No, not the Bug Watch, just a bug you can watch. Does anybody know what this insect is? It is the second one of these we’ve found in our home in Western Australia. It’s very active and it smells horrible.
For those of you who can’t access YouTube, here are some photos of the bug:
A higher resolution version of the above picture is available here. This is the bug about to be given its freedom:
On release, it buried itself in our lawn:
In 25 years in Australia, I had never seen one of these until recently. Any ideas?
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7:36 am on March 9th, 2009 1
Hi Steve,
We do have a similar looking critter here in Sydney and I think it is a form of mole cricket. Spends most of its life underground eating larvae, worms, grasses and software engineers.
I believe they are found in a number of other countries and are an eastern Australian critter. If that is the case you may have a member of a forward invasion party, from the east, look for WestAustralian WMDs.
8:03 am on March 9th, 2009 2
Thanks, I think you’re right. One of my brother’s friends came up with the same answer last night. Next one we find is going to be sent to the museum.
11:38 am on March 23rd, 2009 3
hmm never seen anything like it in brisbane
11:01 pm on April 12th, 2009 4
I just found one of these in my house and still have it. The way I found it was by having this brown liquid squirted on my foot. Anyone know of it doing this?
11:10 pm on April 12th, 2009 5
Yes, they squirt smelly stuff out of their butts. I suggest you see if your local museum is interested in having it.
12:35 am on June 16th, 2009 6
I found one in New Farm (Brisbane) in around ’03. shot black goo about a foot… amazing insects.
9:40 am on July 19th, 2009 7
KILL IT
err I mean, I don’t enjoy killing bugs for fun – promise
4:27 am on September 4th, 2009 8
We called them mole crickets when I was a kid in Florida (USA).
10:45 pm on October 3rd, 2009 9
very common bug in agricultural sites in Turkiye…
i recommend not to send it to museum (simply beacuse this cause the death of poor bug ) ..
take care.
10:47 pm on October 3rd, 2009 10
we called it Dana Dişi ..
http://images.google.com.tr/images?start=0&q=dana+di%C5%9Fi&btnG=G%C3%B6rselleri+ara&hl=tr&um=1&sa=2
u can find images here, i post link because maybe u could not access Turkish letters şn ur computer..
it simply lives underground and mostly cause troubles for farmers
2:25 am on December 8th, 2009 11
Its a mole cricket, the black goo they produce is a deffence. they use it to ward off preditiors when they feel that they are in danger
9:30 am on December 24th, 2009 12
Just found one of these in Hillary’s. Impressive looking bug reminds me of the creature in “Alien”. Luckily we got it contained before it shot out its goo cause it smells quite aweful
7:51 pm on April 7th, 2010 13
Yes, we found one tonight in Balcatta WA 6021. We caught it in a see-through bugcatcher on a handle and it squirted goo onto the plastic, too. Sounds as if Western Australia has been invaded. We let it go hoping a wild bird will have a meal. We have seen one twice in the past week and a dead one about 3 months ago in our garage.