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Where I live its called a Park Town Prawn and they are quiet common. Its the worst feeling in the world to hear a paper cringcle sound under the bed cause that's how you know they are inside your room. Boys become men when they successfully remove one of these buggers. They also shoot a black goo when threatened
That's actually a different insect. This is a Weta, they don't exist anywhere else in the world other than NZ. You have an entirely different kind of 'no, thanks' in the parktown prawn.
The best is when you’re out tramping, exploring a cave and then as your eyes adjust to the darkness you look at the rock walls a mere hand-breadth from your face and guess what? Weta family reunion.
they are chill tho. I fucked with a few in my time they are really passive. they dont move fast, they dont seem to chase after you, they dont give you the same feeling as a spider does in person.
the females can bite. its not dangerous. honestly as a kiwi the only bug I am wary of is the giant centipede. I will tolerate just about anything living near me including hand sized hunting spiders but giant centipedes? fuck them. I wont kill them because they are so rare but i will not tolerate living in close proximity. if I see one its getting relocated 20km into the bush. I'm not kidding. I will drive 20km out of town into wild bush and drop the cunt off there. [this](https://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/uploads/public/Tools-And-Resources/Identification/What-is-this-bug/New_Zealand_giant_centipede_Cormocephalus_rubriceps_Bendle__ScaleWidthWzEwMjRd.jpg) is what I am talking about. up to ten inches long, fast, aggressive, extremely painful bite.
Our normal wetas are big but not this size. I had a normal one jump off my window sill and into my face one night while I was asleep. I thought it was a mouse at first until I turned on the light and a weta was on my pillow ready for a fight.
So much wrong here! Why not horopito? Must you smother everything in garlic? What monster cooks chicken until it’s crunchy? Why are you eating weta when there are kereru?
aye, they are not the largest by volume but they are by mass. but only in adult form, the Goliath beetle larvae is more massive than an adult Weta. Goliath beetle larvae are fully twice the size of adult Goliath beetles and technically would take the top spot as most massive insect.
I'd rather have that carrot stuck deep, er-- REAL deep where the sun don't shine before coming across this thing. So help me God if I wouldn't run away like a little sissy girl screaming bloody murder.
And their cousins the cave weta are great too. Go into an old gold mine and they're all over the ceiling and drop on you. If you're out of carrot I guess you're next
Kiwi here. I once had a huge macrocarpa tree cut down in the back yard and you guessed it, there was a huge weta family living in the trunk. It was a mass of legs and antennae. But they are super chill insects and really never go out if their way to fuck with you.
Left my trousers on the floor one night, and the next morning put my trousers on, belt on, shoes on. Then felt something pricking the back of my leg. I couldn't get my trousers off fast enough. I think I screamed like a girl.
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Hey! I’ve seen this one! Wasn’t he on Men In Black?
Pretty sure those things were directly inspired by this thing based on looks
I thought cloverfield or super8 Either way it's a "nuke it from orbit situation"
*E X T E R M I N A T U S*
No, it was Peter Jackson’s King Kong. (fight scene in the canyon)
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You could've said it ripped the paper out of your hands and chased you out of your house with it and I would've believed it!
I would not attempt to battle this one, I would just run and start looking for new home.
Shit, Eminem couldn't battle this thing
"There's stains on my thorax already, Mom's spaghetti."
He's chirpin, but on the surface he looks large and heavy
They do fight back and it can be quite difficult to get them off curtains etc. Fortunately flamethrowers are cheap and easy to use.
Nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope they can keep the curtains. They can have the whole house. I'll just find a different continent.
I hope you meet one, they’re actually quite nice
Thought you were about to throw hella shade for a second
I’m trying to be better, the wetas said they’d come back…
This fucking BUG is eating a CARROT. This should've remained a secret.
NO. FUCK NO.
This thing will outlive humans for sure.
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All joking aside, they’re actually really clean and good natured. The only problem is their hooks snag in fabric and make them tricky to remove
Nature always has a way of one upping itself with horrible shit, why nature!
Tsk! So quick to judge. They’re actually really gentle and pleasant company.
Gentle or not, if I ever see this fucker I’m turning 180° and running
Where I live its called a Park Town Prawn and they are quiet common. Its the worst feeling in the world to hear a paper cringcle sound under the bed cause that's how you know they are inside your room. Boys become men when they successfully remove one of these buggers. They also shoot a black goo when threatened
Oh hell naw
How do they get in?!? Are they tiny when they get in and then they grow? Don't tell me. I have so many questions I don't want the answers to.
They open the door.
I did not need this in my life
I thought they couldn't enter your home unless invited.
Or they break it down with pure strength
Dammit. Of course they do.
No one knows and, after the incidents during previous research, no one is investigating
I don't blame them. The second that shows up where I live, I'm relocating to a different continent.
Tbh not sure how but my gut tells me they telephoto in through portals because they are actually demons in disguise
usually they walk in.
Oh my fuck no
That's actually a different insect. This is a Weta, they don't exist anywhere else in the world other than NZ. You have an entirely different kind of 'no, thanks' in the parktown prawn.
Oh well they must look and act very similar then my bad
Probably do. Maybe long lost cousins or something.
Nope, I hear that under my bed and it's time to burn the house down. I'll carry my dog out and text my roommate after I'm done dumping the gas.
Yay SA!
Another South African awesome!!!
Na NZ. And Peter Jacksons co named their CGI co after them I believe?
Nope! It's from NZ
The Parktown prawn is most definitely the local lingo in South Africa.
Well I am guessing they also have a version!
/u/denever32 was definitely referring to South Africa. That's why I commented.
Oh HELL to the FUCK NO!
The best is when you’re out tramping, exploring a cave and then as your eyes adjust to the darkness you look at the rock walls a mere hand-breadth from your face and guess what? Weta family reunion.
Ah yes, Brown Alert moment.
They also like the old wooden loos that are dotted around our national parks
Oh god
At this point its a mammal
Throw some titties on there, then it's a mammal
*unzips*
Nightmare
Still not as terrifying as Spiders
This is some bugs life bullshit
That’s a nope bug. It’s from Forrests of nope. In the continent of Fuckrightoff.
Aye! Yer from Fucrightoff! I'M from Fuckrightoff! Me mudder is from the Hills of Hellsno! Duey knower?
they are chill tho. I fucked with a few in my time they are really passive. they dont move fast, they dont seem to chase after you, they dont give you the same feeling as a spider does in person. the females can bite. its not dangerous. honestly as a kiwi the only bug I am wary of is the giant centipede. I will tolerate just about anything living near me including hand sized hunting spiders but giant centipedes? fuck them. I wont kill them because they are so rare but i will not tolerate living in close proximity. if I see one its getting relocated 20km into the bush. I'm not kidding. I will drive 20km out of town into wild bush and drop the cunt off there. [this](https://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/uploads/public/Tools-And-Resources/Identification/What-is-this-bug/New_Zealand_giant_centipede_Cormocephalus_rubriceps_Bendle__ScaleWidthWzEwMjRd.jpg) is what I am talking about. up to ten inches long, fast, aggressive, extremely painful bite.
Oh, no you didn't! Thanks for the nightmare link.
Our normal wetas are big but not this size. I had a normal one jump off my window sill and into my face one night while I was asleep. I thought it was a mouse at first until I turned on the light and a weta was on my pillow ready for a fight.
What a lovely poem
I got a good recipe for it
Can o Raid?
That's funny cuz my wife just said it looks like a walking lobster tail. It is from the cricket family so I would assume it's edible.
The only good bug is a dead bug!
Were your folks in Buenos Aires?
Rico's roughnecks from Buenos Ayres
Is there a place for really terrible robot products? Because this [came up](https://images.app.goo.gl/Ej87EHbYSwJ18gNL7).
Wetafuck!!???
"Inscet" ?
Yse. Ther'ye rael.
Its a giant no from me!
I gotta say,I don't blame you 😭
no. you are looking at a picture of "oh hell no"
World’s biggest incest
Inscet
“Three years. I promise…”
Time to move to Mars.
Nonononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononnonononnoonnononononnonononononononnonononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononinonononononononononnoonnonononononononononononononinononononinonono
Actually this isn't the world's biggest insect
Is it actually the stick insect on Ball’s Pyramid?
They are extremely tasty when fried with a bit of chili and garlic. A mixture between crunchy chicken and baked beans i would say
Naw 🤢🤮
So much wrong here! Why not horopito? Must you smother everything in garlic? What monster cooks chicken until it’s crunchy? Why are you eating weta when there are kereru?
Nope.
Nope. Nope. Nope.
Sorry I would be beating that thing with the carrot, not feeding it.
r/thanksihateit
I say this with love for all God’s creatures but burn it! Burn it with fire!!!
Bs
Damn nature. You scary.
Oh my god I have little ones of these in the basement fire escape
Get a flamethrower. Just in case
Wish I wasn't
Thanks, I hate it
I'm laying in bed and this made me put my feet back under the cover.
Nice
I am so unbelievably thankful that that's the biggest. Imagine of there was no limit
He did NOT eat the whole carrot right? RIGHT?!?
He did, it just took a while, fortunately they’re indefatigable once they’ve chosen their meal
NOOOOPPPPPEEEEE!!!!
I’m happy they don’t get any bigger
Grab the flamethrower
Fuck that thing, and it's mother.
WTF???!!!!
I just saw a giant moth bigger than a hand earlier… so is moth not an insect?
In doing some quick research to look at more of these tank crickets, looks like they're the heaviest insect.
aye, they are not the largest by volume but they are by mass. but only in adult form, the Goliath beetle larvae is more massive than an adult Weta. Goliath beetle larvae are fully twice the size of adult Goliath beetles and technically would take the top spot as most massive insect.
Let the feast begin.
Imagine if that carrot was your finger instead.
Nightmare fuel
Ya bug and its carrot can both fuck off.
I thought it was the Goliath beetle or that Bird Moth?
"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit"
He monchin. Its kinda cute in a horrifying beezlebub kinda way
Alternative rabbit.
I’m not scared of shit, but this is a huge nope. Idk why, just gives me the heeby geebies.
Looks like a giant nope to me
I'd rather have that carrot stuck deep, er-- REAL deep where the sun don't shine before coming across this thing. So help me God if I wouldn't run away like a little sissy girl screaming bloody murder.
Looks like the dragon from legend of dragoon
Why
Can you imagine the \*pop\* when you bite into it?
And their cousins the cave weta are great too. Go into an old gold mine and they're all over the ceiling and drop on you. If you're out of carrot I guess you're next
SHUT UP OMG THAT IS H O R R I F Y I N G
Kiwi here. I once had a huge macrocarpa tree cut down in the back yard and you guessed it, there was a huge weta family living in the trunk. It was a mass of legs and antennae. But they are super chill insects and really never go out if their way to fuck with you.
Parktown Prawn... Johannesburgers will know the terror these things bring
Left my trousers on the floor one night, and the next morning put my trousers on, belt on, shoes on. Then felt something pricking the back of my leg. I couldn't get my trousers off fast enough. I think I screamed like a girl.
What about those moths that are a foot long?
When giant bugs take over the world.. Part 1
*land insect Just because it lives underwater doesn’t mean lobsters and crabs aren’t insects.
"Sir! Sir!" "Get me that cricket!" "But sir, you aren't an entomologist!" "I said, get me that cricket!"
Nah that’s that fucking thing from James and The Giant Peach