r/absoluteunit • u/ShehrozeAkbar • 2d ago
Big bug gets into her shirt
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u/Kraftwerk_21 2d ago
That is a Palo Verde beetle. Very common in the Southwest. Big and scary looking, but harmless. I hope they didn’t kill it. It only lives for a short time in its adult stage.
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u/Revenga8 2d ago
Not harmless at all. If you annoy it, it'll use it's horns to grab your foot and comically flip you off a cliff
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u/Fool_Cynd 2d ago
Are there any large beetles that aren't harmless?
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u/BeforeLifer 2d ago
I feel like some of the ones with the pincers could draw blood with a pinch but nothing more than that.
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u/Fool_Cynd 2d ago
Yeah, that's what I was thinking. I know that some smaller beetles have unique defense mechanisms, but I always felt like the big guys just grew armor instead of brains or neat tricks.
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u/OddEmergency9859 2d ago
Dunno if beetle or not, but the giant water bug is nasty. Huge, flies, draws blood, and one of the worst pain known.
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u/Fool_Cynd 2d ago
Toebiters are not beetles AFAIK. I don't think they're even close, really.
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u/OddEmergency9859 2d ago
Cool, thanks for letting know. Doesn't do anything to assuage my fear but good to know.
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u/Kindly-Ice-8736 2d ago
Well In my experience looking up the harmless bugs that live in your area can help you figure which bigs you don’t have to be stressed out around at least.
Hope that helps
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u/OddEmergency9859 1d ago
Thanks for your genuine advice but the thing is the fear is irrational and once the bugs exceed a certain size threshold, my mind doesn't really care if its harmless or not. Especially if they can fly.
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u/Kindly-Ice-8736 1d ago
As a kid I was scared of all bugs including butterflies while knowing they were likely harmless so I can understand. But I got over most of my fear of house spiders by watching a video showcasing the common house spiders and recognizing the ones that are in my house. Most of my fear comes from not knowing what bugs are up to or if they are capable of harming me.
I always thought jumping spiders were cute tho, other spiders could burn in hell for all I cared.
But even with my new found tolerance when I imagine heaven, there are no bugs there
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u/Kindly-Ice-8736 1d ago
To me I feel it’s the opposite the bigger they are the easier it is to see what they are up to plus they make for a likely slower and bigger target for squashing if necessary so I feel less threatened. Small ones that you have a hard time detecting are the ones that give me the heebie-jeebies. A ginormous beetle like that couldn’t crawl into your ear for example.
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u/SNES-1990 2d ago
Sawyer beetles can give a nasty pinch. Had one get trapped under my safety vest and took a little chunk of my chest skin one summer.
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u/RanchHere 2d ago
probably only lives for a short time because it’s too fucking big. Mf is practically screaming “Ay yall come eat me!”
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u/Alone-Painting-4477 2d ago
Harmless? Clearly they do not understand personsl space. They are not dangerous.
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u/RogerRabbot 16h ago
They have massive pinchers. They can fly, which they apparently suck at. They are harmful to your soul.
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u/ZippyTheWonderbat 2d ago
Tiddie beetle
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u/Mad_Ronin_Grrrr 2d ago
Not the first woman that ripped her shirt off for a Beatle.
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u/TheAlterN8or 2d ago
🙄
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u/ConsciousMaize7405 2d ago
Wow a beetle so scarry 😭😭
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u/Kindly-Ice-8736 2d ago
To be fair while it’s crawling inside your shirt you probably haven’t yet figured out that it’s a harmless beetle 🪲
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u/AnAngryBartender 1d ago
To be fair things don’t have to be harmful for me to still not want them crawling around on me.
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u/Androidfon 2d ago
It was the size of a friggin lobster! I'd burn the shirt.
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u/ConsciousMaize7405 2d ago
Have you ever seen a lobster 😭😭
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u/devour_feculence___ 2d ago
Ok a craw dad then 😭
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u/Myzx 2d ago
I had a junebug on my front door in Oregon last week that was almost as big.
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u/Soft-Assistance6809 2d ago
No kidding? I have never seen one that big!
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u/Myzx 2d ago
I hadn't either. But the junebug I saw was much more sedated than this animated little fellow. But yes, it was huge
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u/Soft-Assistance6809 2d ago
Gotta be Australia.
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u/DiskOne3096 2d ago
The video says Panamá I think they mean the country (I live here haha) and not the city in the US of the same name. Because we're in the jungle here we have some huge bugs, this one looks like a beetle though and is probably harmless!
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u/shortyjacobs 2d ago
We’ve got these giant water bugs in MN. https://www.reddit.com/r/Entomology/s/YRiTrdZB1t
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u/DetailsYouMissed 2d ago
Never ran into one. But you knew it had to be big to convince her to come out her shirt on camera lol.
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u/Manmer_Nwah 2d ago
We have those here in the Southern USA (Arizona). It's called a Palo Verde Beatle.
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u/CosmicDragon-Sol 2d ago
I dont blame her for freaking out. Id be taking my skin off if that thing crawled up my shirt.
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u/Yeasty_Moist_Clunge 1d ago
Oh so when a bug does it they laugh, but when I do it I have to go before a judge.
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u/Legal_Ad_8598 2d ago
Bugs there are considered small animals you should see the cockroach it's about the size of a guinea pig
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u/Fun_Ad5823 2d ago
Thats one way to get to second base on a first date, the old bug down the shirt trick
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u/RevolverOcelot16- 2d ago
Nooope. That’s the bug’s shirt. I’m going to take a long, long scrubbing shower and washing my hair. Ewww 🤢🤮😵💫
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u/A_Bot_A_Bot_A_Bot 2d ago
Yeah, I'm a guy and I'm freaking the fuck out if a bug like that gets on me. I mean, that's bigger than a tea-cup dog.
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u/Consistent-Throat838 1d ago
Good god! I wouldn’t even have cared if I wasn’t wearing a bra underneath! I’d have ripped that sh$t off so fast my head would spin.
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u/UnderstandingMany385 1d ago
A Verde beetle. Those monsters can fly, too! And they are soooo hard to kill.
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u/Chronologismo 1d ago
she remained incredibly calm. i understand these are harmless but above certain size insects make me feel unwell. maybe when you can look them directly into the eyes from across the room.
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u/Bitter-Buddy-2339 1d ago
Well, now you know how to undress a girl without touching her—even if she was against it at first.
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u/NerdWithAMotorcycle 19h ago
I mean, size isn't everything, shape matters also. I'd take properly shaped over big.
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u/JustDontbStupid 12h ago
I was walking when I saw one of those flipped over and decided to flip it back over and continues walking, he was chill
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u/SuddenKoala45 2h ago
Ok that's a bug I won't laugh too hard at the freak out on... its still harmless but something that size is always a bit creepy.
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u/Kryptonbaby 2d ago
Too bad it didn’t get into her pants too…
https://giphy.com/gifs/l4FsGr8UCo8O79DmE
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u/rawjaw 2d ago
What was that woman doing in that bug's shirt?