[lolwutdude]

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A new insect has been discovered in Indonesia, and it looks like something you would see only in your worst nightmare. It's a new species of wasp found last year by entomologist Lynn Kimsey, a professor at the University of California at Davis. This week, Kimsey formally published her findings on the bug, dubbed "the Komodo dragon of wasps" because of its tremendous size and ferocious appearance.
Discovered in the Mekongga Mountains on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, the wasp is 2 1/2 inches long and greater than three times the size of an average wasp. Its jaws are so big that when its mouth is open, its jaws are bigger than its legs. Kimsey admitted she's surprised it can even walk with those kinds of proportions.
Kimsey has named the monstrous insect "Garuda," the national symbol of Indonesia that is part human, part eagle, and known as the "king of birds." This new species of "digger wasp" is known for how the female paralyzes other insects, buries them, and then lays eggs on top of them, providing food for their offspring. It's starting to look like a real "Bug's World."

fuck you mother nature

[TicTac]

I didn't plan on going outside anyways.

[Psychokitten]

What a time to run out of flamethrower fuel.

[CodeMonkey3]

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[Jmir 54]

How does it take a country till 2012 to discover a gargantuan shit-kicking wasp

[lolwutdude]

Jmir 54 posted:

How does it take a country till 2012 to discover a gargantuan shit-kicking wasp

my theory is that until now, it ate and murdered every human being that discovered them

perhaps this was a lone wasp

also, new pic:



FUCK

THAT

SHIT

[I_Forgot]

Jesus fuck that looks painful. Wasps are such dicks. They'll sit outside my truck window after I park, and just fly at the window, waiting for me to get out.

[Eluveitie]

Fucking wasps.

[Psychokitten]

Only one thing left to do I guess.

Nuke Indonesia.

[Dr.C]

I hope they don't africanize these (or indonesian-ize regular wasps) and then they escape

[Psychokitten]

Dr.C posted:

I hope they don't africanize these (or indonesian-ize regular wasps) and then they escape

[tehMuffinMan]

TicTac posted:

I didn't plan on going outside anyways.

Oh, you don't have to go outside. They have nests by your feet under the desk you're sitting at.

[MaddaCheeb]

Great. Something to re-fuel my phobia of wasps.

Seriously, I can't mow my own fucking lawn without a few of them deciding to fly at me and then fly off.

[Hysteric]

"Most people can't tolerate more than a few stings. Most die at once. If you live, the hallucinations brought on by the venom have actually drawn people to madness."

[Bad Joe]

I wonder what they taste like.

[UnidentifiedFlyingTard]

Fuck

[Die_Hard]

I think I'm gonna go into a corner and cry now

[Big Blue]

Hysteric posted:

"Most people can't tolerate more than a few stings. Most die at once. If you live, the hallucinations brought on by the venom have actually drawn people to madness."

wait what

[Henry Townshend]

Why did I come into this thread.

Why.

[Omali]

Hysteric posted:

"Most people can't tolerate more than a few stings. Most die at once. If you live, the hallucinations brought on by the venom have actually drawn people to madness."

If I'm going to die, I want to hallucinate myself into madness.

[Pavy]

ALL HAIL OUR INSECT OVERLORDS

[Laferio]

and I thought this was bad

[Hysteric]

Big Blue posted:

wait what

Tracker Jackers, homes. Read The Hunger Games.

http://thehungergames.wikia.com/wiki/Tracker_jacker

[Jakobi]

Hysteric posted:

"Most people can't tolerate more than a few stings. Most die at once. If you live, the hallucinations brought on by the venom have actually drawn people to madness."

Dem hunger games.

[Big Blue]

Hysteric posted:

Tracker Jackers, homes. Read The Hunger Games.

http://thehungergames.wikia.com/wiki/Tracker_jacker

nvm, i probs misread

[Mr. Scorpio]

Wow.


I need an army of these. Now. I'll be like The Pain 2.0

[Doctor Zedacon]

Big Blue posted:

wait what

Hunger Games, Tracker Jackers. http://thehungergames.wikia.com/wiki/Tracker_jacker

[Boxed_Interne]

NOPE NOPE NOPE

[Doctor Zedacon]

Hysteric posted:

Tracker Jackers, homes. Read The Hunger Games.

http://thehungergames.wikia.com/wiki/Tracker_jacker

The one fucking time I don't refresh the thread before posting.

[Daedulas]

Eh, The bugs here get really big. This isn't too scary (although I really do hate wasps, but hornets are worse)

[zeldar]

Daww, so cute.

[KingPariah]

I would be OK with this becoming an endangered species.

[BenJammin']

Hysteric posted:

Tracker Jackers, homes. Read The Hunger Games.

http://thehungergames.wikia.com/wiki/Tracker_jacker

Just go away please. First you quote information without saying the source so it seems like that is what the wasp actually does, then you mention later it's from that fucking terrible book and movie? You don't belong in facepunch.

[Dredile]

Good god. Imagine being trapped in a room with that.

[MaddaCheeb]

KingPariah posted:

I would be OK with this becoming an endangered species.

or how about a fucking extinct species like wasps should be.

[Forumaster]

Well, I know one place I'm never visiting.

[soccerskyman]

relevant:

[MadDog986]

Can we buy these yet and mail them to people we don't like?

[soccerskyman]

MadDog986 posted:

Can we buy these yet and mail them to people we don't like?

No you stupid shit, that's how they spread to HERE!

Edited:

They'll multiply and develop a taste for human!

[doomevil]

This is why i don't get out much.