Stenopelmatus species - Potato bugs, Jerusalem crickets, nino de la tierra part 1

[eddy909100]

Poor little guy, despite it's creepy appearence it's a living creature trying too survive.

[alexito764]

ok i live in mexico and i alway saw a lot of them, they are not poisonous, and not agresive, only when you hurt them

[castro24g]

well i think it spits poison maybee i should try it on a subject any takers

if you really want to carry your argument on it not beingh ppoisonos and all right so who would like to be my guiny pigggggg lol

[cacoseraph]

@castro24g some grasshoppers (not too distantly related from these guys... kind of) do make a poisonous spittle, but not of them are even close to deadly to humans. in fact, just recently i tried tasted some grasshopper "tobacco juice"... it was kind of nasty tasting but i suffered no ill affects.

[castro24g]

well i think it spits poison maybee i should try it on a subject any takers

[chuyin1224]

My mom said if you step on them your foot will fall off...

[AcidParadox]

lol at the people saying this is a poisonous bug , there were tons of them at my apartment when i arrived for the first time. 

[ColdButterKiller]

I dont care whether its poison-is or not no way in effin hell wud i ever touch that lol

sure ill touch spiders like black widows rfl but not that creepy bug

[gimaca]

stupid people these things are very poisonous even more than scorpions, stop being stupid and let them go.

[cacoseraph]

@gimaca damn, i hope you are joking. these things are absolutely not poisonous. any entomology book or website will tell you that. it is ignorant ppl like you that mess things up for the world. thanks, asshole :)

[hoodstarx1]

@gimaca they are not poisonous but do have a some what painful bite they have no stinger or fangs to inject any kind of poison/venom

[Mecheytony]

Yo queiro uno(:

[BlackVeilBridesFan96]

KILL IT :O

[elpollo1265]

holly shit he touched it

[lunailene]

My parents said the same thing kids face n hands n that they were venomous I guess it was 4 them 2 scare the fuck out of me!

[jesus89vald]

Its funy how people say they are venomous, i whant to feed one to my tarantula

[chocoadventures13]

wheres the kids face? mi parents lie to me XD

[godsfool713]

i used to them come out after heavy rains , but with what all these earth man made changes , t i dont see them anymore , in southern california, irene

[allanm17]

i feed this bug to my water dragons when ever i find one. petco told me it has protein 8g....

[herpman531]

hey can I buy one from u I used to have one in oregon but we moved and they dont live anywhere near us

[Wario64100]

The nino de la tierra can kill you. It has a very poisonous sting that will kill you in 3 hours.

[cacoseraph]

@Wario64100

no, they are crickets. no crickets can sting. some do have a long "thorn" on their butt, but that is only used to lay eggs. at most, nino de la tierra can give a small bite, much less damaging than a mouse bite

[LilSpinna97]

@cacoseraph have you studied about them.. cause no way in hell is that a damn cricket man.. thats an el nino de la tierra. it look like it and its very deadly.. again man.. i never wanna get stung by them so are you sure that the el ninos are that deadly?

[cacoseraph]

@LilSpinna97 yes, i studied them enough to be sure they are not capable of giving a venomous bite or sting. they are in their own family, but related to crickets :)

[jesus89vald]

@LilSpinna97 No they are not venomous lol

[volure1]

now i have the creepy feeling now i do hate insect.I'm more of a rat owner my rat furry ratty tail that lick you.

[BloodyTearsofLove]

do potatoe bugs eat potatoes?

[GettinHigh1990]

I think these little guys are soo cute! ^.^

[KawaiiKemonomimi]

Cannibals...no wonder I never find more than one under something outside. Deffinately would not be a practical feeder insect. X-D

[cacoseraph]

@KawaiiKemonomimi not so very useful as feeders, no. my bug group and i want to get breeding them down and have a few species to offer to the hobby as captive breds. we know of several interesting colorations and even an area where we can find specimens almost as big as my thumb! (i'm a 6'2"/1.9m guy, btw!)

[Shyguyx12]

Nice!! Very cool little bug!!

[cacoseraph]

@Shyguyx12 the more i am looking into them and watching the ones i have, the more i am getting into them!  i have some really cute pretty tiny ones i need to make a video of, too