Can these hurt you?

[Seamus Ryan]

Seamus =
1

Big arse scary wasp that looks like it could kill a buffalo =
0

http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/1571/dsc03429ox5.jpg

Caught this near my pool this morning...
Are they dangerous?
If so, its ninja style for this guy. :ninja:

[MiSsB29]

aww name him bertie, his a cutie.

[jazzyd]

Stick your hand in and find out...

[Seamus Ryan]

Stick your hand in and find out...
HA!
My mate is here and he just suggested the same method....

[JustinJ]

Well there's only one way to find out......

Edit: shit beat me to it.

[becy]

Put in another insect and see what happens. Pics preferably. Make them fight.

[Seamus Ryan]

Put in another insect and see what happens. Pics preferably. Make them fight.
Ill be back shortly with pics :)

[Mickstah]

Stick it down your pants.

I hear they make good aphrodesiacs.

[becy]

I was going to piss off home early but I might as well hang about to see what becomes of this



/me gets ready to start a book

[Mickstah]

I'm curious to know how they plan to get another insect into that jar. I think we need more pics.

[Barry Jive]

All wasps friggin hurt when they sting. man to they hurt but no Australian wasps are that dangerous, just hurt like buggery, and maybe make you throw up. But you will have one angry bastard there and he may come straight for you when you let him go.

I dont think killing him is cool. Let the fella go!

[miss innocent]

im not sure why, but we alwys used to make them into ice cubes... :lol:

[MiSsB29]

find one of those black screaming bugs, the ones were you poke it with a stick and they have horns.

There in season now i think.

[jarrardscott]

that thing is freaking massive!!
i hate wasps we used to have a shit load of nests around my house (now gone thankfully)
but yes, i sat on a chair outside not realising there was a nest under it, and got stung like 20 times, 4 wasps, the worst thing about them is they sting multiple times
best thing to numb the pain is to rub a lemon on it! soothing.

[miss innocent]

oh actually on a serious note there was a thing in the paper warning that there is going to be possible swarms this summer, and not to go near them bc they will still repeatedly

[becy]

stung you on your arse?

[Seamus Ryan]

Mr bean has entered the arena. On close inspection, mr bean and bertie do not like each other. Staying away but having regular conflicts, this looks to be an interesting evening.

(moved them both into a bigger jar with the help of my mate)

http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/422/dsc03430sb2.jpg

[miss innocent]

oh noes!!

is that little brown splodge bee blood?

[sOuNdOne]

Wasp ftw

[watsakerring]

thats hilarious!

put other stuff in the jar, like some ants and a worm!

have an insect royal rumble

[kasper_flip]

$50 on the wasp

[becy]

ahahahaha wicked!

Poor bee, it has the handicap of only being able to sting once!

[Mickstah]

We need a video feed of this battle.

[M_adz]

shake the jar some more.

[Barry Jive]

You know they say serial killers start out by torturing animals?

[janeypooh]

Are you sure that is a wasp? Its massive!! Its even more massive then a hornet.... poor bee....

Im glad Im not you, if I got stung by either Id be in big trouble...

[JustinJ]

You know they say serial killers start out by torturing animals?

They're not animals. They're insects.

[Plankton]

oh noes!!

is that little brown splodge bee blood?

No its poo. Mr Bean got scared.


Awesomeo! Photos or video stat! I want to see this duel between species.

On a side note the wasps in Greece do not hurt. i got stung by one, and it just felt like a blow fly, or an ant bite. Nothing to write home about. Though they are scary looking mo fo's.

Go Bertie! (even though you are an ugly looking mo fo)

[Seamus Ryan]

im taking all bets. we may have mrs liz (a lizzard) coming along shortly to join the jar battle to the death.

[ianwil1976]

Ahhh, see...you're forgetting something. "The enemy of my enemy is my friend."

I predict a team-up, breakout and double pronged sting attack on your family jewels whilst you sleep.

GO INSECTS!

[Barry Jive]

They're not animals. They're insects.


Scientific classification.

All living things are either

a) Animal
b) plant

That does not look like shubbery to me!

(prions are the only exception to the rule but lets not get into that)

[M_adz]

ms Liz will go nuts.

i put bets on her

[Mickstah]

Do go on about prions...

[Seamus Ryan]

what we really need here is a praying mantis, but they are never around. if i had a fly net i would be catching one of the dragon fly's that are hanging around my pool

[JustinJ]

Scientific classification.

All living things are either

a) Animal
b) plant

That does not look like shubbery to me!

(prions are the only exception to the rule but lets not get into that)

.......I stand corrected.

[Plankton]

Whats happening now Seamus?

More photos and storis required.

*Sits down and crosses legs with elbows on knees and palms on chin*

[kasper_flip]

your aside about preying mantises reminded me of a CNNNN caption 'preying mantis masturbates, eats own head'
completely unrelated... but funny nonetheless

[Plankton]

what we really need here is a praying mantis, but they are never around. if i had a fly net i would be catching one of the dragon fly's that are hanging around my pool

Ahh the praying mantus, the ninja of the insect world. :ninja:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/06/Praying_mantis_india_2.jpg/300px-Praying_mantis_india_2.jpg

I'd love to see a stick insect fight a praying mantis! Go sticky go! Go manty!

[Barry Jive]

Do go on about prions...
I see your sarcasm and raise you a dead pan response.

A prion is a kind of infectious agent made purely of protein. They aren't exactly living so therefore can not be killed.

This is what caused Mad Cow disease or BSE. BSE was caused by ground up cattle being fed to cattle and prions some how getting to the brain. We then ingest these prions through eating cattle meat.

First found on the brains of cannibals in Papua new guniea.

So yeah essentially a prion is an infectious agent made purely of protein.

In fact why didnt I jsut search wikipedia and link you to it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prions


/dead pan over

[diarx]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLWZHg_TjA0

shovel in more bees imo

[Plankton]

Wow you are just a barrell of laughs Barry. Wanna come to my dinner party?

[Barry Jive]

Wow you are just a barrell of laughs Barry. Wanna come to my dinner party?


ha ha. You ask a question, whether in sarcasm or seriously you get an answer. Some times a silly one sometimes a correct one. Just depends on how you asked the question.........


Dead Pan Beats Sarcasm in the comedy rethoric of verbal rock scissors paper

[M_adz]

/end boring barry rant



now...back to death and murder pls

[Barry Jive]

I would however like to see the match up if you threw a big ass huntsmen in there!

Or a grasshopper. I have a phobia of grasshoppers so get rid of as many as you can

[Plankton]

OOOooohhh put in a spider, I wonder who would win, fuck off huge wasp v spider?

[rancho]

Scientific classification.

All living things are either

a) Animal
b) plant

That does not look like shubbery to me!

(prions are the only exception to the rule but lets not get into that)

if you want to get pedantic and throw in scientific classification at the very least roll with flora and fauna.

i say get a snail in there.

[Barry Jive]

if you want to get pedantic and throw in scientific classification at the very least roll with flora and fauna.

i say get a snail in there.


But that would be incorrect!

THat is part of a different classification.

Flora, Fauna, Fungi.
That is biology not scientific classification

but yeah

I want a grass hopper in there, death to the bastards.

Also I wonder how much damage 5 bull ants would do in the cage match?

[M_adz]

I Said Stfu With Your Boring Talk


More Murderation!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Barry Jive]

I Said Stfu With Your Boring Talk


More Murderation!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


awww sweetheart!

I wonder how

Jar of Creepy Crawly's Vs Gravity would go.

Perhaps from an upper floor of a high rise apartment

[M_adz]

OOOooohhh put in a spider, I wonder who would win, fuck off huge wasp v spider?

http://static.flickr.com/30/92364407_b36d812d3c_m.jpg

[Thumb]

OOOooohhh put in a spider, I wonder who would win, fuck off huge wasp v spider?

wasp. i have seen this first hand, a wasp dragging along the limp body of a HUNTSMAN! it was fucken scary.

[Plankton]

if you want to get pedantic and throw in scientific classification at the very least roll with flora and fauna.

i say get a snail in there.

I have a quick story about a sea snail I bought for my lil brother for the fish tank that I gave him.

So in this tank I had some cute lil fishies in there and a yabby I named Jacque (spell?), and the sea snail. Now the guy at the store was like keep an eye on the yabby cause they have been known to eat the other animals in the tanks. So anyway one day I went in my my brothers room and found one of the fish dead, and I was like ohh stupid yabby, so I isloated it.
A few days later my brother said the other fish was dead, and I was pissed off at the stupid yabby, but still the yabby was cute so I kept it, and left it isolated. Anyway a few more days passed and my lil brother and I checked the tank and the yabby was dead.

Turns out the snail killed them all. :lol: Stupid devil snail!

So yeah snails are unsuspecting killers.

[Plankton]

http://static.flickr.com/30/92364407_b36d812d3c_m.jpg

:-0

Waaaaa. :~(

What an ugly mug it has! :lol:

[Brother Al]

Wasps lay their eggs inside spiders so the little noobies have something to eat. Wasp ftw

i was attacked by similar wasps in my old home. They are like Kimakazi dive dombers those freaks. got stung right on the forehead, neck, arm and leg. Angry little critters, but they proved much entertainment in the end. especially when friends came over and said "wasps? you girl! i'll deal with them..." and then watch them scream and run like little girls when attaked from all sides :lol:

[becy]

I have a quick story about a sea snail I bought for my lil brother for the fish tank that I gave him.

So in this tank I had some cute lil fishies in there and a yabby I named Jacque (spell?), and the sea snail. Now the guy at the store was like keep an eye on the yabby cause they have been known to eat the other animals in the tanks. So anyway one day I went in my my brothers room and found one of the fish dead, and I was like ohh stupid yabby, so I isloated it.
A few days later my brother said the other fish was dead, and I was pissed off at the stupid yabby, but still the yabby was cute so I kept it, and left it isolated. Anyway a few more days passed and my lil brother and I checked the tank and the yabby was dead.

Turns out the snail killed them all. :lol: Stupid devil snail!

So yeah snails are unsuspecting killers.




i love it! It's pretty much the standard plot for any garden-variety murder mystery!

[Seamus Ryan]

:DRUMROLL:
We have a new contestant who has just arrived at the venue via other transportation means.
He has 8 legs, is black and has a red spot on his back.
Thats right.
A red back spider!!!

[becy]

oh man this is getting good!!!!!!!

[Seamus Ryan]

hold on videos are on the way!!!

[Lummy]

Money Saving tip for girls....

Why spend money on expensive vibrators, when you can achieve the same result with a cigar tube full of angry wasps.

[Kinki Jedi]

Put a puppy in as well!

[M_adz]

we used to have a bunny and guinea pigs in the bottom of our bird house thingy that had all these budgies and love birds n stuff...anyway, there started to be a bit of murder and mayhem. birds getting their wings bitten off, birds heads being removed, feathers everywhere....now this happened over a few months...we'd replace the birds that died, thinking that there was a bit of domestic violence going on between some of the birdies. I was at the vet one day with my cat and mentioned this issue and the vet said...'hrmmm... do you have the cat near the cage?' no no...not at all 'hrmm...what about a dog...or any other animal?'...im like 'ah yeah, in the cage we've got the guinea pigs and bunny ...' "A BUNNY?!" '...urr...yeh...just a little one...' "LOLOL...well, theres you're problem...rabbits eat birds if they can get to them..."

:|

wft

:|

apparently its quite common...

fkn psycho rabbits.

[becy]

zomg that reminds me...
my boyfriend wsa telling me about some guinea pigs he used to have at his house when he was a kid. They lived in a little self-contained hutch in the garden - nothing could get in or out (besides the humans who could operate the latch of course).
There were two male guinea pigs, and a female one. The female one was pregnant. The two male ones apparently HATED the female one. Hated her with an unreasoning, blind passion.
One day they went down to the hutch, only to find the pregnant female one an untimely corpse (along with its foetii), ripped apart, its limbs and parts scattered every which way.
It was one (or both) of the other guinea pigs!

[Seamus Ryan]

Sorry about the language and pathetic commentary....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=de531NWW5yE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhWnECjEM6k
and the final one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvFyZOcpg0c
notice just at the end of this one, i opened the jar and placed my camera in the lids position. then the wasp tried to get out and my mate fell of his chair trying to get away. he freaked out.

final score:

Wasp = 2
Spider = 0
Bee = 0

[becy]

HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!


OMG that was fucking brilliant :D

[spudy]

hahaha :thumb:

[Dj DeKay]

lmao :lol: a wasp on roids.

[tails]

you could make a whole series out of this, seriously
like "insects gone wild"

The wasp is definately the cary over champ, loved his work

[rancho]

omg you guys are fucking disturbed sick twisted little fuckbags.



































i love it :thumb:

[JustinJ]

Dude. Like what Tails said, you gotta make a whole series out of this like Gladiator or something - each week you get a new challenger.

You can call it Insectiator.

[special ed]

please, please find a mouse

[Seamus Ryan]

hmm, night is coming. perhaps a larger spider may be up for it?
i searched and searched, and all i managed to find was a tiny red back. its funny, i couldn't find one bloody insect, but any other time they are shitting me of when im outside.

[Meekus]

wasp. i have seen this first hand, a wasp dragging along the limp body of a HUNTSMAN! it was fucken scary.

Yeah my mates and i were watching a wasp like that fighting a huntsman and the wasp smashed the spider.

[Troy711]

find something that will kill it... i fucking hate wasps. i got stung on the chest, hand and neck by one once... it felt like someone had stabbed me with a hot needle :(

[Seamus Ryan]

I’ve been stung by the smaller European wasps that hunt in big masses, but not one of these big fuckers. If it looks scary, I stay the fuck away. Except for this circumstance, not sure what possessed me to do all this stuff this arvo….

[Afro thunder]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dm1JNMo8M24

this is one scary spider. i dunno if any wasp would be brave enough to take her on (shes eating a bird of some sort)

For the spider vs wasp scenario, you would have to factor in whether the spider catches the wasp in a net or if its a no weapons confrontation

[Jude May]

so whats it going to be next?

im thinking funnelweb, or maybe a bluebottle. sure it wouldnt be that great watching but im interested to see if the wasp would die.

fuck it, wasp vs octopus :thumb:

[spudy]

how did u get all them in the jar anyway?

crikey

[DuncanM]

That is brilliant.

[Mickstah]

Wow, I'm impressed, I didn't think we would actually see action!

Well done. I'm sure there's a conservationist out there right now crying into his hemp tissue.

[jarrardscott]

:lol: seamus ryan, you must have had too much time on your hands today. though it is cool.
try to keep the wasp alive and give it more opponants. a lizard of some sort would be cool

[spudy]

or feed it like a massive steak so it doubles in size or something

[Bojoe]

I have a bee hive in my backyard
http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/1146/beewm5.jpg
Anyone know who to call to get rid of it. Its big and has lots of bees

[Dj DeKay]

look up the yellow pages for pest controlers.. should lead u from that point on..

should do a google run and see what type of wasp it is and what it needs to survive/what it eats.. so u can keep it alive for a week and find some more insects haha.. yes i support that series idea.. that would be fun to watch haha then submit to MTV and have ur own show? hahaha

[Mickstah]

I have a bee hive in my backyard
http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/1146/beewm5.jpg
Anyone know who to call to get rid of it. Its big and has lots of bees
How many bees are in there exactly?

[disgruntledgoat]

millions. if you're in sydney metro, drop me a line, i have a few bee hives at home and can take them for you lol

[borrisGLOWSTICK]

That was the best internet i ever saw, it had a wasp and a jar.

:thumb:

[Bwen]

Haha awesome post :D you should feed it and have the wasp continually fight other insects!

[Marshy]

That's brilliant work Seamus - f'n hilarious.

[watsakerring]

I have a bee hive in my backyard
http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/1146/beewm5.jpg
Anyone know who to call to get rid of it. Its big and has lots of bees

stick your penis in there.....


how's that going to get rid of the bee's you ask?......i just thought it would be funny

[Freshie]

stick your vagina in there.....



Use your superior human intellect, puny human!

[moggle]

PRAYING MANTIS vs MOUSE (who will win)

link semi-NSFW (due to ads) also quite a shocking/graphic video.

http://disloyal.org/videos/223/prayingmantisvsmouse.html

[Morphee]

Use your superior human intellect, puny human!

Don't you mean stick it in your vagina? Something something puny human.

[Freshie]

I was cleverly calling him/her a fradey cat, *rolls around in own excrement*

[Morphee]

My word, top show lads.

Who's up for a cupotea and some bickies ehh?

Jolly good

[RunWithScissors]

"He's stingin' him"
"Who is?"
"The wasp" :lol:

:-D best thread eva <3

[Seamus Ryan]

how did u get all them in the jar anyway?

crikey
These wasps start to arrive around our pool during the summer, my old man claims they think its a lagoon or someshit, we also get heaps of dragon fly's but you have to be faster then a punter on speed to catch those little buggers.
They shit me of mainly because they are bloody huge and scary looking. And obviously they will hurt like hell if they sting you.
There is a retaining wall next to my pool, the little gaps near the base of the wall make a perfect little cave for these fellas. We normally just block them off when they go in then empty a can of mortien on their arse. But this morning i figured i would try catchng one.

It was harder catching the red back, they are much more potent. And getting them all into the same jar was rather difficult, its definately a two man job unless you want to get stung a few hundred times. Now that i think about it, doing it inside was probably a dumb idea. If the wasp got out we would have been in serious trouble.

The bee was piss easy, caught it in my hand and then threw him in when the wasp let his guard down.

The jar is still next to me now. Wasp is still alive and kicking. But only wakes up when i move the glass. The bee died sometime during the battle this arvo, so i fed him to my mums venus fly trap.
Red back is definately dead, but i wont risk getting arse raped just to get him out. Hopefully the wasp will feed on him.
If he does, ill be sure to post pics, and ill keep a lookout for things to throw in there tomorrow.
A lizard is a must. If i catch another wasp, well then we will have a show!

[M_adz]

omg...best ever!!!!

def need a lizard. or a small mouse/bird.

[Barry Jive]

*wants it re-dubbed with David attenborough voice over*

[Plankton]

And Planky has found Berties real name:

CICADA KILLER WASP!

http://www.faunanet.gov.au/wos/images/factfiles/full/f225b.jpg

http://www.faunanet.gov.au/wos/images/factfiles/full/f225d.jpg

Cicada-killer wasps are sometimes mistaken for hornets because of their impressive size. However, there are no hornets in Australia. Cicada-killer wasps hunt in the trees for cicadas, which feed on sap using their piercing mouthparts. Once found, the wasp quickly stings and paralyses its victim.

Cicada-killer wasps are large and have a potentially painful sting. However they are not aggressive and are very unlikely to use their venom on humans unless extremely provoked. The best advice is to leave them alone. :lol:

http://www.faunanet.gov.au/wos/factfile.cfm?Fact_ID=225



I think tis better to make them do battles! Go Bertie Go!

[Barry Jive]

Science is cool huh Plankton!

Go find a cicada, i want to see that!

[diarx]

lizards are cool, leave them alone :(


chuck in a cockroach or a funnelweb

[sOuNdOne]

Thread needs Less Barry jivin planton and more mouse killing wasp.

[Barry Jive]

I want to see what happens when it stings a person. Seamus, do you have a younger brother, I will throw in $10 if he sticks his hand in there and lest the wasp sting him!

[M_adz]

Thread needs Less Barry jivin planton and more mouse killing wasp.

x2

[Plankton]

Is the wasp a boy or girl?

Seamus have a look and see if you can see a lil wasp penis!

[tapout]

kick as thread, you need one of these guys:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVTxcI7dBfI

[Brother Al]

this is awesome. cool vids seamus!

[Plankton]

^^^^ Whoa that is one bad ass mo fo!

He is a worthy contender of Bertie.

[MadMike]

I approve of this thread.

I also like the random Barry Jive science schooling. :lol:

[tapout]

^^^ i think its called a camel spider

[MadMike]

^^^ i think its called a camel spider
That's a nickname for them, even though they aren't spiders.

Arthropods -> Arachnids -> Solpugids eg 'Camel Spider'
Arthropods -> Arachnids -> Spiders
Arthropods -> Arachnids -> Scorpions

[tapout]

and this is why the bees on the previous pages video were swarming the wasp, they'd learnt that the only defense to an attack from the hornets was to raise the temperature of the hornet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeeslLs-b10

[Plankton]

Those Camels spiders things are disgusting they make my skin crawl :emo:

[Thumb]

fantastic viewing. thanks Seamus - i raced home last night to follow the action & then wasnt disappointed with today's viewing either.

wasp was always gonna win.

who can tell me tho, why arent wasps ruling the earth? is it cos they die naturally too soon?

[Bojoe]

How many bees are in there exactly?

12486 bees i counted them last night.

[jarrardscott]

are you sure its a cicada killer
i found otherwise
though i could be wrong

Spider Wasps
Family Pompilidae
Order Hymenoptera


Spider wasp, Cryptocheilus bicolor. Photo: B Carson-Ewart. Spider Wasps (family Pompilidae) are solitary wasps. They prey on spiders to feed their larvae or they parasitise other spider wasps. They do not form colonies to defend nests and are not aggressive.

Identification
Spider Wasps are active in gardens during summer months. The Spider Wasp most commonly encountered is Cryptocheilus bicolor. This is a very large (up to 35 mm long) black wasp with orange wings and legs and a broad orange band around its abdomen. It holds its wings up when resting but flicks them when it hops and runs about on its long legs.

Habitat and Biology
Spider wasps are often seen digging in soft sandy soil, dragging huntsman spiders along. The wasps you are most likely to see and hear are female wasps preparing nest chambers for their larvae. They dig a burrow using long spines on their front legs, then search rapidly around tree trunks and on the ground for a spider. The wasp stings the spider to paralyse it, and drags it back to the burrow. She then lays an egg on the spider's body, and seals it in a chamber or cell at the end of the burrow. The larva hatches and feeds on the body of the spider before pupating in a thin silky cocoon in the cell.

Some spider wasps sting the spider and lay an egg on it but do not dig a burrow to put it in. The spider is left where it was stung and the larva hatches and eats the spider.

A small number of Spider Wasps steal spiders from other Spider Wasps for their own larva. This behaviour is known as klepto-parasitism (klepto: Ancient Greek for 'theft').

Toxicity
The females can sting but stings are not common. As they are solitary insects, spider wasps do not pose the same level of threat to humans as social species of bees, ants or wasps do. However, unlike bees, wasps can sting more than once, and do not die after stinging. The sting causes a burning pain and swelling. If stings are multiple, a more severe systemic reaction may occur.

In some individuals, wasp, bee and ant stings can cause an allergic reaction (anaphylaxis), but this is relatively uncommon. Effective treatment is available, which involves known bee/ant/wasp sting allergy sufferers carrying a special kit when outdoors. Immunotherapy or desensitisation is also available, and can reduce the severity of the allergy.

First Aid
A cold pack may be used to relieve the pain of the sting. If there is evidence of a more severe reaction or the sting victim is known to be allergic to wasp and bee venom, medical attention should be sought immediately.

Links
Ecowatch, CSIRO: Cryptocheilus species (spider wasp)
http://www.ento.csiro.au/Ecowatch/Primary/hymenoptera/pages/spider_wasp.htm
References
AGFACTS Information Leaflets
CSIRO. 1994. Insects of Australia
Goode, J. 1980. Insects of Australia. Angus & Robertson, London
Hadlington, P. and J. Johnston. 1982. An Introduction to Australian Insects. UNSW Press, Sydney
Zbrowski, P. and R. Storey. 1995. A Field Guide to Insects in Australia. Reed Books, Sydney

[Bojoe]

stick your penis in there.....


how's that going to get rid of the bee's you ask?......i just thought it would be funny

I did it :thumb: it wasnt funny :(

[Plankton]

are you sure its a cicada killer
i found otherwise
though i could be wrong


I saw the Spider killer, but it looked rather small slightly different to the photos shown by Seamus. maybe Im wrong, but visually the cicada killer looked like a better fit.

I say more photos required Seamus.

[jarrardscott]

i say, seamus decides which it is, then he goes out and catches the other one and makes em fight to the death to see which is the superior wasp!

[Mickstah]

^^^ i think its called a camel spider

That's not a camel spider, THESE are camel spiders...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6xtQRND-Mc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0CkrOaIh4g

American soldiers must get pretty bored in Iraq. :P

[Plankton]

Ewww that thing was huge it look the size of size 11 shoe!

We need more wasp battles!

[nettsu]

ok i don't like spiders
i really really don't like spiders
so why on earth did I watch one of those big f*cking spiders eating a lizard

EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

*shudders*

[Mickstah]

They're pretty bad.
During the day they're active but they hate the sun, so are constantly seeking shade.
Aparrently the soldiers over there have a few issues with these suckers as they run after you, chasing your shade. Not only that, these ugly mofos can run up to 10mph (not 30mph as many sites claim on the internet) but still, not very nice to have one of these chasing you :meh:

They're harmless to humans though....

[Thumb]

ok, so what we need is a scorpion vs wasp battle.

[spudy]

itm > national geographic

[Barry Jive]

Those spiders are awesome!


I also like the random Barry Jive science schooling.


if that wasn't about me, that would have to be my signature!


Now. I caught me a grasshopper in the backyard last night. Can I express post it to you to put in the jar.....I hate grasshopper......evil little buggers

[kasper_flip]

make some sort of battle arena out of lego and have another tri-species battle royale. perhaps a scale model of the colisseum

[spudy]

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y72/farkjoo/eat_spider.jpg

needs.bigger.jar.

[Mickstah]

I hope we see more wasp battles today. :thumb:


Meanwhile I'm reading stories about camel spiders (http://www.camelspiders.net/camel-spider.htm), hehe...

[nettsu]

/ignore mickstah

i shouldn't follow links
ewwww
ewwww

[hesh]

"So how's Iraq Billy?"

"Yeah, aiight I guess.. Watch a lot of South Park, make spiders fight scorpians.. you know.. pretty much like home.. more sand tho.."

[Seamus Ryan]

bertie is wide awake and kicking., the red back's sole is definately in spider heaven. what will day two have to show us....?
only the event organisers will know, but be sure to tune back in for more wasp kick arse entertainment.

if this thing is one of those cicada wasps... then goddam i cant believe how close i came to getting stung.

Day 2 in the bertie glass:

http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/6792/dsc03439nv4.jpg

[Mickstah]

Stop hyping us up.

[Plankton]

Hype is working on me!

Come on contender!

[becy]

fantastic viewing. thanks Seamus - i raced home last night to follow the action & then wasnt disappointed with today's viewing either.

wasp was always gonna win.

who can tell me tho, why arent wasps ruling the earth? is it cos they die naturally too soon?




It's because they don't have opposable thumbs, thumb.

[becy]

hahahaha i love how you've put a twenty cent coin next to it for perspective :lol:


I am waiting very impatiently for the next fight!

[Plankton]

hahahaha i love how you've put a twenty cent coin next to it for perspective :lol:


I am waiting very impatiently for the next fight!

Agreed Becy, come on Seamus dont let us down!

[Thumb]

It's because they don't have opposable thumbs, thumb.

:thumb:

[MadMike]

ok i don't like spiders
i really really don't like spiders
so why on earth did I watch one of those big f*cking spiders eating a lizard

EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

*shudders*
THEY'RE NOT SPIDERS
:slap:

[becy]

:lol: ^ (thumb, although mike often makes me laugh too)

[Seamus Ryan]

blast!
why is it you can never find something when your looking for it, but otherwise you can always find it.
ive been looking for worthy opponents but nothing but millions and millions of ants.
perhaps a blue tongue would be up for the fight...

[Seamus Ryan]

alrighty. thats it. im putting on protective footwear and venturing into my neighbors backyard. its surely spawned some fantastic creatures in the 20 years he hasn't touched it.

ps. if i dont return, i leave all my shit to MM.
including the $16000 i owe the folks :)

[Plankton]

Blue tongue would have nothing.

Too slow for Bertie, all it would do it poke its tongue out.

[becy]

...... all it would do it poke its tongue out.




Once.



;)

[sOuNdOne]

Old Blues skin wouldnt be penertrated. Eventully he would take down bertie.

[M_adz]

get a lil skink in there



p.s those camel spiders are spooky...i got the heeby geebies from them


and this too
http://www.camelspiders.net/bigtoe.htm

[Bojoe]

I saw one of those wasps drag a huntsman spider into a hole in the ground once

[Plankton]

get a lil skink in there



p.s those camel spiders are spooky...i got the heeby geebies from them


and this too
http://www.camelspiders.net/bigtoe.htm

Skink it the cutest word. Maybe get a few skinks in there see them sweat a lil.

Speaking of things in a jars. I have a funny story.

I was in biology class a few years ago and the teacher put on a video about how intelligent octupus's were. Anyway in the video the scientists put a live crab into a jar, and screwed the lid back on.
So the octupus is released and the crab is panicking trying to claw is way out of the jar (obviously with no luck), with this absolutely corker of a terrified face, meanwhile the octupus looked like it was taunting it, putting its tenticals near the crab saying in its best silence of the lambs voice "Im gonna get you crab". The octupus figured out how to open the jar and killed him.

I think my friend and I had a barrelled over laughing session for a good 10mins. :lol:

"IM GONNA GET YOU CRAB!"




.......So yeah get some skinks.:| :lol:

[Plankton]

Old Blues skin wouldnt be penertrated. Eventully he would take down bertie.

What if Bertie stung him on the tongue? What then?

[Kinki Jedi]

Museums have some great insect collections.......great for ideas for new celebrity insect death matches.....

[liberabit]

This all reminds me of a story from my youth.... back when I was maybe 10 yo.

Playing football in the backyard, the ball gets stuck up in a mango tree so I climb up to get it.

What I didn't notice was the nest of these bastards up there as well...

http://www.everythingabout.net/articles/biology/animals/arthropods/insects/wasps/paper_wasp/paper_wasp_full.jpg

And it wasn't a small nest either... no idea how many got me, but it was a lot... legs, arms, everywhere...

Stuff climbing down the tree, was quicker to fall. Spent the next few hours feeling very sorry for myself.

oh, and M_adz... you're a blood thirsty wench.

[sOuNdOne]

What if Bertie stung him on the tongue? What then?

Then you have a... *holds tongue*.. swollen blue tongue lizard

[tapout]

Skink it the cutest word. Maybe get a few skinks in there see them sweat a lil.

Speaking of things in a jars. I have a funny story.

I was in biology class a few years ago and the teacher put on a video about how intelligent octupus's were. Anyway in the video the scientists put a live crab into a jar, and screwed the lid back on.
So the octupus is released and the crab is panicking trying to claw is way out of the jar (obviously with no luck), with this absolutely corker of a terrified face, meanwhile the octupus looked like it was taunting it, putting its tenticals near the crab saying in its best silence of the lambs voice "Im gonna get you crab". The octupus figured out how to open the jar and killed him.

I think my friend and I had a barrelled over laughing session for a good 10mins.

"IM GONNA GET YOU CRAB!"


I used to work at an aquarium facility, we started noticing that the seahorse tank was slowly loosing fish, but we couldnt find any dead fish in the tank. this continued for weeks, we had around 500 in the tank, but slowly we got down to around 400. It was then that we noticed that the octopus that we had in the next tank had put on a massive growth spurt, putting two and two together we set up a camera and let it run over night, sure enough there was the clever little bugger climbing out of his tank, across about 50cm of floor and into the seahorse tank, the weird thing is that he made the effort to get back into his own aquarium, very very smart animals. :thumb:

[ShuffleStuff]

I used to work at an aquarium facility, we started noticing that the seahorse tank was slowly loosing fish, but we couldnt find any dead fish in the tank. this continued for weeks, we had around 500 in the tank, but slowly we got down to around 400. It was then that we noticed that the octopus that we had in the next tank had put on a massive growth spurt, putting two and two together we set up a camera and let it run over night, sure enough there was the clever little bugger climbing out of his tank, across about 50cm of floor and into the seahorse tank, the weird thing is that he made the effort to get back into his own aquarium, very very smart animals. :thumb:
octopus FTW

[korupt]

I used to work at an aquarium facility, we started noticing that the seahorse tank was slowly loosing fish, but we couldnt find any dead fish in the tank. this continued for weeks, we had around 500 in the tank, but slowly we got down to around 400. It was then that we noticed that the octopus that we had in the next tank had put on a massive growth spurt, putting two and two together we set up a camera and let it run over night, sure enough there was the clever little bugger climbing out of his tank, across about 50cm of floor and into the seahorse tank, the weird thing is that he made the effort to get back into his own aquarium, very very smart animals. :thumb:Not quite so smart when you grab them around the eyeballs, let them suction onto something fixed, stretch them out & slice their head off!

[Jude May]

i got bit by a squid, 5 mins after i cut its head off to use as bait.

talk about karma :(

[Punk in Drublic]

Great thread :thumb:

[Marshy]

Great thread :thumb:

So good I submitted the link to Fazed.net, probably won't be deemed worthy by those yankee, uber-geeks, but it was deserved.

[sOuNdOne]

So there is no battle royal today?

[becy]

whats fazed.net?

[Davomaxi]

I'm scared by all these bugs :( {:-( :~(

[electrifine]

THATS SCIENCE :haha:

[jarrardscott]

this = best thread ever!!
nice work seamus
what area do you live in, maybe some itmers can help find opponants if they live nearby haha
ps, put in a worm :lol:

[Seamus Ryan]

aah, worm may be easy enough to find and catch.
ive been running around the backyard like an idiot digging through bushes, armed with a glass jar but nothing for some unknown reason i cant find shit today.
i think word got out amongst the insects that i was looking for bait, and they have all gone into hiding.

[becy]

Video of you doing that would be quite amusing as it is :lol:

[diarx]

Wasp Vs. Armed Hamster for next matchup plz :


http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b233/phasictus/fightinghamsters.jpg

[spudy]

hahahaha

[kasper_flip]

do you live in a bull ant area? 5 bull ants vs bertie sounds good

[Dj DeKay]

haha wicked - 4cm average size.. thats pretty massive for an insect :P

[Thumb]

aah, worm may be easy enough to find and catch.
ive been running around the backyard like an idiot digging through bushes, armed with a glass jar but nothing for some unknown reason i cant find shit today.
i think word got out amongst the insects that i was looking for bait, and they have all gone into hiding.

dont you have a job?

no wonder you owe your parents $16,000 :P

[RunWithScissors]

hahahaha i love how you've put a twenty cent coin next to it for perspective :lol:haha at first i thought it was only ten cents :-0

[Seamus Ryan]

who requested a skink?

:)

this should be interesting

[hesh]

My mate keeps scorpians..

..they make clicking noises at night to communicate..



*click* *click* *click*



..they scare me..



oh, and octopus' are f**kin' madness..

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-9203354934457918497&q=octopus&hl=en

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7004909622962894202&q=octopus&hl=en

..if they walked on land we'd all be living in fear.. (more so)

[Seamus Ryan]

http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/1840/dsc03441jh2.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rm6fHq_z-GA

I think these two like each other... :love:

I really need a fuck off big spider. But there appears to be little or none around at the moment. Normally i can find multiple red backs, and even some big garden spiders. But i cant find jack all at the moment.

[Pigman]

I'm moving back to England.

Thanks.

[Seamus Ryan]

??

dont like these insects do you?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isLFjIY3QmE

skink vs wasp part 2.
they do fight a little in this one when the wasp digs his claws into the skinks head...

[hesh]

yo.. this is getting crewl.. let the poor things go.. :emo:

i hope they escpae and inact some twisted revenge on yo' ass..





..whatever you do, don't have dreams about being stuck in a giant jar with a giant wasp tonight..



REMEMBER, GIANT JAR, GIANT WASP

GIANT JAR, GIANT WASP

GIANT HUNGRY STINGING ANGRY WASP





..my work here is done ;D

[becy]

Awesome!
I love it how you guys keep shaking the jar like its some kind of demented reptilio-insectoid snowdome.

Keep it up! :lol:

(let us know how the skink fares)

[RunWithScissors]

Yeah they're called skinks (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skink), not skunks (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skunk). :lol:

Keep us updated :thumb:

[Seamus Ryan]

im opening the jar at regular intervals to let air in.
both just appear to be chilling out at the moment.

[Seamus Ryan]

Yeah they're called skinks (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skink), not skunks (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skunk). :lol:

Keep us updated :thumb:
fixt

[becy]

what about poking some holes in teh lid of the jar? Would that help?

[Seamus Ryan]

it would, but it may not be an easy job, perhaps a few nails and a hammer should do the job.
or it will end in me getting fuxored up if i miss the nail, smash the glass, and get axed by the wasp.

best do this outside.

[becy]

hrmmmm.... well whatever you do BE CAREFUL!

Don't attempt while drunk, that's for sure.

I used to keep insects like that, and you can be poking holes in a lid which isn't actually on the jar, whilst another lid is making sure bertie doesnt come out.

Oh that cheap chardonnay is stealing my words again :(

[Seamus Ryan]

done and done. i tried nailing a few holes in the jar lid while they were still in there. but it turns out the lid is made of plastic that cracks, first hole i tried to nail practically exploded the entire lid, leaving me with nothing keeping them in.
acted quickly and covered it with a cd.
they are now in their new home.
a "Natures Pride honey" jar.

to bad the bee isn't still round.

[Seamus Ryan]

PS. ill be sure to let the skunk go if things heat up.
but the wasp will be here for a long time :)
i want him to start eating the dead red back yo...

[Seamus Ryan]

http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/5940/dsc03446wl7.jpg

[Mickstah]

Well you need something to rejuvinate Bertie, he looks tired and in not much of a fighting mood anymore...

[kasper_flip]

catch some blowies and put em in there for food

[becy]

the skink's got a secret weapon though. It can sacrifice its tail whenever, wherever.

[RunWithScissors]

It hasn't already?!!

When I was a kid when we kept bugs in jars we'd just put gladwrap over the top with a few holes poked in it :thumb:

Just be careful you don't do something that breaks it and frees the wasp to sting you, or if you do, have the camera rolling :-D

[Ms LKT]

Seamus =
1

Big arse scary wasp that looks like it could kill a buffalo =
0

http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/1571/dsc03429ox5.jpg

Caught this near my pool this morning...
Are they dangerous?
If so, its ninja style for this guy. :ninja:

It looks like an idolepsis and no they are harmless the big stingy thing is actually for egg depositing, not for creating human havoc and destruction

[Seamus Ryan]

ill be sure to capture any injuries caused by the wasp on camera :)

[Seamus Ryan]

It looks like an idolepsis and no they are harmless the big stingy thing is actually for egg depositing, not for creating human havoc and destruction
Ok. Well ill bring it round to your house and we can find out :zabiela:

[Ms LKT]

I fucked up with my classifications, idolepsis are a type of fern but i still think what you've caught is harmless to us people folk

[Ms LKT]

its the european wasps that are the lil fuckers that can ruin a good picnic or bbq, I hate those cunts X(

[RunWithScissors]

Yeah I think what you really have there is a fern... :slap:

Fern 1, Spider 0

[Mickstah]

:lol: Go fern!

[Seamus Ryan]

well its definitely not a fern.
im sure they wont kill humans. but im almost certain they do give a nasty sting.

if i do happen to get rather intoxicated at some point over the next few days ill be sure to stick my hand in and find out :)

[Seamus Ryan]

dont ask how. but i managed to separate them skink is now living in the wild :)

[Gruso]

I've had plenty of insect-in-jar fun in my time. Little creatures don't breathe much, they can go quite a long time without fresh air. But if you do want to put holes in the lid, a soldering iron or a heated up nail held with pliers will melt some holes nicely.

[RunWithScissors]

if i do happen to get rather intoxicated at some point over the next few dayspfft. What are the odds of that happening...

[diarx]

I love it how you guys keep shaking the jar like its some kind of demented reptilio-insectoid snowdome.

If I was a person who put peoples quotes in my sig, this would certainly be one of them :lol:


This is the fred that keeps on giving.. 5 stars http://www.inthemix.com.au/forum/images/rating/rating_5.gif

[Seamus Ryan]

pfft. What are the odds of that happening...
perhaps i wont get intoxicated with some form of alcohol. but other things may come around..

[Freshie]

Give each their own little boxing trunks!
:D
Better yet, wasp vs crack head! First, to find a massive glass jar..

[Plankton]

The skink and the Wasp seemed liek lovers in the first video. Towards the end they looked like they were spooning.

Agreed lil bertie looks tired. I would be two if I hadn't had a real challenger for a couple of days, I'd lose my fighting spirit. Maybe add a bit of water in there, who knows if you accidently splash him, he'd become enraged and we'd have our old Bertie back.

[Plankton]

If I was a person who put peoples quotes in my sig, this would certainly be one of them :lol:


This is the fred that keeps on giving.. 5 stars http://www.inthemix.com.au/forum/images/rating/rating_5.gif

There we go.

Any chance to have insectiod in a sig. :zabiela:

[jarrardscott]

the wasp is dieing! search up on the net for wat wasps eat, give it air holes and somehow give it water (if it needs it) but its sure dieing!. i think they eat honeycomb cause wasps attack beehives.
some some video on myspace of 30 hornets killing 30 000 bees! only like 3 of the hornets died! they ripped on em

[Plankton]

BERTIE NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooooo o!

[teletubby]

:lol:
entertaining thread :thumb:

what's the next challenger?

[diarx]

the wasp is dieing! search up on the net for wat wasps eat, give it air holes and somehow give it water (if it needs it) but its sure dieing!. i think they eat honeycomb cause wasps attack beehives.
some some video on myspace of 30 hornets killing 30 000 bees! only like 3 of the hornets died! they ripped on em
feed it a violet crumble or crunchie to keep it happy ^___^

[silvaside]

magnifying glass + sun + insects = amused for years.

[Plankton]

^^^^ :lol:

Wrong thread!!

I bet someone feels silly now! Hey? *elbows* HAY! Do you feel silly?!

[N4TE]

Had a mate ask the entomology lecturer what wasps eat, he says they eat catipillars and grubs in thier adult stage, nectar in the pupal stage. They only live for a couple of months all up, and bertie seems to be a full grown adult, so who knows if it's starvation or old age that's killing it. You need some water in there. And it's not probably going to drink out of a bowl, try wetting some leaves and letting it work it out like it would after some rain. A final note from the lecturer "If this "mate" of yours is keeping them to fight, I hope he gets stung." They're onto you.

[teletubby]

^^^ :lol:

[Seamus Ryan]

i have some bad news everyone.
sometime during the night. bertie passed away.
R.I.P bertie. you made me realise what love is.

http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/1899/dsc03449lw4.jpg

[becy]

ohno :( :~(
cue violins

[teletubby]

maybe he's playing dead..so as to trick you into letting him out so he can sting you..

[RunWithScissors]

:~(

He's so sweet lying on his back like that though... :meh:

[Seamus Ryan]

he still moves every couple of seconds....
either that or i am waaayyyy to tired.

[Bojoe]

bye bye Bertie :~(

put him on a chain and make him a necklace, keep him close to your heart.

[kasper_flip]

full state funeral for bertie i say

[RZArector]

:(

was an epic thread

thank you bertie you will always live on in my heart

[Thumb]

thanks for the memories.

bertie will go to the grave UNDEFEATED.

[jarrardscott]

so you said you catch em all the time in that little cave at your home?
i think bertie number 2?

[Plankton]

thanks for the memories.

bertie will go to the grave UNDEFEATED.

Maybe the spider did get him after all, and his poisons took that long to kill him.

Either way Berie is a champion in our hearts, fighting all the way till the end. (till he was filmed spooning with the skink)

"Move like a butterfly, sting like a Bertie..."

I love you lil guy. I say we have a state tax payer funded funeral, showing videos of his fights in slow mo on a large screen.

P.S He looks like his is chillaxing. Died with his arms behind his head :lol:

Good ol Bertie!

[Chii]

You guys are horrible.
It looked like a Paper wasp..fairly harmless unless YOU annoy it, he would have kept your yard bee free.

[Seamus Ryan]

he would have kept your yard bee free.

pfft. bees are a bunch of pussys. they sting you once then fall on their arse and die. and they hardly hurt.

bertie on the other hand defeats huntsmans and red back spiders (THAT CAN KILL HUMANS)
bertie for life.

funeral is being held at 11am tomorrow......






































........ pm for guestlist

[Marshy]

You guys are horrible.
It looked like a Paper wasp..fairly harmless unless YOU annoy it, he would have kept your yard bee free.

GFY insect lover, they exist solely for my sadistic pleasure.

[N4TE]

What's the biggest jar you can get your hands on? Plus what's a good name for a crocodile? And a shark? Just playing with some ideas here.

[divid3d]

aww :~( his memory lives on...

[Gruso]

i have some bad news everyone.
sometime during the night. bertie passed away.
R.I.P bertie. you made me realise what love is.

http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/1899/dsc03449lw4.jpgIs that the dead redback in the background? Such a dramatic scene, strewn with the corpses of the defeated. :lol:

[teletubby]

:lol: @ Gruso

i love how something so simple has kept everyone entertained for a few days..

[Thumb]

i would love to see a hunstman vs a funnelweb

or what about a daddy long legs? arent they lethal to everything but humans or some such?

[Anselm]

I have been following this for a couple of days but haven't been able to watch the videos yet

I have never wanted anything so badly in my life

[TranceArt]

awesome thread

i can see more of these starting up in the future (well i sure hope they do!)

[Seamus Ryan]

Is that the dead redback in the background? Such a dramatic scene, strewn with the corpses of the defeated. :lol:
it is indeed.

PS. look out for me at harbourlife. ill be wearing some type of bertie memoral clothing :)

[JustinJ]

or what about a daddy long legs? arent they lethal to everything but humans or some such?

Nup. I did one semester of entomology and the lecturer said that Daddy Long Legs are harmless.

PS. RIP Bertie. *Last Post plays in the background*

[Ms LKT]

mythbusters busted the myth that daddy long legs are deadly, even if they could bite (which they cant) there are heaps more creatures insect and otherwise to worry about first than the humble daddy long legs

like the Fraser Island Funnel web which is heaps deadlier than the Sydney one, a bite from one of those suckers and you're dead in less than 30mins (not sure if the tour guides tell you that as a bit of a yarn or not but fucked if I'll be camping in a fern gully where they live on the island any time soon)

[Seamus Ryan]

afaik the Sydney Funnel Web (Male) is the deadliest spider in the world.

[mrtimotae]

thats what i thought

[Ms LKT]

googling now to see if a fraser island funnel web can raise your hand of the sydney variety :P

[Ms LKT]

based on stats the sydney male funnel web is in closer contact with people so it wins the most deadly spider in the world based on close proximity to people and potential to spread its mayhem

Sydney Male funnelweb = the true Professor Chaos :lol:

[Bwen]

What an epic thread lol, more FFA-insect battles!

[jarrardscott]

i think tomorrow you must catch bertie number 2?
you can call him
B2

[Seamus Ryan]

i have work in just over 5 hours.
and i dont finish till 5pm :(

so it will have to wait. im bludging most of next week (not that i have anything to do anyway) so ill keep an eye out.

[Troy711]

i have some bad news everyone.
sometime during the night. bertie passed away.
R.I.P bertie. you made me realise what love is.

http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/1899/dsc03449lw4.jpg
he isnt dead... look at him, he is kicked back with his arms behind his head having a siesta!

[jarrardscott]

he isnt dead... look at him, he is kicked back with his arms behind his head having a siesta!

hahahaha i was thinking it looks like his chilling his his arms behind his head aye!
funny shit.
looks like he died happy. :blowjob:

[borrisGLOWSTICK]

It's a shame bertie had to die, i would have really liked to have seen him go up against 3 or 4 bull ants. Fire ants if you could get em.

[Jude May]

if you havent already burried Bertie, id like to make a tiny little coffin for him. will send it up to you.

this soldier needs a propper burial, and a tiny little australian flag given to his wife. god speed Bertie, we will miss you.:~( :~( :~( :~( :~( :~( :~( :~( :~( :~( :~( :~(