# 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:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![mozchron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@mozchron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mozchron)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2019, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-weird-bug-with-a-weird-name/830268/41 "2019-03-02T16:34:00Z")
We have one as a pet. Harmless doesn’t even begin to describe how shy and timid it is. You couldn’t make it bite you if you wanted to. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2019, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-weird-bug-with-a-weird-name/830268/42 "2019-03-04T14:35:06Z")
> [@mozchron](#): > > We have one as a pet. Harmless doesn’t even begin to describe how shy and timid it is. You couldn’t make it bite you if you wanted to. Go to hell. Sent from my LG-H872 using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2019, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-weird-bug-with-a-weird-name/830268/43 "2019-03-04T15:13:38Z")
> [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](#): > > I clicked the link, but only long enough to realize it was a mistake and quickly close it. It gets worse…that link gives no indication of scale…the bloody things are as big as an adult human hand. ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2019, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-weird-bug-with-a-weird-name/830268/44 "2019-03-04T17:59:29Z")
Amblypygi? I ain’t afraid of no stinkin’ amblypygi. For your consideration: [this article](http://bugoftheweek.com/blog/2017/1/23/at-night-in-the-rainforest-whip-spiders-amblypygi) said they come out at night, so watch your step. On the other hand: > [@](#): > > As frightening as whip spiders appear, they are truly harmless to humans. Dammit. Another idea for a low-budget horror movie squelched by science. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2019, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-weird-bug-with-a-weird-name/830268/45 "2019-03-04T18:26:07Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > “Get away from her, you _bitch_!” [that’s my cue…](https://theoatmeal.com/comics/aliens_b_word) ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2019, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-weird-bug-with-a-weird-name/830268/46 "2019-03-04T20:58:47Z")
Doodlebug? [Picture.](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/doodlebug#/media/File:Antlion1_by_Jonathan_Numer.jpg) ---
**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:** [March 4, 2019, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-weird-bug-with-a-weird-name/830268/47 "2019-03-04T21:57:58Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > [that’s my cue…](https://theoatmeal.com/comics/aliens_b_word) I haven’t been by The Oatmeal in quite a while; time for a visit–Thanks **k dad**! ---
**Author:** ![RedSwinglineOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a9adbd/32.png) [@RedSwinglineOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedSwinglineOne)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2019, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-weird-bug-with-a-weird-name/830268/48 "2019-03-04T22:50:34Z")
> [@Poysyn](#): > > … it will just drive me insane first. Sounds like the [Ceti eel.](https://aliens.fandom.com/wiki/Ceti_Eel) ---
**Author:** ![caligulathegod](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/caligulathegod/32/9685_2.png) [@caligulathegod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caligulathegod)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2019, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-weird-bug-with-a-weird-name/830268/49 "2019-03-05T04:10:42Z")
Eating them was a regular stunt on Fear Factor. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/1vyz3pnppL0/hqdefault.jpg "Fear Factor - Eating the African Spiders") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vyz3pnppL0) ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2019, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-weird-bug-with-a-weird-name/830268/50 "2019-03-05T04:17:31Z")
> [@mozchron](#): > > We have one as a pet. Harmless doesn’t even begin to describe how shy and timid it is. You couldn’t make it bite you if you wanted to. Ferreals? How’d you acquire one, and what care does it need? ---
**Author:** ![mozchron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@mozchron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mozchron)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2019, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-weird-bug-with-a-weird-name/830268/51 "2019-03-05T11:09:53Z")
Bought it online. Its about the size of a quarter. Juvenile. We feed it Drosophila fruit flies (I have a never ending supply of them in lab). Its kept in a vivarium. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2019, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-weird-bug-with-a-weird-name/830268/52 "2019-03-05T18:25:52Z")
> [@caligulathegod](#): > > Eating them was a regular stunt on Fear Factor. > > [https://youtu.be/1vyz3pnppL0](https://youtu.be/1vyz3pnppL0) Ugh. Those people are not eating them for protein or for survival or even for flavor – they’re just killing them as part of a gross-out stunt for amusement. Basically equivalent to dogfighting. What’s wrong with people? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-weird-bug-with-a-weird-name/830268.md?page=2)