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Name that....bug?

fishnowworknever

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PTocko Community Regular

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Since we are on the subject of bugs, check this one out that I found in my garage a couple summers ago, it was about 2-3" long:

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Dtro - That thing looks like the bug in Men In Black. I remember reading something that the biomass of insects alone outweighs ALL other living things on the planet. Cool stuff. Paul

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Wow! That is a wild one.

Like the little amoeba and paramecium...I also stayed aquatic and did not go terrestrial.

I don't have a clue!

Wait...I just did an image search on "Mole Cricket" and photos of the think came up!

I know knowing about it. Looks predatory but I have not know crickets to be predatory.

Cool stuff!

Fish On!

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This is a Water Scorpion. There are two species native to MN.

This one is Nepa spp. The other is Ranatra SPP and looks like a walking stick. They both breath air and eat small fish, tadpoles and other invertebrates. (bugs)

Barry

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The bug you got with your shrimp was a Helgramite. I catch them all the time when I harvest shrimp for the shops.

They used to be a sought after bait for Perch and Walleye but the harvest regs. changed about 30 years ago and "you can't do that anymore".

Barry

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I'd scream like a girl if that came up my hole.

Hahah I would have too, snakes and critters don't bother me, bugs give me shivers up my spine.

Makes me want to cover my holes when spending the night on the ice, I would hate to wake up to one of those on my chest or face in the ice house.

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I would have to take it home and suprise some people. Go to a freinds house and put it in their toilet or something. wink I wonder what kind of sounds they would make when they looked down and saw that. I put minnows in the toilet at work before I closed the shop up and went home. The guy opening came in all hung over the next morning and didn't know what to do when he saw that.

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Murray's hellgramite is an awesome fly tied to imitate the hellgramite and is kick *ss in rivers for smallies (works great on rock bass in lakes too). I guess they are often found rolled up in a ball tumbling down stream. They are cool looking dudes.

The giant water beatle..... man, one year I found hundreds on the Mississippi in downtown Mpls on Nicollet island! It was like being in a mini sci-fi movie. I wonder if they would make good bait? Something has to eat them. I have seen a fly tied to imitate them before, but it seemed pretty cumbersome.

I had a large dragon fly larva in an aquarium for quite some time, it would eat the stomachs out of the "feeder" goldfish I had in there. It was very cool to watch it ambush the fish from the weeds, and it only eat out the guts.

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