WTF kind of bug is this? And what purpose do all those "things" serve?

lulznstuff · 7 months

Looks like a giant water beetle with larvae

http://www.eduwebs.org/bugs/giant_water_bug.htm

BlackGuyWithAHammer · 7 months

Don't know, but it serves the purpose of making me not sleep. thanks.

SoulTemerity · 7 months

Man, fuck this subreddit sometimes. I hate you and that fucking bug monster thing.

cshane · 7 months

Well. That's roughly enough internet for now. Thanks for the nopes.

kallistiNYC · 7 months

latin name nopeium donotwantis omgwtficus

sumoshart · 7 months

Those are its young if I remember correctly.

I keep imagining those all hatching at the same time...

electronicdream · 7 months

Why the fuck do I click on links without checking the title?

[deleted] · 7 months

Nsfl...

MustStopMasturbating · 7 months

It's obviously a Paras.

pantsareamyth · 7 months

Am I the only one who thinks it looks really sad?

Zaokii · 7 months

Looking at this makes me want to rip my toenails off.

Vaypo · 7 months

Nope

Narradas · 7 months

It's actually two (well technically more but two types) of bugs. The 'bug' is the sand beetle from Papua New Guinea. Pretty harmless yet slightly slimy looking thing native to there. The thingys on top are blood flies. Blood flies infect larger insects like the sand beetle and put their larvae into them. As their lovely children grow they eat the bug from the inside out including taking nutrients from the blood (thus their name). Each one of those sacks is a blood fly in the making as they slowly eat the sand beetle from the inside out.

Shexxybiotch · 7 months

Don't even wanna touch my screen to go back to it...

[deleted] · 7 months

My eyes...

Bakufun · 7 months

'Round these parts we call 'em Radroaches.

iLuVtiffany · 7 months

Alright fellas. Let's get it going.

"Lick it. Lick it. Lick it. Lick it..."

listen_god_damn_it · 7 months

I am browsing reddit while I patiently wait for my girlfriend to get in the shower so I can fap to some Jada Stevens porn I've been silently watching all day. You sir have ruined my boner. Fuck you very much.

ZaneBarrow · 7 months

KILL IT WITH EVERYTHING!

thegifnigga · 7 months

http://i.imgur.com/zCtbl.gif

FuckinMattDamon · 7 months

Wild guess - those are eggs out of which more tiny, squishy monstrosities will emerge.

yegua · 7 months

They serve the purpose of scaring the living shit out of me.

Tealize · 7 months

Oh my GAWD.

taylortot52 · 7 months

i wish i had never laid eyes on this picture...

AKeldim7 · 7 months

And that is when I unsubscribe from WTF.

aryary · 7 months

X-posted it to /r/insects, maybe they will know.

teejaydub · 7 months

I've seen enough Japanese porn to know where this is heading.

Proceed.

Blainyrd · 7 months

TIME TO GET THE RAID

daglebagel · 7 months

Looks like satans toothbrush

polarizedbear415 · 7 months

Looks like it would make nice soft loofa or scrub brush

just_uss · 7 months

UHHHHHHHH [NSFL] NEXT TIME

bartykale · 7 months

YOU SON OF A BITCH

michaelvincentsmith · 7 months

that's how my mom raised me and my four brothers. what's the big deal? my mom's mucous was the best.

Icecreamandwaffles · 7 months

i feel like this would make for a good zelda boss

Hex835 · 7 months

Baneling

THUND3RTH1GHZ · 7 months

I dunno about you guys, but I'm in teh mood for some pomegranate now.

ninjagrover · 7 months

Honorable mention: Toad Version Anyone?

Pratty77 · 7 months

KILL IT WITH FIRE!!!

The_Jujunater · 7 months

If there is a god and if that god is benevolent, I've got a request for his to-do list.

lookieausername · 7 months

Kill. Me.

R3l · 7 months

This makes me feel sick.

levelate · 7 months

looks like eggs.

Brando789 · 7 months

That's neat.

12blackrainbows · 7 months

I think I just threw up in my mouth a little.

bigpoppasmack · 7 months

Is it weird that the first thing I thought about upon viewing this was the texture it would be if I ate it?

Peeperoni · 7 months

EW ew ew ew ew those things are its babies!!!

veronicacrank · 7 months

There goes my appetite and up comes my breakfast.

Sonerous · 7 months

I was about to go to sleep.

klown_13 · 7 months

That's enough internet for me.

singing_ape · 7 months

Kill it with laser beams!

troller4life · 7 months

those are just eggs. still scary as all get out though

UnashamedPacifist · 7 months

Someone once asked Darwin what purpose mosquitoes served. He replied along the lines that they need not "serve a purpose" for they are a product of nature and therefore their lives are meaningful.

sadman123 · 7 months

Giant predatory water beetle w eggs on its back.

reallydude · 7 months

The bug was infested and killed by a fungus. Happens all the time.

super_infinite · 7 months

Immediately thought of how this might have inspired the invention of the lite brite ಠ_ಠ

SuggestiveMaterial · 7 months

It looks like it may have been taken over by fungus

Junkz0r · 7 months

I believe that is a North Korean all-terrain and submersible anti-aircraft missile launch vehicle.

Gelatinous6291 · 7 months

I know I hate bugs....click link anyway

Full body shiver

noisyturtle · 7 months

It's a water bug with her eggs.

MadonnaPapSmear · 7 months

Is it infected with something? Like a Cordyceps fungus?

philotimon · 7 months

All nature is beautiful.. Those are her eggs.. You people are unkind, these bugs probably serve earth more than the average human. To them, we're probably ugly and disgusting as fuck. Why else would they want to live away from us?

GuidoZ · 7 months

ಠ_ಠ

[deleted] · 7 months

Those are her spawn. (no shit)

Legitsu · 7 months

Place toes on floor arcing the foot at a 65 degree angle directly over the top of the insect. Now bring angle down to 0 degrees by placing heel on floor.

moral_orel · 7 months

damn. thats more ugly than the time i had ingrown toenail on each side on both toes.

lonewanderer13 · 7 months

i don't remember the name, but it is pretty toxic.

TheLastGuitarHero · 7 months

With as much as this bug has reached the front page I'm surprised everyone does not know what this bug is by now.

Flush535 · 7 months

Wow, that's ugly. Euuugh, I'm getting shivers just imagining having to step on it.

Fausto1981 · 7 months

the purpose of all those things is to make people sick, i guess....

yemayanozomi · 7 months

Ugh I'm wretching, thanks now I can't eat lunch.

1Turd_Ferguson1 · 7 months

That picture just scared the bejesus out of me. Literally I almost fell out of my chair in my office.

jamesbiff · 7 months

Wonder how many of you are thinking of those eggs in your skin.

Have fun with that.

gmaskew · 7 months

Only zoomed in to show a workmate. Wish I hadn't. Nope nope nope.

mojocaca · 7 months

We had set traps for small fish in a pond for a study. Every trap that had fish in it had one of these guys as well. All the fish were dead. Sucked dry. Mere husks of fish.

diemaco_kid · 7 months

there isnt enough fire in the world to kill that thing......JDAM?

kardigan_kid · 7 months

Nope nope nope.

ArthurRiot · 7 months

he looks so... so sad...

thenaturalmind · 7 months

Now picturing sinking your teeth into its gristle pods, your teeth slipping through layer after layer.

metalheart_ · 7 months

kill it with fire!!!...now

StewieBanana · 7 months

I'm glad now I don't have to sleep ever again

Benjammin1391 · 7 months

No giant mandibles, and no visible stinger. This guy just got upgraded from "kill it to death, now" to "ugly, but apparently harmless. You get to live."

cyte · 7 months

Clearly those are eggs

fridgeridoo · 7 months

RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH IT'S IN MY BRAIN

gumbysgotdabends · 7 months

http://www.reddit.com/r/whatsthisbug

Iamnotmolestingyouok · 7 months

Those are its babies on its back.

StillAnAss · 7 months

For people that are curious about these kinds of things look at /r/whatsthisbug

[deleted] · 7 months

Fuck, now I need to scrub my skin....

TowelTango · 7 months

It looks so sad.

zip_000 · 7 months

God I wish I hadn't looked at that picture. I can see all sorts of fucked up shit and be unfazed, but this just makes my skin creep.

MrPantaloons · 7 months

kill it.

SissySuperstar · 7 months

I can handle the bug, but the gnarly back larva gets me every time! /shudder

shucksdood · 7 months

those things swim fast & they're smart for a bug. we found one in my friends swimming pool & tried to catch it (they bite!). 4 kids couldn't even get close. it finally lured us all to one end and zipped back to the other end, crawled out and flew away.

AsylumPlagueRat · 7 months

my bet: egg sacs.

QuidditchKid793 · 7 months

Oh Hell No!

mc_dongle · 7 months

NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE

H4zzard · 7 months

It looks like a small aquatic bug that has a full payload of heavy grade missiles on its back. Some other bugs try to fuck him up? Nope, bug nuked.

woofspider · 7 months

This is a diving bug and those are its cute little babies.

Tweak34 · 7 months

NOPE.

dkerney · 7 months

STEP 1: STOMP THAT MOTHER WITH A BOOT!!!!!!!

STEP 2: FEEL RELIEF THAT IT WILL NEVER CRAWL ON YOU

SirBenjamin · 7 months

They are penises.

Cryptocortex · 7 months

Kill it with nuclear bombs!!

williamwzl · 7 months

For the swarm!

Loserd · 7 months

One of these

sexydeathtime · 7 months

KILL IT WITH FIRE

graceless95 · 7 months

I shall never sleep again.

AloeRP · 7 months

FUCK YOU FOR MAKING ME SEE THAT

Initforthecats · 7 months

they look like babies

yankerage · 7 months

Holy jebus,nitemares, can you rub some of that powder on my lips?

Kuychi · 7 months

NOPE!

deliberate_knowledge · 7 months

its this: exactly

tide88 · 7 months

Fucking hell that is disgusting.

jmart1375 · 7 months

Bear Grylls when eat that and then wash it down with his own piss.

Death_Taco · 7 months

To scare the absolute living shit of out everything and haunt your dreams, nightmares and everything in between for the rest of your life.

redundanthero · 7 months

That looks like an infected bug that has died because of some sort of parasite fungus.

Just sayin'

Ragefacesoflucy · 7 months

I literally feel sick from this picture. I wish I could have unseen this

LeAdmin · 6 months

Those are eggs my friend.

rustymontenegro · 7 months

EWWW OMG.

WTF

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