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Old 07-30-2008, 12:53 PM
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Default what bug is this?

larva?
found in la
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Old 07-30-2008, 12:57 PM
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Death bug.


Looks like a family of the Silver Fish.
Old 07-30-2008, 01:04 PM
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i'm not gonna bash you for not getting close as it looks like a mean bastard. Some sort of beetle with those pincers or whatever they are in front.
Old 07-30-2008, 01:07 PM
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looks like the bug that lady bugs eat
Old 07-30-2008, 01:10 PM
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Seems to be a Kurunai Ichigo Cotton Beetle
Old 07-30-2008, 01:38 PM
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Originally Posted by RicoD
Seems to be a Kurunai Ichigo Cotton Beetle
:rofl:

Look at the first result
http://www.google.com/search?q=Kurun...=1&sa=N&tab=iw
Old 07-30-2008, 01:49 PM
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roflz WTF lol
Old 07-30-2008, 01:54 PM
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actually it was in my friends hair and i got it out by letting it crawl onto my finger
i was scared it was going to bore into my hand :noes:
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:noes: what if it did
Old 07-30-2008, 02:54 PM
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Looks like an earwig larva.
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