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Baddest Bug I Know Of - 6/26/2008 2:50:26 PM    OsiaBoyce Posts: 1665 Joined: 12/8/2005 From: Chinquapin, S.C. Status: offline The just about indestructible Cow Ant. Actually it's a wingless wasp.The most painful sting I know of. Stepping on them just want do it, chopping them up is about the only way to dispatch of these critters. I've only been popped by one and it was a small one. Hurt REAL BAD and that's an understatement. Once in my youth an urban living cousin came to the house. I showed him one and told him "I bet ya can't squeeze it to death". Ya would have thought he had been shot, and no he did'nt kill it. This one is a decent size though they do get bigger. Attachment (1) _____________________________ A Song of the South and A Good One It Is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vc3LphELwQI&feature=related Post #: 1

RE: Baddest Bug I Know Of - 6/26/2008 2:53:22 PM    OsiaBoyce Posts: 1665 Joined: 12/8/2005 From: Chinquapin, S.C. Status: offline Kinda blurry, they don't set still and I'm not gonna hold it. Attachment (1) _____________________________ A Song of the South and A Good One It Is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vc3LphELwQI&feature=related (in reply to OsiaBoyce) Post #: 2

RE: Baddest Bug I Know Of - 6/26/2008 2:57:10 PM    OsiaBoyce Posts: 1665 Joined: 12/8/2005 From: Chinquapin, S.C. Status: offline Picked this up outta the road this AM, don't like to see them squished. Try driving a manual shift and holding this. I about got the stink of me now. Yea they stink,not as bad as a Rat Snake. Attachment (1) _____________________________ A Song of the South and A Good One It Is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vc3LphELwQI&feature=related (in reply to OsiaBoyce) Post #: 3

RE: Baddest Bug I Know Of - 6/26/2008 2:59:25 PM    OsiaBoyce Posts: 1665 Joined: 12/8/2005 From: Chinquapin, S.C. Status: offline A decent size one. Attachment (1) _____________________________ A Song of the South and A Good One It Is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vc3LphELwQI&feature=related (in reply to OsiaBoyce) Post #: 4

RE: Baddest Bug I Know Of - 6/26/2008 3:49:18 PM    glass man Posts: 1004 Joined: 1/30/2008 From: GEORGIA Status: offline WOW ,COW ANT IS WHAT IT IS CALLED! When I was a small boy I always was curious about insects and would pick them up to see if they bit , stung,what ever,but I aways knew to not mess with this one! Just the way it looked I guess. Always thought it was some kind of mutant ant! _____________________________ Her papa was a midget,her mama was a whore. MAN don't you know she hates me and shes no good. If she knew how she would be untrue.SHE would kill me if she could. Maybe she's crazy,I don't know.BUT MAYBE THATS WHY I LOVE HER SO! RANDY NEWMAN (in reply to OsiaBoyce) Post #: 5

RE: Baddest Bug I Know Of - 6/26/2008 4:17:10 PM    RICKJJ59W Posts: 3211 Joined: 3/8/2007 From: Lehigh Valley US of A Status: offline Is that a grass snake or a green tree snake? _____________________________ My Blog.Dig story's published in Antique Bottle& Glass Collector. New story added 9/08 http://www.myspace.com/bottlediggerr Digs in action. http://www.flickr.com/photos/pitpirate/ (in reply to OsiaBoyce) Post #: 6

RE: Baddest Bug I Know Of - 6/26/2008 5:08:23 PM    lobeycat Posts: 3452 Joined: 9/8/2003 From: RED SOX Nation Status: offline nasty lookin sumbitch, you just keep them down there fella. also know as the velvet ant or cow killer according to google. ain't nature grand.... _____________________________ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ye8GLPUVsM&feature : ) (in reply to RICKJJ59W) Post #: 7

RE: Baddest Bug I Know Of - 6/26/2008 6:21:13 PM    Poeticallyinsane   Posts: 230 Joined: 2/4/2008 From: Southern Colorado Status: offline I've seen those ants here in southern colorado. Never messed with them. Just admired the fuzziness of them. My son likes to squish fire ants with his fingers. He hasnt been bit yet, surprisingly. Also, the snake is neat. We found a king snake the other day while on a dig. My son almost stepped on it before he screamed "SNAKE" and stood frozen on the spot until I looked and poked it with my shovel which caused it to slither under a piece of wood. I couldnt remember that rhyme about coral snakes which help tell the difference between the two snakes so we didnt mess with that one. Never know what kind of critters people run into. _____________________________ Krystal (in reply to OsiaBoyce) Post #: 8

RE: Baddest Bug I Know Of - 6/26/2008 10:53:43 PM    capsoda Posts: 7510 Joined: 11/15/2005 From: Seminole,Alabama, USA Status: offline Hey Pat, You ever get the BIG black and yeller one up your way??? You can chop them up and the pieces will run around all over the place for a while. Gettin hit by one is like an electrical shock. Much worse that a black widow. _____________________________ Warren Diggin down in Dixie, USA Work is for people who don't dig bottles President, Panhandle Cruisers http://www.panhandlecruisers.org/ (in reply to Poeticallyinsane) Post #: 9

RE: Baddest Bug I Know Of - 6/26/2008 11:54:10 PM    bubbas dad Posts: 1355 Joined: 3/30/2005 From: South Carolina, USA Status: offline my granddaddy always called them cow killers. darn hard to kill. step on them a bunch of times and wouldn't even phase them. when you finially do squash them they sound like an acorn crunching. _____________________________ john the older i get, the smarter my father gets! (in reply to capsoda) Post #: 10

RE: Baddest Bug I Know Of - 6/27/2008 4:55:26 AM    dollarbill Posts: 1349 Joined: 5/6/2005 From: maysville, kentucky Status: offline Ground hornet , Bad dad  they are .Were all over the drop zones on Ft . Bragg .They can dig faster than you can grind one in the ground .Pop up keep going .GET ON YA MMM Don't want none of that .They pack a walap Ive been told . bill (in reply to bubbas dad) Post #: 11

RE: Baddest Bug I Know Of - 6/27/2008 6:14:18 PM    bottlediger Posts: 1307 Joined: 2/19/2006 From: York Pa Status: offline Also on the drop zone in benning, landed on a bunch... digger ry _____________________________ Professional Tumbling Services Digger Ry Style My Tumbling Page (in reply to dollarbill) Post #: 12

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