What in the heck is this thing??It's like two inches long, and it was on my doorstep in San Diego, CA...Is it safe to eat?
JESUS CHRIST ITS A.....I don't know what it is.I guess you should just stay put for now.
termite?
Mole Cricket, morons...
Jerusalem Cricketmy dad used to tell me they were called Baby Killers
Who cares what it is! Eat it any way
kill it with fire
stick it in your pooper
>>192302mole crickets. they are the larval form of something or other, and tear up tennis courts. Don't eat them, they are poisonous - not reallu venemous, but basically a lot of germs from the dirt.
some times called a sun spider...
Jerusalem cricket. They fall into buckets and stuff and scritch at the sides and make creepy noises trying to get out until they die.
>>192343wrong a sunspider, windspider or camel spider is a arachnid. Though it resembles one superficially a mole cricket is a insect also a cricket but not a mole.
>>192336not larval
Definitely a Jerusalem cricket. Here's a picture of one
The one in OP's pic looks emaciated. I used to find these under rocks when I was a kid. They're very unaggressive.>>192336What you're saying is that they're about as poisonous as any root vegetable.Wash cricket before consuming.
such insects can contain parasites like worms.I would not recommend eating them.
there's this thing called firefire kills germs and parasites
>>192379Yeah, well with honey and roasted they get very crunchy.No more juicy.
gooks sure like their bug dinners
>>192302Looks to me like some really badass ant.
its a potato bug, so yea killing it with fire sounds about right
It's not a mole cricket.Mole crickets have large front legs
Potato bug, Jerusalem cricket, whatever you call it - THEY HAVE FACES THAT LOOK AT YOU... Friggin scary!
>>192365Set it on fire.
>>192327seconded
OM NOM NOM.
Is that some sort of miniature weta?
is the op and other ppl in the thread serious about eating it?
>>192511Crickets are actually pretty good food. Obviously not raw, but roasted.