Potato Bug in hand.

California San Francisco, Head of this bug looks like a humans head very cool close up. I took time to train it not to bite by placing it in a clear plastic bowl in my hand then removed the bowl.
Jerusalem crickets, also called potato bugs, are a group of large, flightless insects of the genus Stenopelmatus. They are native to the western United States and parts of Mexico.
Despite their name, Jerusalem crickets are neither true crickets, true bugs, nor native to Jerusalem, and they do not prefer potatoes for food. Active only at night, the insects use their strong mandibles to feed primarily eat other insects. Their highly adapted feet are used for burrowing beneath moist soil in decaying root plants and tubers where they find other insects and their larva.

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[ranger1er92]

wtf nino de la tierra my mom always told me this shits were poisonous and here you are holding it in your hand like if its nothing! sweet! i have been fooled all my life-.-

[W4TCH4W]

@Kerberoz01 it doesn't perceive it as ground... Bugs can feel the heat , the "sweat" (humidity) and many other things , it knows that it is a living thing...

[leesbrookaccount]

OK ! That's another country off the list!

[pnutbutrncrackers]

My story: Paso Robles, CA. I was in bed one night, and I heard (yes, HEARD) something walking across the linoleum bathroom floor (off the master bedroom). When I went over to investigate and saw this, this ... creature under the light, I felt a mix of horror and fascination. (I had never seen nor heard of one.) WHAT WAS IT?? It looked like some deformed thing out of a 50's sci-fi movie. I wasn't even positive it was an insect! Freaky. Now I'm glad I saw it, though.

[ranger1er92]

@00lightbulbi know!! i feel your pain and agony!

[00lightbulb]

@ranger1er92 hahah I lived my life in terror because of these bugs and all for nothing!

[ranger1er92]

@00lightbulb its ok though! we finally know the truth! after so many years lol-.-

[00lightbulb]

@ranger1er92 my parents did too >_<

[KennethTran919]

Cool Antena

[Lacostelad]

These can give a sort bite, that's about all, I think. They may be related to the Wetta of N Zealand. Their heads seem almost like that of a large ant, with bodies of a large wasp. 

[Exzibionperez]

@lockedcloset789 there not posionous wtf

[mrXD57]

Stop recording a potato D: