WTF is this?

[Mom]

Or more to the point what is it going to turn into?

We have dozens of these "things" crawling around our front deck at the moment. They are a brown revolting looking caterpiller dragging around a cocoon of some sort. They climb up to the roof of our deck and hang there. Then when you least expect it these things drop to the floor :eek5: looking for all the world like a broken stick. They are in all sizes but this one is 90mm long.

I have a very unhealthy fear of moths :wacko: (what ever that is called) and would hate to think this is going to hatch and become mothra!

Any ideas?

[Colapop]

Yep, sure. They're... um.... Baby Mothra's? The brain sucking variety... that's why they drop from above...

True.

[Mom]

Yep, sure. They're... um.... Baby Mothra's? The brain sucking variety... that's why they drop from above...

True.

I wondered if you would have soemthing to say on this, I do remember you being a huge expert on UFO's a while ago :laugh:

[Colapop]

I WAS ABDUCTED!!! <kjhdg>

[mowgli]

Yep, sure. They're... um.... Baby Mothra's? The brain sucking variety... that's why they drop from above...

True.

He's right. They land on your head then burrow under the skin like the bot fly larva only in this case they don't eat blood, they eat brains.

True.

Edit: There was a link on here last week showing them being removed. Very nasty :eek5:

[Mikkel]

I WAS ABDUCTED!!! <kjhdg>

Quit whining, it's faster than the public transportation and with todays petrol prices they are doing you a favour. :yes:

[Maha]

Being a little slug, I think it grows into a GL1500...........:dodge:

[Colapop]

Quit whining, it's faster than the public transportation and with todays petrol prices they are doing you a favour. :yes:
Missing for 15 years is not faster!!

[MisterD]

Try here:

Bug identifier (http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/research/biosystematics/invertebrates/invertid/list_category.asp?Ca_ID=1)

[MyGSXF]

:gob:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-469354/Bugs-head--fly-larvae-living-mans-skull.html

:sick: eeewwwww....

[Ixion]

'S a case mof. 'S harmless. I think.

[Mikkel]

Missing for 15 years is not faster!!

No, you shouldn't be driving if drunk... 15 years, that's a good bender IMHO :yes: :niceone:

[Maha]

Try here:

Bug identifier (http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/research/biosystematics/invertebrates/invertid/list_category.asp?Ca_ID=1)

Yeah looks like the Bagmoth...


:gob:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-469354/Bugs-head--fly-larvae-living-mans-skull.html

:sick: eeewwwww....

Great...if Anne sees this she will not sleep tonight until I :2guns: them all....:whistle:


'S a case mof. 'S harmless. I think.

Casemoth/Bagmoth?..same thing I take it...:yes:

[Donor]

Yer, it's a moff fing...

We had squillions (at least a dozen) of the bloody things, and they went on to invade our pantry, and get into just about bloody everything!

[MyGSXF]

Great...if Anne sees this she will not sleep tonight until I :2guns: them all....:whistle:

oops.. :rolleyes:

I was actually trying to find a link to a pic/vid I saw a couple of years or so ago.. when Dr's had to cut open the top of a guys skull & entice out (with meat:blink:) a very large fat worm/bug thing, that was happily living in there... :crazy:

but we won't tell Anne bout that one, ok... :whistle:

[Ixion]

Casemoth/Bagmoth?..same thing I take it...:yes:

Probably. Never heard of no bagmof. My gran had 'em, called 'em case mofs. They taste really horrid.

[Maha]

Probably. Never heard of no bagmof. My gran had 'em, called 'em case mofs. They taste really horrid.


Did you never try one with Jam?....

[Pedrostt500]

Nah still looks like some thing that will burrow into your Scull and eat your
BRAINS

[peasea]

Or more to the point what is it going to turn into?

We have dozens of these "things" crawling around our front deck at the moment. They are a brown revolting looking caterpiller dragging around a cocoon of some sort. They climb up to the roof of our deck and hang there. Then when you least expect it these things drop to the floor :eek5: looking for all the world like a broken stick. They are in all sizes but this one is 90mm long.

I have a very unhealthy fear of moths :wacko: (what ever that is called) and would hate to think this is going to hatch and become mothra!

Any ideas?

HOW COOL! You found my willy. The last time I saw it it was in a coffee mug, cheers mate!

[oldrider]

Your OK Mom, it looks like the common bagmoth and the best clue is the shrub /tree behind it in the picture.

We used to spend a lot of time squeezing these when we were kids.

It must have been a good season for them.

I would like to blame the Labour party but not even I can blame them for that! :crybaby: Cheers John.

[Ixion]

Did you never try one with Jam?....
No. I might have tried one with marmite. I was rather keen on Marmite. You can't roast them either, they just shrivel up.

[Mom]

'S a case mof. 'S harmless. I think.

Its a moth though aint it?


Yer, it's a moff fing...

We had squillions (at least a dozen) of the bloody things, and they went on to invade our pantry, and get into just about bloody everything!

Its a moth though aint it?


oops.. :rolleyes:
but we won't tell Anne bout that one, ok... :whistle:

What ever you do dont let Mom know...:clap:

I have a morbid curiosity for surgery (ex nurse and all that) so the vid probably would have been ok!

Moths on the other hand are not OK... they are so horrible, I cant even cope with little tiny ones that flutter around. :crybaby:


Your OK Mom, it looks like the common bagmoth and the best clue is the shrub /tree behind it in the picture.
Cheers John.

Its a moth though aint it?

Ok so it is a MOTH, and may or may not turn out to be a brain eating mothra that is going to come get me? How big do these MOTHS get? I am in no hurry to meet one on a dark night with a bit of light around the place. And yes obviously a good season for them. Tree hugging me will be getting rid of the habitat as soon as possible...LOL

[Ixion]

Its a moth though aint it?



Its a moth though aint it?



What ever you do dont let Mom know...:clap:

I have a morbid curiosity for surgery (ex nurse and all that) so the vid probably would have been ok!

Moths on the other hand are not OK... they are so horrible, I cant even cope with little tiny ones that flutter around. :crybaby:



Its a moth though aint it?

Ok so it is a MOTH, and may or may not turn out to be a brain eating mothra that is going to come get me? How big do these MOTHS get? I am in no hurry to meet one on a dark night with a bit of light around the place. And yes obviously a good season for them. Tree hugging me will be getting rid of the habitat as soon as possible...LOL

Oh, yes, it's a mof. A pretty big one once they hatch. But quite harmless. Just leave 'em alone, they'll do you no harm. Just a bit annoying if they get caught in y' hair n' such like.

Try Nedwyns suggestion, see how they taste with jam. Could be a rad new sandwich filling.

[Pedrostt500]

40' wing span they are knowen to bring down Jumbo Jets,by latcing on and turning them upside down, they are also knowen to eat small cute furry animals and children.

[Mom]

Oh, yes, it's a mof. A pretty big one once they hatch. But quite harmless. Just leave 'em alone, they'll do you no harm. Just a bit annoying if they get caught in y' hair n' such like.

Try Nedwyns suggestion, see how they taste with jam. Could be a rad new sandwich filling.

AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Harmless to most, but to me... I cant even describe.

Thanks for the feedback I think I will not be be able to sit out there again...:baby:

[Ixion]

Just think of it as a butterfly that got hit with the ugly stick. Sort of Lepidopterae equivalent of Frau Helen.

[Mom]

Butterflies do not come and flap around your face in the dark, when you can not reach a light switch to find out what it is that is fluttering on your face, in the dark of a cabin shared by.......*shudder*

Actually butterflies I can do at a distance, dont want them too close though, they have powder on their wings too! I did say it was :wacko:

[Ixion]

Ah. So you wouldn't be too much into bats , then?

Very misunderstood little fellows the bats. Warm, furry, cuddly, really just kittens with wings. And mostly harmless unless youa re an insect.

Actually , there's a *great* idea. Get a few bats to lurk around the bedroom n such. They'll eat the mofs, and all good.

[Forest]

Nah still looks like some thing that will burrow into your Scull and eat your
BRAINS

Like this?

http://www.snopes.com/photos/medical/maggots.asp

Don't click on this link unless you have a strong stomach.

[Maha]

Like this?

http://www.snopes.com/photos/medical/maggots.asp

Don't click on this link unless you have a strong stomach.

Thank you for the warning...I shall remain a 'non clicker' at this point...:baby:

[Forest]

Thank you for the warning...I shall remain a 'non clicker' at this point...:baby:

That's a good idea. The pictures are genuinely horrendous.

[mowgli]

That's a good idea. The pictures are genuinely horrendous.

Yup, but the story with them is interesting. I've seen a few instances of that on KB very recently. Only clickers will understand :dodge:

[Manxman]

That, my friend, is a sticky turd.

[MyGSXF]

Like this?...
http://www.snopes.com/photos/medical/maggots.asp
Don't click on this link unless you have a strong stomach.

oooohhhhh..... you meany!!!! :spanking: I saw them pics earlier.. but wasn't naughty enuf to put em on here.. :devil2:

[MyGSXF]

Thank you for the warning...I shall remain a 'non clicker' at this point...:baby:

Trust me.. A wise man you be!!! ;) I'm off me dinner again now, after looking.. again.. :doh:

[Usarka]

sleep well.......

[hellkat]

I don't know how you can stress out about moths, Mrs, when in this country you have the horror that is Wetas to contend with (brrrrr)

I knew there were summat bad about coming home - I just couldn't remember what it was, till I got started on reading an insect thread.

Ixion is right ... moths are just ugly butterflies.
And not usually as squishy, either. They crackle when ya step on them, rather than make ya slip out of yer jandals like wot butterflies do.

Although that is a pretty gross looking crysalis *bleagh*
Kinda glad its crawling up your wall, not mine :msn-wink:

I had to menace off a sizeable spider t'other day. Me dad is even more frit of them than me: he de-spiders his whole house annually with some sorta anti-spider fumafication stuff. I had to go after it with the flyspray, and fuck knows where its gone, it ran off behind the computer, so I just sprayed killer-flit down amongst the wires and hoped for the best.

Me dad was distinctly relieved that I dealt with it, poor old bastard tried his best to not look grateful.

I just hope its not lurking down there by my feet right now, sharpening its fangs ...

[Mikkel]

There's some sort of parasite that lives in dirty rivers in SE Asia that can lay eggs in the blood stream... Bit of a nasty thing really.
However, some guy had this 'bug' infiltrate his brain where it laid eggs outside the blood stream - as a result the spawn couldn't escape and pressure started rising in his skull. Slowly but surely he lost his ability to speak secondary languages - then his mother tongue - and finally he was commited to hospital as having a brain tumor.
In the end the doctors removed the eggs and spawn and he recovered fully without any brain damage or anything... There are nasty things out there :yes:

[Mom]

Your OK Mom, it looks like the common bagmoth and the best clue is the shrub /tree behind it in the picture.
We used to spend a lot of time squeezing these when we were kids.


Well seems you were right. But seems that squishing them is not to be contemplated. Look what I found.

"The other reason not to squish them is they are quite heavily preyed upon by a small parasitic fly. This fly lays its eggs on the edge of the previous nights feeding site, so when the caterpillar resumes feeding the following night it swallows them. The eggs hatch inside the caterpillar and eat it from the inside out, starting with the non essential parts first. "



sleep well.......

Mate, friends like you and all that...LOL


There are nasty things out there :yes:

Fancy putting your nerd hat on and finding out where I can lay hands on some of these parasitic flies? :blip:

If mothra is going to drop down and eat my brains, I want a few of these little suckers to use in my defense.

[Mikkel]

Fancy putting your nerd hat on and finding out where I can lay hands on some of these parasitic flies? :blip:

It's not a fly - it's a worm.

The story can be found here: http://www.ualberta.ca/~publicas/folio/41/09/08.html

Don't worry - no nasty images, but the story is probably still a bit cringe inducing. :niceone:

[Luckylegs]

Judging by the general appearance (physique/proportions) I would suggest a certain KB'r has escaped from the his South Island exile and is hding out in your "neck of the woods"

:lol:

[Mom]

Don't worry - no nasty images, but the story is probably still a bit cringe inducing. :niceone:


Noice :blink:

Found out something else too today, apparently the female bagmoth has NO WINGS! She simply sticks her arse out of the cocoon waiting to be taken advantage of.

Yay, I am happy, one half of the mothra gene pool can not fly! The male when he eventually grows the balls/wings to leave the cocoon, is only concerned in finding the closest dirty girl mothra he can, so he can have his wicked way with her, then it is over rover for him.

I may leave the habitat alone now. Though I dont much like the thought of them dropping down at any given time to be fair...LOL