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El Tiburon Tailandes Hobbyist Posts: 132 Kudos: 54 Votes: 0 Registered: 10-Jan-2007	Edited by Lindy bug thing (wow thats a long url) Scary looking fellow huh, anyone have any info about this little critter? Not so little actually.... fixed link - Lindy
Posted 01-Aug-2007 23:20
El Tiburon Tailandes Hobbyist Posts: 132 Kudos: 54 Votes: 0 Registered: 10-Jan-2007	I believe that url is not going to work.... If it doesnt, go to google.com and look up under images the word "tijerilla" That is what we call them down here in CR. Tijerilla would be slang for 'small scissors'. Of the photos that will display it will be the second one from left to right in the second row.
Posted 01-Aug-2007 23:26
longhairedgit Fish Guru Lord of the Beasts Posts: 2502 Kudos: 1778 Votes: 29 Registered: 21-Aug-2005	From the google pics ive seen , its an earwig, they are a harmless insect, the rear graspers are for mating and self defense and not especially effective. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dermaptera
Posted 02-Aug-2007 01:14
El Tiburon Tailandes Hobbyist Posts: 132 Kudos: 54 Votes: 0 Registered: 10-Jan-2007	hello there. he looks mean he also, looked like he was struggling on the surface of the water, so i figured he couldnt be much of a threat to the fish if he himself was having a hard time with his surroundings lol thanks for the info....
Posted 02-Aug-2007 21:06
REDPHANTOM Enthusiast Taking life on an angle Posts: 176 Kudos: 46 Votes: 4 Registered: 05-Jan-2007	Edited by REDPHANTOM They do look mean and at half and inch could be considered tijerillas, but reaching some two plus inches I'd call them more of a tijerota (big scissors)! Had one just like that turn up in my bathtub one morning, they are big little suckers. I relocated it with a five foot pole, didnt want near that guy! Common belief around here is that they will climb into your ear canal at night when asleep and eat out your eardrum rendering you deaf. I slept with one eye open that night, let me tell you that!
Posted 02-Aug-2007 22:48
superlion Mega Fish Posts: 1246 Kudos: 673 Votes: 339 Registered: 27-Sep-2003	Reminds me of the time a few years ago when I found a large (3 or 4 inches) garden slug in one of my tanks... ><>
Posted 03-Aug-2007 00:37
sham Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3369 Kudos: 2782 Votes: 98 Registered: 21-Apr-2004	Dunno what it is but earwigs are multiplying like crazy this year. I sweep up a few dozen off the floor every week and they are always floating in the tanks. I know a few people in apartments, especially basement apartments, that have been finding these things daily. Usually they're just an odd occurance where you see 1 or 2 in the house every few years.
Posted 03-Aug-2007 01:16
longhairedgit Fish Guru Lord of the Beasts Posts: 2502 Kudos: 1778 Votes: 29 Registered: 21-Aug-2005	well red, that scary myth is one I can happily put to rest. Most species are vegetarian, and we get small ones in the uk all the time, often you'll see them hiding in flowers like roses. They like humidity and so will be attracted to fishtanks, they also have the flying skills of "the greatest american hero" and they typically crash land into everything. In wetter years they really proliferate.
Posted 03-Aug-2007 02:32
REDPHANTOM Enthusiast Taking life on an angle Posts: 176 Kudos: 46 Votes: 4 Registered: 05-Jan-2007	Ahh thanks git, now Ill be able to sleep better...Non fearing a two inch critter crawling into my ear canal, not that it would fit in there I don't think, but when you grow up with such beliefs its hard to dismiss them right off! Lets try another one... If I make a googley eyed face and a wind draft blows by will it get stuck like that? LOL Have a good one you all, James
Posted 03-Aug-2007 03:11
sham Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3369 Kudos: 2782 Votes: 98 Registered: 21-Apr-2004	Maybe that explains it. The past few years we've been in a drought or near drought and this year the water has been no lower than right under flood stage since spring. Maybe they have just been biding their time and suddenly proliferated like mad when the rains came. Heck the corn is almost ready to be picked and as the saying goes it's usually "knee high by the fourth of july". This year it was over my head by the first. The US is gonna be flooded with corn and earwigs this year. Along with the mosquitos but we try to pretend those don't exist.
Posted 03-Aug-2007 04:03


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