Hi everybody.
While I was watering my roses today, I noticed a big ugly spider just sitting on the wall.
It didn't have a web, and it was just sitting there.
It was tan.
It...must not be a spider, because it has 6 legs, but it looks very fat, and just like one!
I couldn't get too close to it, so it just looked...hollow, like an empty shell.
It had pinchers.
What horrible breed did I find?
2007-07-04 15:41:20 · 7 answers · asked by Genevieve 3 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
Thank you everybody! This should do.
2007-07-05 16:17:28 · update #1
Was it slit down the back? You probably found a cicada shell or locust shell. Can you get us a picture?
2007-07-04 17:06:34 · answer #1 · answered by Sptfyr 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not knowing exactly where you are located, it is difficult to say, but it sounds like it could be the dreaded looking but pretty harmless Sun Spider or Solpugid. Here's a picture, is this it?
http://www.whatsthatbug.com/solpugids.html
Pretty nasty looking things, we had them all over the place when I lived in AZ. ICK!
2007-07-05 00:54:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like a beetle...since you mentioned the pinchers and the fact that it only had six legs...
http://www.uga.edu/vegetable/beetles.html
some beetle pictures and information.
2007-07-04 22:47:53 · answer #3 · answered by snarf 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was a Cicada, or seventeen year locust!
2007-07-05 20:00:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most likely... Mothman. (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1c/Mothman.jpg) Proceed with caution. If you see Richard Gere- run!
Second most likely is the chupa cabra. Best to leave it be. ;-)
2007-07-05 03:00:13 · answer #5 · answered by Slacker 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Did it look like this? If it did, it's def a cicada shell.
2007-07-04 22:53:00 · answer #6 · answered by spookyjimjams 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
sounds like a cicada or locust and they are ugly!! they molt and fly away!
2007-07-04 22:50:08 · answer #7 · answered by donna D 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋