What kind of hideous creature have I spotted?
Question:Hi everybody.
While I was watering my roses today, I noticed a big ugly spider just sitting on the wall.
It didn't have a web, and it was just sitting there.
It was tan.
It...must not be a spider, because it has 6 legs, but it looks very fat, and just like one!
I couldn't get too close to it, so it just looked...hollow, like an empty shell.
It had pinchers.
What horrible breed did I find?
Answers:
Was it slit down the back? You probably found a cicada shell or locust shell. Can you get us a picture?
Sounds like a beetle...since you mentioned the pinchers and the fact that it only had six legs...
http://www.uga.edu/vegetable/beetles.htm...
some beetle pictures and information.
sounds like a cicada or locust and they are ugly!! they molt and fly away!
Did it look like this? If it did, it's def a cicada shell.
Not knowing exactly where you are located, it is difficult to say, but it sounds like it could be the dreaded looking but pretty harmless Sun Spider or Solpugid. Here's a picture, is this it?
http://www.whatsthatbug.com/solpugids.ht...
Pretty nasty looking things, we had them all over the place when I lived in AZ. ICK!
Most likely... Mothman. (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en... Proceed with caution. If you see Richard Gere- run!
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Second most likely is the chupa cabra. Best to leave it be. ;-)
I was a Cicada, or seventeen year locust!
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