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Anonymous
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?
>> Anonymous
JESUS CHRIST ITS A.....

I don't know what it is.

I guess you should just stay put for now.
>> Anonymous
termite?
>> Anonymous
Mole Cricket, morons...
>> Anonymous
Jerusalem Cricket

my dad used to tell me they were called Baby Killers
>> Anonymous
Who cares what it is! Eat it any way
>> Anonymous
kill it with fire
>> Anonymous
stick it in your pooper
>> Anonymous
>>192302


mole 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.
>> Anonymous
some times called a sun spider...
>> Anonymous
Jerusalem cricket. They fall into buckets and stuff and scritch at the sides and make creepy noises trying to get out until they die.
>> Anonymous
>>192343
wrong 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.
>> Anonymous
>>192336
not larval
>> Anonymous
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Definitely a Jerusalem cricket. Here's a picture of one
>> Anonymous
The one in OP's pic looks emaciated. I used to find these under rocks when I was a kid. They're very unaggressive.

>>192336
What you're saying is that they're about as poisonous as any root vegetable.

Wash cricket before consuming.
>> Anonymous
such insects can contain parasites like worms.
I would not recommend eating them.
>> Anonymous
there's this thing called fire


fire kills germs and parasites
>> Anonymous
>>192379
Yeah, well with honey and roasted they get very crunchy.
No more juicy.
>> Anonymous
gooks sure like their bug dinners
>> Anonymous
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>>192302
Looks to me like some really badass ant.
>> Anonymous
its a potato bug, so yea killing it with fire sounds about right
>> Anonymous
It's not a mole cricket.
Mole crickets have large front legs
>> Anonymous
Potato bug, Jerusalem cricket, whatever you call it - THEY HAVE FACES THAT LOOK AT YOU... Friggin scary!
>> Anonymous
>>192365

Set it on fire.
>> Anonymous
>>192327
seconded
>> Anonymous
OM NOM NOM.
>> Anonymous
Is that some sort of miniature weta?
>> Anonymous
is the op and other ppl in the thread serious about eating it?
>> Anonymous
>>192511
Crickets are actually pretty good food. Obviously not raw, but roasted.