WTH is this?

[NDHick]

Found this bug in my gutter today when I was cleaning them out. Anyone have a clue what it is? It was at least 2.5 inches long.

 

[Account Deleted]

Water beetle of some sort. Pintails and mallards love 'em I'm told.

 

[Colonel Angus]

google toe biter

 

[deleted_account]

Found this bug in my gutter today when I was cleaning them out. Anyone have a clue what it is? It was at least 2.5 inches long.

friggin shoot that thing!

 

[Yoby]

Lunch?

 

[guywhofishes]

They bite. Learned that the hard way.

and they'll kill your minnows, frogs, tadpoles. Swamp kid's nemesis.

 

[SDMF]

friggin shoot that thing!

I wish I had a video of you and the Mantis in my pickup.

 

[johnr]

I don't like it, I don't like it at all

 

[Twitch]

What is it...I don't know I reason to sell your house maybe??:;:howdy

 

[Account Deleted]

Its just a bug you pansies.

 

[deleted member]

Completely agree. A bug. A "make me sell my home and never clean my gutters ever again " bug.

 

[gst]

I don't like it, I don't like it at all

go find your safe place you little..............

 

[dean nelson]

Yep giant water bug. They are very common around here and at this time of year they get drawn towards lighted areas. When I worked at bobcat in bismarck it was common to find a few just inside the garage doors at night if we had them part way open to let a breeze in. Some species can get very large.

 

[NDHick]

Thanks for the help. Glad I had gloves on when I grabbed it.

 

[dean nelson]

They are listed to have one of the most painful bites of any insect on the planet but not poisonous.

 

[guywhofishes]

They are listed to have one of the most painful bites of any insect on the planet but not poisonous.

It burns real real bad.

 

[MathewsZman]

Found this bug in my gutter today when I was cleaning them out. Anyone have a clue what it is? It was at least 2.5 inches long.

I'm thinking a new series is coming out in reality TV . Falling Sky's part 2

 

[dust in the wind]

Completely agree. A bug. A "make me sell my home and never clean my gutters ever again " bug.

best solution - Nuke it from Orbit!

meh - just an ugly/creepy bug though. I've never seen one in person though.

 

[PrairieGhost]

They are listed to have one of the most painful bites of any insect on the planet but not poisonous.

Piercing sucking mouth parts, but of large diameter. I have had people working for me that have been poked. They belong to the family Belostomatidae. The backswimmers are much smaller and remind me of a skunk because of their stripe. Although smaller there are many more of them and people get bit often. A guy from Denver was working with me and I told him that because he was picking them with his fingers. He said "oh I have done it for years and never been bit". Famous last words. Less than ten seconds and he was yowling.

 

[Kentucky Windage]

It burns real real bad.

Are you still talking about bugs?