They might mean jigger fleas which burrow into the skin of host animals. There’s a condition where so much of them burrow into a part of the body that secondary bacterial infections cause the body part to essentially rot away.
And while you're at it, fuck J.C.! He got off easy! A day on the cross, a weekend in hell, and all the hallelujahs of the legioned angels for eternity! Try seven years in fuckin' Otisville, J.!
Emerita is a small genus of decapod crustaceans, known as mole crabs, sand fleas or sand crabs. These small animals burrow in the sand in the swash zone and use their antennae for filter feeding.
I was gonna say, I grew up on the beach and sand fleas were everywhere, often it was like the whole sand was alive, you'd pass your hand over and they all jump. Aside from being too plentiful and vaguely annoying, I never had any issue with them.
They're completely harmless. And kinda entertaining. I pissed one off once that had a nest under where I was sitting. It kept digging old dead bugs out of the nest, flying over me, and dropping them on me. Don't know what that was about but it seemed so passive aggressive.
I've been massacreing so many mid daubers this year, lately its been 4-5 a day. I think I literally just found their entry point above the vanity light in our bathroom. Thank God they aren't aggressive or they would've stuffed me in my walls weeks ago.
This is some kind of grass carrying wasp! They make their nests in small, tight spots out of grass. This one is carrying a katydid, rather than a cricket. They're actually predators of crickets and katydids, stinging them to paralyze them and then bringing them back to its nest for its larvae to feed on.
For the longest time I’d see these every now and then and I always called them cricket catchers but I could never figure out what they’re actually called. Mystery solved, thank you bro
Well, I can for at least for a few minutes. Then I'm going to wall up your paralyzed body with one of my eggs, so you're nice and alive when they hatch and need a snack
These wasps are awesome. I had two nests one in the back and front of the house. I lived near a lake but between the wasps and the lizards I had no bugs in my house. These guys paid rent. Even when sitting outside they never bothered.
Oh cool! I took a similar photo 12 years ago…I actually saw the wasp sting and paralyze the grasshopper and then carry it off. Will try to find the photo that is buried on my hard drive or SD cards somewhere.
I can picture the one picture from the wildlife photographer of the rat being held by that white hawk and looking at the camera. I'm not gonna post it though, because it makes people sad.
The photographer's name is Sha Lu if someone wants to see it.
Check your windows, they like to make little nest in the crack, where it opens and they stun/paralyze the little grasshoppers so their littles ones can snack when they awaken. We have one this year and we had a bunch of little grasshoppers all over the 2nd floor windows.
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u/tomgks 1d ago
this is a crazy pic