtflirt2]

nope prob, interesting bug

[curtflirt2]

What a nosey ant

[pwalpar]

Thanks for watching

[romefox]

Agent 47 bug!!

[pwalpar]

Thanks for watching

[KoreaMojo]

They themselves have many types and some only eat other insects or plants but others like blood.

[pwalpar]

I will do my best to avoid them all LOL

[pajamamama5]

i found one in my bed should i be worried?lol

[pwalpar]

LOL  Don't know about you but I would get out of bed pretty dam quick LOL

[5StarGeneralXenoCO]

@pajamamama5 I would, he was probably sucking your blood the night before :P

[wolf7elite7]

@pwalpar yeah but they mainly feed at night so they strike when you least expect it when you are sleeping but as bad as they might be it's a bit beneficial to keep a couple in your garden because the eat other pests but try to avoid them they are attracted to your body heat and the carbon dioxide that you breathe out. Just something to let you know hope this helped

[wolf7elite7]

@ZukoFireBook their saliva contains a anesthetic so that when they bite you,you don't feel any pain at all but they are very dangerous and said to carry the chagas disease and it's a bad thing so try to avoid them.

[pwalpar]

Thanks for the info, so I guess if you aint looking you can be bitten and not even know it

[undeadpresident]

@pwalpar I actually picked one up thinking it was harmless and didn't even realize it was biting me, and I think I got Chagas from it. I kill them all on sight now. I hate them.

[pwalpar]

Ive had some unexplained bites and now you have me wondering LOL Thanks for watching

[squito94]

@undeadpresident Don't kill them on site. Not all of them transmit disease. Only assasin bugs in the genus Triatoma transmit Chagas since only this group of assasin bugs feeds on blood. Most assasin bugs are beneficial like Wheel bugs which kill caterpillars that would otherwise destroy your garden. What part of the country are you from that way I can show your which ones to look out for?

[undeadpresident]

@squito94 The ones I've caught are aggressive, suck blood, and shit all over the place. So I kill them.

[squito94]

@undeadpresident It sounds like your targeting the right ones so nevermind. They transmit chagas when they're done feeding and defecate on the bite site. The flagellate protozoan that causes chagas are present in their feces and enter through the wound. Your most likely to encounter one at night since they wait till you fall asleep and then feed. I'm glad I don't have to deal with that pest.

[undeadpresident]

@squito94 I've actually found quite a number during the daytime. On summer mornings, I often find them clinging to my window screen. I think when they bite people at night, it is because their houses aren't sealed very well so they come inside.

[ZukoFireBook]

OMFG I was in this beach sydney australia and the changing rooms were full of these shits WTF !!!

[pwalpar]

LOL sounds like a time to change out doors, Thanks for watching

[ZukoFireBook]

@pwalpar omfg maybe it was a similar looking bug but fuuu I hope they didn't bite me. Do they all carry the disease?

[ZukoFireBook]

@pwalpar ok are they bite feelable or you don't feel it?

[undeadpresident]

@ZukoFireBook You can't feel the bite when they are biting you, but soon afterward you may have a reaction to the saliva/venom. After a day or two the bite will start to itch like a mosquito bite and swell up a little, and leave single red dots where the beak punctured your skin. If you got Chagas, there may be greater swelling, sleeplessness and lack of appetite, and then flu-like symptoms about a week later. I didn't eat or sleep for 3 days and nights after being bit, and lost 15lbs.

[ZukoFireBook]

@undeadpresident well more than a year past and didn't have any itch and no swelling. I have red dots all over my chest area and back but that's acne (which I feel so lucky not to have it on my face). The only sleeplesness I get is becase I find alot of pillows noncomfy. I always had a lack of appetite and skinny since i was small so nothing different but I didn't have any flu-like symptoms

[ZukoFireBook]

@undeadpresident well more than a year past and didn't have any itch and no swelling. I have red dots all over my chest area and back but that's acne which started a year after I saw those (which I feel so lucky not to have it on my face). The only sleeplesness I get is becase I find alot of pillows noncomfy. I always had a lack of appetite and skinny since i was small so nothing different but I didn't have any flu-like symptoms

[Hayden1911]

cool. I didn't know that these were assasin bugs... lol the end is funny! :Þ

[pwalpar]

LOL Glad you liked it, Thanks Hayden

[Sauber9]

Be careful, Chagas Disease may be coming to your front porch... :(

[pwalpar]

LOL< Not sure what that is but I dont want any, for sure

[Sauber9]

@pwalpar The Chagas Disease is a terrible disease which afflicts the heart muscle. As the time passes by, if you're with Chagas, your heart starts growing and becoming less strong (the muscle becomes weaker and weaker) and, thus, you aren't able to practice high, stressing activities. Because by doing such things you are more likely to suffer a heart attack. Chagas is caused by the trypanossoma cruzi - a protist parasite - that has some preference for the heart muscle, so it attaches itself to..

[Sauber9]

@pwalpar the heart muscle and it, then, procriate and grow stronger and stronger. And this makes the heart weaker, bigger and terribly damaged. I like to compare the resistance of this disease to the AIDS one, despite AIDS different cause, which is a virus and not a protist. The vector (animal or means which the disease is spread) is a bug just similar to the one that appeared in your front porch. It's popularly called the ''Bug killer'' or the ''barber'' - here in Brazil - and kissing bug...

[pwalpar]

Thanks for the detail answer. I learn something new every day. Now I know to fear the bugs Thanks for the extra effort in explaining

[Sauber9]

@pwalpar You're welcome. Just keep yourself and your home out from these bugs. Kill'em or insecticise your home. Don't let the disease take a chance. Mainly if it's something that lives parasiting forever in your blood, in your heart.

[Sauber9]

@pwalpar its nicknames are due to its preference to ''attack'' its victims during the night, just the time people and other animals are asleep. Then, as we are used to covering our bodies with the sheets but not our head (the face) it bites the face and, instantly, defecates the digested blood just near the bite site and the it leaves. But as we are asleep and unaware, we scratch the site of the bite and bring the remains of the defecated to the wound and this infects the body forever...

[Sauber9]

@pwalpar Chagas Disease doesn't have a cure yet and, so you are supposed to live with its terrible protist forever. Even if you try to do a heart transplantation that'd be useless, since the protist is spread in your whole body (blood). So be really, really careful and when seeing these bugs don't simply film them and leave them walking and wondering for a prey because the like blood and they might have the protist with them. So kill'em or make some insecticide application to your house.

[reggyray]

"He's very slowly getting away!"

[pwalpar]

Stefan, I couldnt deside if he was escaping or stalking something. They can fly.

[balinplaya4life]

i watched this and started itching everywhere lol

i saw that thing in my garage and burnt it till there was nothing left lol

[pwalpar]

Thank you for watching, dont set the garage on fire LOL

[ervans]

Good video Walt, what do you mean only a half inch. That's a big bug

[pwalpar]

LOL, I guess he has to be big to be considered a killer in the insect world thanks for watching

[pwalpar]

Thank You Josh

[AmtrakFanNEC927]

This is a very unique looking creature, I agree with iusetano, your narration helps. Quite funny at points too. Great job!

[togreektown]

hahaha great video on a strange looking bug and your Georgia accent just fits right in there thanks Walt

[megatwingo]

Fascinating creature. 5*****!

[FlyBikes089]

Doing that bee Assassin bug is dangerous or friendly?

And, how long meter?

Nice catch that different bugs in southern coast!

[pwalpar]

Thanks Hans

[iusetano]

Awesome video Walter. Your narration helps big time. Never seen a bug like that before. Thanks for sharing.