# Help me remember - weird bug with a weird name? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 27, 2019, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-weird-bug-with-a-weird-name/830268 "2019-02-27T01:41:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2019, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-weird-bug-with-a-weird-name/830268/21 "2019-02-27T11:53:25Z")
And you call that a “bug”? ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2019, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-weird-bug-with-a-weird-name/830268/22 "2019-02-27T12:00:17Z")
> [@Poysyn](#): > > Yes. Yes it does! And why does everyone have it on their face in the results? If you google “amblypygi on face” they all seem to have fixed grins. I think that’s because they have been injected with neurotoxin and paralyzed before the face-eating begins. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2019, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-weird-bug-with-a-weird-name/830268/23 "2019-02-27T21:44:20Z")
Hat doff to **purplehorseshoe** who guessed “scorpion” just from the initial description, though. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2019, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-weird-bug-with-a-weird-name/830268/24 "2019-02-27T21:56:59Z")
Harmless or not, I’m killing _that thing_ on sight! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2019, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-weird-bug-with-a-weird-name/830268/25 "2019-02-27T22:15:55Z")
“Get away from her, you _bitch_!” ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2019, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-weird-bug-with-a-weird-name/830268/26 "2019-02-27T23:14:06Z")
I may not kill it. But, by god, I’ll be running. Fast. ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2019, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-weird-bug-with-a-weird-name/830268/27 "2019-02-27T23:38:42Z")
Question for the OP: does it have any poysyn? ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2019, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-weird-bug-with-a-weird-name/830268/28 "2019-02-27T23:40:51Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I may not kill it. But, by god, I’ll be running. Fast. I don’t have to run faster than the Amblypygi. I just have to run faster than YOU. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2019, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-weird-bug-with-a-weird-name/830268/29 "2019-02-28T04:49:53Z")
**Poysyn** ’s linked article has food for thought as well: > [@](#): > > The sensory legs are very thin, have numerous sensory receptors, and can extend several times the length of body. Typically, the animal holds one of these legs out in front of it as it moves, and uses the other to probe the terrain to the side. yikes > [@](#): > > They rarely bite if threatened, but can grab fingers with their pedipalps, resulting in thorn-like puncture injury. yikes > [@](#): > > Research conducted by entomologists at Cornell University suggests that mother amblypygids communicate with their young by caressing the offspring with her anteniform front legs, and that the offspring reciprocate both with their mother and their siblings. awwww > [@](#): > > Mother amblypygids are notoriously testy and should be treated with extreme caution, because they will not hesitate to attack if they feel their young are threatened. yikes ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2019, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-weird-bug-with-a-weird-name/830268/30 "2019-02-28T05:46:36Z")
Gah! Did not want to hear that. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2019, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-weird-bug-with-a-weird-name/830268/31 "2019-03-01T23:51:28Z")
Lethocerus americanus – [Giant Water Bug.](https://www.insectidentification.org/insect-description.asp?identification=Giant-Water-Bug) He’s got the cutesy nickname, “Toe-Biter” (well, it’s kind of cute, unless he’s biting \*your \*toe). He’s big, flat and has pincer-type arms. He’s your perp. Bug him, Danno! ---
**Author:** ![eastcheap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8491ac/32.png) [@eastcheap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eastcheap)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2019, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-weird-bug-with-a-weird-name/830268/32 "2019-03-02T01:30:00Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > Hat doff to **purplehorseshoe** who guessed “scorpion” just from the initial description, though. Let’s not forget **beowulff,** who got it spot-on with “vinegaroon.” Wait, I was reading that wrong. They’re _not to be confused with vinegaroons._ Nevermind. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2019, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-weird-bug-with-a-weird-name/830268/33 "2019-03-02T02:00:23Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > “It looks like an alien monster from the depths of hell that will eat your face” as part of the description would have helped. Im going to click that link, aren’t I? Then be creeped out all day I’d bet, right? ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2019, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-weird-bug-with-a-weird-name/830268/34 "2019-03-02T02:06:44Z")
Yep. I hate myself. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2019, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-weird-bug-with-a-weird-name/830268/35 "2019-03-02T02:13:46Z")
> **[World's largest bee, missing for 38 years, found alive in Indonesia](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/feb/21/worlds-largest-bee-missing-for-38-years-found-in-indonesia)** > > Biologists discover single female Wallace’s giant bee inside a termites’ nest in a tree ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2019, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-weird-bug-with-a-weird-name/830268/36 "2019-03-02T02:26:10Z")
What’s the cutesy name you thought it was? Ambly Piggy? ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2019, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-weird-bug-with-a-weird-name/830268/37 "2019-03-02T05:36:47Z")
I clicked the link, but only long enough to realize it was a mistake and quickly close it. So. Please tell me where that thing lives so I can be sure I never ever go there for any reason. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2019, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-weird-bug-with-a-weird-name/830268/38 "2019-03-02T06:00:18Z")
> [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](#): > > So. Please tell me where that thing lives so I can be sure I never ever go there for any reason. They eat domestic dogs and cats, so they tend to hide under beds and behind curtains. Found throughout the U.S., especially abundant in the Midwest. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2019, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-weird-bug-with-a-weird-name/830268/39 "2019-03-02T06:01:34Z")
This was one of the first “what’s that bug” posts I can remember where the answer wasn’t house centipede. And now I’m all set for the next time I play “would you rather…” ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2019, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-weird-bug-with-a-weird-name/830268/40 "2019-03-02T07:40:09Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > **Poysyn** ’s linked article has food for thought as well: > > yikes > > yikes > > awwww > > yikes I like the characterisation of a giant alien spideroid that, as this thread has established, will eat your goddamn face off if it doesn’t like your face, as ‘testy’. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-weird-bug-with-a-weird-name/830268.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-weird-bug-with-a-weird-name/830268.md?page=3)