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TGIF ST JOHN PIC
Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2009 5:54 am
by cptnkirk
Ok this one won't ge a hit with most of ya gals but todays topic is St John Bugs. We're havin a heat wave this weekend and a bug or two outside would be a good omen since that darn Ohio groundhog seen it's shadow
Post those pics peeps!!
There just like Ohio Millipedes on roids
Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2009 6:53 am
by luvinsun
ewwwwwww!
Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2009 7:13 am
by snorkeler525
Not really a bug but definitely an interesting creepy crawly:
Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2009 7:59 am
by Joshie
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Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2009 8:31 am
by Wakey
Is a South Louisiana mud bug OK?
Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2009 8:53 am
by jigzmom
Awww... I was all excited to show a pretty photo from our trip last week and you want bugs instead. OK fine. No STJ bugs, though.
From the Butterfly Farm on St. Maarten:
Kinda bug-like, tiny crabs on St. Croix:
Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2009 9:28 am
by islandchef
My girlfriend was freaked out by these guys... they were EVERYWHERE at the bottom floor of our villa!
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Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2009 3:35 pm
by hugo
The black millepedes are originally from Africa, apparently came here on the 18th century trading ships. They are locally called gungalos; they do not bite but they do squirt a highly acidic and smelly liquid that can raise a big blister on your skin.
The stripe-y caterpillars are the larva of a Pseudosphinix moth, usually called frangipani worms. They eat nothing but frangipani (Plumeria) leaves, and since the plants are poisonous, they become poisonous themselves, leading to the WARNING colors. The moths they turn into are a sort of drab khaki dusty item.
Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2009 4:18 pm
by jayseadee
I found this guy hanging out at Oceana last November
Didn't share him with the other SOTB'ers as I wasn't sure how bug-phobic any of them were.
Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2009 4:37 pm
by cptnkirk
Hugo you are just a wealth of knowledge Thanks
Keep up the good work!
Islandchef we had a tree hugo was talking about at Cruz Views. I'm not kidding you there was hundreds in that tree. Thats a trophy ya got a shot of for sure,heres a shot I took.
Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2009 11:06 pm
by Jimm
Both of these were found under a pile of clothes in a bedroom around 2:00am during our stay at Dream Come True. Yes, the screaming awakened the rest of us.
And our friendly spider that hung out at the entrance of Dream Come True.
Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2009 6:07 am
by Boston Mike
Ok this topic is really starting to bug me..
Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2009 8:30 am
by cptnkirk
That spider looks to be ready to pounce on the next person out that door
Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2009 8:48 am
by Joshie
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Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2009 9:10 am
by Agent99
Found this guy in Bermuda last year.
