I played dead and emitted fluid from my anus for a moment or two after clicking on that link.
If you think that’s bad, don’t read the article:
shudder
To a scientist and/or pedant, it refers to a specific order of insects, originally known as “bugs” and now called “true bugs” because most of the English-speaking world uses the term “bug” to refer to any old insect. Many use it to refer to pretty much anything small and skittery with >4 legs.
I’d prefer not to think about fluids emitted from a dung beetle’s anus. Do dung beetles have anuses (anii?)?
They’re not so scary; nothing a pot (a biggg pot) of boiling water and a few shakes of Old Bay wouldn’t take care of.
Having clicked on the photo and stared at it for a while, I need to ask - which end is the anus on that ugly-looking thing?
It ate…a fucking…bat
Also…
The crab is THIS big.
What I want to know is who are these humans that, upon viewing the anal fluid, not only just “assume” it’s dead based on that evidence alone, but then resume floating around in its vicinity?!
That coconut crab looks neat, I’d love to see it live.
For big bugs check out the Titan Beetle. 6-and-a-half inches of pencil snapping flesh eating fun!
Interesting. The wiki prompts me to correct you: they’re not flesh-eating, because they do not eat. Somehow, Titan Beetles do not feed as adults. The article does not say how long the “adult” stage lasts.
But before you breathe easy about not being eaten, I would point out that these gigantic beetles – six-and-a-half inches long, spiny, and hissing – spend their days flying around looking for mates. They freaking fly.
Wiki says that it has a “gentle disposition.”
Do you believe Wiki enough to find out?
:eek:
They don’t eat? - Odd. I think this one does, though. It’s almost extinct so no risk of pitching your tent on a colony - except, perhaps, if you are camping at St. Helena. (Wiki).
Living in Australia I’m quite familiar with Huntsman Spiders, though only smaller ones, up to the size of your fist. It’s still creepy when they’re big enough that you can hear them skittering about.
You know that anyone can edit Wikipedia. For all you know a Spider Crab wrote that to lull its prey into a false sense of security.
I refuse to provide a cite. 
I know - it’s the way they wave their palps at you, like they’re signalling their bizarre, alien thoughts.
We’re just lucky Lovecraft never saw any…
According to Calvin, bats are bugs.
He’s not a bug by most definitions, but Barry the giant sea worm definitely deserves a mention in a thread full of horrifying things.
Nice. 
That picture of the coconut crab on the garbage can gives me the willies. At first, you’re all, “Well, it’s OK - big, but not that scary.” Then you realize you’re looking at a picture. Imagine seeing that thing outside your house, molesting your garbage can.
I’d freak right the hell out, I would.
I’m LOL’ing. Great visuals in my head of the crab editing Wiki and the other crab molesting the garbage can. I am enjoying this thread.
I wonder if that is the answer to a mystery I’ve had for years now.
Many, many years ago I was visiting a place called Tioman Island off the cost of Malaysia. I spent some time on the beach there, looking at the fabulous creatures.
One day, I turned over a rock and discovered this … creature. I captured it in a bucket for better viewing. It appeared to be some sort of undersea centepede. It was about a foot long, had legs, and was sort of rainbow-coloured irredecent /slightly translucent. It had huge powerful jaws on the front, and was very active and aggressive - it lashed out at twigs poked into the bucket most impressively. The thing certainly looked most poisionous and I wasn’t about to put my fingers anywhere near it!
I was always puzzled by what the heck it was. I never saw anything like it before or since. Maybe it was something like this worm (though it didn’t look exactly like this thing).