A True Bug

[5footfenwick]

Quit watching, jeez…..what are you a third wheel?

 

[JimNovo]

I think I'm gonna need some therapy after seeing that!

 

[Broodstock]

I can now tell my wheelbug story. About 10 years ago, sitting in my kitchen with my wife about to eat dinner. I had a sweatshirt on the back of my chair. Up crawled a mystery bug on my sweatshirt. It looked like a stinkbug, what could be the harm? I picked it up and put it into a jar. Then I did some research.

Thankfully, it did not stick me. I have read that this is the most painful sting/bite/etc from any kind of bug.

 

[pheasant tail 2]

I find Wheelbugs to be fascinating insects.

 

[6xAdams(Jones)]

Never knew they would sting or that they were called a wheelbug.

 

[jifigz]

Wheel bugs are gnarly critters. They're kind of horrifying.

 

[Broodstock]

Wheel bugs are gnarly critters. They're kind of horrifying.

They are, but they are important insectivores that help keep pest species in check. If you have a garden, they are your friend.

 

[Innerlooped]

Cool bugs but definitely nothing to mess with. Once I was chilling in an Adirondack chair, looked down and a wheel bug was slowly crawling up my jeans on my inner thigh. I spent what seemed like an insane amount of time trying to figure out how to flick him off without getting that wicked jab. Felt like I was defusing a bomb.

 

[jifigz]

They are, but they are important insectivores that help keep pest species in check. If you have a garden, they are your friend.

I'm not saying I don't like them. I'm saying they're ugly.