Summer rains bring acid-shooting ‘land lobsters’ out of hiding in Texas

AccuWeather ^ | July 23, 2021 | Zackary Rosenthal

[PIF]

I had an acid shooting land lobster once.
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There are some on FR also - not so harmless ...

[Darksheare]

Yup.
And darn graboids are out again.

[PIF]

Took a guy to a hospital once - he had a heart condition which made the bite and the blisters worse. Brown Recluses like lilac trees in bloom.

[IYAS9YAS]

Just finally got healed up from a bite from a camel spider.

When we first encountered them here in NM, I looked them up. The information said that though they're not venomous, a bite can get infected because they feed on nasties and they could harbor bacteria. They do have the ability to impart a nasty bite.

[crz]

They got some kind of scorpion over there that my buddy said is is lethal.

[GreenLanternCorps]

I think that thing inspired the D&D monster the Ankheg…

(I loathe Ankhegs, my first D&D character died after getting soaked in a spray of acid from one on his second adventure.)

[Candor7]

Ha! Fred.

We have a dirty bug!

[moehoward]

“It shoots through schools”

[Kickass Conservative]

>>>My wife has NASCAR the size of a quarter on her leg from being bitten by a brown recluse spider.<<<

Happened to me as well. The Dermatologist used what I would call a Cigar Punch to excise the dead tissue from my Leg which left a round scar.

He told me it could have been worse. I guess the Spider didn’t have a chance to inject a full dose of poison into my Leg or it would have affected a larger area.

Cringe...

[Pilsner]

I knew a guy who claimed that when the Louisiana National Guard trained at Fort Bliss, near El Paso, the safety briefing included an admonition that the vinergaroons were not desert crayfish, and should not be collected for etouffee.

[Kickass Conservative]

Reminds me of the Outer Limits Episode with the giant Ants with Human like Faces.

The Special Effects were pretty bad in that Episode.

[blueunicorn6]

“Exploring the desert in search of food and love”

The Eagles made a lot of money singing songs about that.

[Fai Mao]

Autocorrect is worse on a small cell phone screen!

[Diana in Wisconsin]

“My first introduction to these creatures...”

Yet another reason I stay ABOVE the Mason-Dixon line at all times, LOL!

I had my FILL of big bugs in SC, and I had to spend a YEAR (well, three months) at Ft. Beaureguard, Louisiana wading through swampland to get Land Nav. certified. Gawd, how I LOATHE that state!

Sorry, LA FReepers! This land-locked Yankee is NOT built for swamps! :)

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Amen, Big Bob! AMEN! Nothing like a blast of arctic air to keep the creepy crawlies at bay! :)

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Great. Thanks. Not!

It took me about 15 whacks with a flyswatter to kill a wasp that was in my bedroom the other night. LUCKILY, I saw that it was IN THE COVERS before I got into bed!

The older I get, the more I'm like Indiana Jones and snakes...but I don't mind snakes, as long as I know where they are, and they don't sneak up on me. And we have Bull Snakes that look EXACTLY like Rattlers, but have no rattle.

This should trip someones trigger, LOL!

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Every thread is better with a little Bacon! ;)

[Diana in Wisconsin]

LOL! Excellent point!

[Diana in Wisconsin]

See my Post 54! I’d believe it! Gawd, I hate that state!

[USAF1985]

They had big black King Scorpions, mid size yellow ones, and small green ones. The green ones will kill you.