Insect Experts?
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Bugfatty300
Buddha Squirrel
Actually it's a Brown Atlantic Tiger Roach. They're known for their ill-temperament and are considered good luck in Ireland where they are ground up and used as a direct topical ointment to cure sexual ineptness. That one looks to be a female in late Polpusillea stage, possibly early Cuelliss stage. And they're not really roaches per se. They're actually arachnids. They can also live for up to 40 years.
Hope this helps.
Hope this helps.
Really? I would have needed more information, like where it was found, a bigger picture, and some sort of object (a penny or a ruler?) to scale its size.... ... ...
If you don't think it's the answer, as I said, you may need to provide different pictures and told us where in the world you found it.
Greizer85
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... Am I the only one who read the thread title slightly but significantly wrong? 
(No I don't know what it is I'm sorry... The only thing I know about bugs is that I fear them and hate them. Well ok that's two things but I sware I don't want to know any more about them.
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(No I don't know what it is I'm sorry... The only thing I know about bugs is that I fear them and hate them. Well ok that's two things but I sware I don't want to know any more about them.
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Ayatollah So
the spoof'll set you free
I think it's order is Hemiptera. It looks vaguely like an assassin bug or leaf-footed bug, but the resolution in the photo is too crappy. And why are you showing us its belly? Turn it right-side up and show us that.
Annex
Tyranny and Mutation
It looks like it is right side up. How many legs does it have? Six?
AL_DA_GREAT
amour absinthe révolution
These bugs have cool names.
Mowque
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general_kill
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Mowque
Hypermodernist
Did you really send your professor a picture of this bug?
Yeah, he likes doing this kind of thing. I'll go thank him in person later.
Bugfatty300
Buddha Squirrel
The professor is wrong.
It is a Brown Atlantic Tiger Roach. (They are also called Leprechaun Bugs by the Irish) I know because I studied them for years in the Kerry and Mayo. And, Azadre, they're actually protected by international law.
Over there interfering with the life cycle of Leprechaun bug is illegal except in strictly regulated use as topical treatment as I mentioned before. Unless you get a permit from the Irish embassy for that exact use then catching or killing them is a crime.
And according to treaties signed by the US and the Republic of Ireland federal authorities would be obliged to extradite you to Ireland to face prosecution in their courts.
I would seriously get rid of the bug and ask the mods to delete this thread right away. Irish prisons make Somalian sex slave farms look like Disney Land.
It is a Brown Atlantic Tiger Roach. (They are also called Leprechaun Bugs by the Irish) I know because I studied them for years in the Kerry and Mayo. And, Azadre, they're actually protected by international law.
Over there interfering with the life cycle of Leprechaun bug is illegal except in strictly regulated use as topical treatment as I mentioned before. Unless you get a permit from the Irish embassy for that exact use then catching or killing them is a crime.
And according to treaties signed by the US and the Republic of Ireland federal authorities would be obliged to extradite you to Ireland to face prosecution in their courts.
I would seriously get rid of the bug and ask the mods to delete this thread right away. Irish prisons make Somalian sex slave farms look like Disney Land.
Annex
Tyranny and Mutation
What would happen if I used it as my avatar?
Bugfatty300
Buddha Squirrel
Nothing. I'm not aware of any laws against having or using pictures of them. Although Ireland does retain copyrights on all Tiger Roaches. As long as you don't sell them or something like that it will be legal. I believe it's the only insect in the world that is protected by copyright infringement as well as endangered species laws.
Anyway, in Ireland pictures or renderings are actually considered good luck. Due mostly to mythology. One variation of Irish Celtic folklore holds that Bran the Giant was killed not by a poisoned arrow but by the deadly sting of a Tiger roach. There is also the belief in Ireland that Tiger Roaches are the embodiments of Jesus Christ so most homes you will find portraits of Tiger Roaches next to portraits of Jesus in his human form.
Anyway, in Ireland pictures or renderings are actually considered good luck. Due mostly to mythology. One variation of Irish Celtic folklore holds that Bran the Giant was killed not by a poisoned arrow but by the deadly sting of a Tiger roach. There is also the belief in Ireland that Tiger Roaches are the embodiments of Jesus Christ so most homes you will find portraits of Tiger Roaches next to portraits of Jesus in his human form.
Dude – you’re a day late to the party. Guess what the first result is for a Google search for the term “Brown Atlantic Tiger Roach”:
This thread.
Bugfatty300
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Not everything in this world is on the internet you know.
Credibility is though...
History_Buff
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I concur on Bugfatty being full of it, given that neither Brown Atlantic Tiger Roach or Leprechaun Bug comes up with any results on google, and the preposterous restrictions Bugfatty alleges. To top it all off, Fatty is only 22, which means it would be tough for him to spend years researching one silly bug.
Go with the Ph.D.
Go with the Ph.D.
Shekwan
Kim Chi Quaffing Celt
Of course its the Brown Atlantic Tiger Roach. I owe my career in porno to that insects amazing medicinal value.
