GIANT STICK BUGS DOING THE FREAKY DEAKY IN MY HOUSE

[redeye]

these two were going at it in my bathroom tonite so i took some pics and released them back outside. I think they are called the "TWO STRIPED WALKING STICK" kinda cool I think.

[heviarti]

Initial reaction: Wow, that's cool!

Secondary reaction: How are insects of that size getting into your home?

[redeye]

my house was built in the late forties early fifties and I do live in Florida we are the bug capital of the world.I also am in the process of some repairs and remodels that have left a few spaces that I could crawl into lol

[Cryptomecanic]

are you sure them things aint ear wigs,
better wear ear plugs to bed so they dont clime in and lay their eggs(they eat brains you know)
try pouring a tea spoon of bourbon in each ear just to make sure their not in there allready

[redeye]

are you sure them things aint ear wigs,
better wear ear plugs to bed so they dont clime in and lay their eggs(they eat brains you know)
try pouring a tea spoon of bourbon in each ear just to make sure their not in there allready

if I was gonna use bourbon I wouldnt pour it in my ears i would pour it down my neck and just hope they didnt get in my ears lol and BTW they aint earwigs lol

[heviarti]

I heard you have some other critters that are more troublesome down there... non-native mammalian stuff that's been released.

[redeye]

yeah we got some big pythons and lizards but i dont think its as bad as they say it is. I have heard thru the herpetalogical grapevine that when they opened up the hunting season on the big snakes that there were very few captured ,so I guess we will have to wait and see. I am in no way making light of the problem as I do not condone releasing non-native species of any kind be it a giant reptile or even the little half inch Asian clams that are taking over Lake Tahoe .I just read today that they are putting rubber mats on the bottom of tahoe to try and eradicate the clams that were introduced by boaters accidently.I see little mediteranian Ghekkos every night outside mudoor that 15 years ago were never seen this far north.I like em as they eat a ton of bugs but they dont belong here Ill try to get some pics of one soon they areneat. stubby guys kinda flesh toned almost link with big eyes.

[heviarti]

If they try to sell you insurance.... shoot 'em.

[catavengercaptain]

Leave the lizards alone they eat the bugs.

[redeye]

Leave the lizards alone they eat the bugs.

I love the lizards in fact I was just lying on my bed watching a show on telivision and I saw something moving and it was a green anole lizard walking accross my legs lol i asked it just what the heck it was doing and it ran up to my face and jumped right on my cheeck and ran up over the top of my head and up the wall and was gone lol i freaked I leave them alone as they do keep the bugs down and they seem to leave my spidrs alone too.I like them as bug control also.

[Viking45]

That's cool. We have those and also the real long and skinny ones.

I saw this on the patio last summer.


This guy was on the tire of my truck last summer.

[Vagrant]

We have NO lizzards this far North BUT we do have Amphibians
In it's terrestrial stage the Red Eft, performs much the same purpose in the ecology
[eats lots of bugs]

[Bama]

You have a swinging pad there Redeye.

[Vagrant]

These secretive little guys are most likely to come out AFTER a rain - but this one "got a head-start" and came out, while it was raining