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50 Of The Most Horrific Things Mother Nature Produced That People Caught On Camera (New Pics)
There are arguably as many beautiful creatures in the world as there are creepy ones. But since they’re not as pleasant to look at, the latter might not appear on your news feed as often as puppies or kittens do.
Well, today we want to shed light on the underdogs, the eyesores, the fascinating yet at the same time disgusting creations of Mother Nature. If you think you’re brave enough to see them, scroll down to find an entire list of some of the most bizarre-looking creatures out there. But if you are squeamish about spiders, weird aquatic beings, and reptiles, among other similar things, you might want to check out some dog memes instead.
Here at Bored Panda we were curious to learn more about all sorts of weird-looking beings, so we got in touch with the evolutionary biologist and Professor at the Department of Biology at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, Dr. Robert Montgomerie, who was kind enough to answer a few of our questions. If you’re curious, too, scroll down to see what the professor had to say about them.
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#1
Dead Man's Fingers Fungus. So Excited To Have Spotted This On A Recent Trail Hike (Location: Ontario, Canada)
Kraneia The Dancing Dryad 1 year ago
Seem to remember reading somewhere, I don't know if it's this specific species, but it looks like dead fingers, and tends to grow on dead things....
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Sky Render 1 year ago (edited)
Stinkhorns at a certain point in their development tend to get a response too, but definitely a different one!
Dreaming Spirit 1 year ago
In Polish, the stinkhorns are named "shameful disgrace" :D
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Cathy Carey 1 year ago
I heard a story that someone actually called the cops when they saw one of these.
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#2
Tupelo Trees In A Dried-Up Swamp. Really Pretty But Kind Of Creepy (George L. Smith State Park)
Sunny Day 1 year ago
I bet you could grow anything in that dirt. Tomatoes, potatoes, corn, mutant aliens....
Riley Quinn 1 year ago
This species of tree will not survive unless the swamp returns because they need wet soil in moving water.
#3
Aplysia Vaccaria Is A Species Of Slug Native To California And Mexico That Can Grow Up To 1 Meter In Length And Weigh 30 Pounds
Dumb teenager 1 year ago
I'm considering making a bucket list purely to have picking up one of these as my only item.
Sunny Day 1 year ago
Idk if you *could* pick it up. I think it'd slide out of your hands every time you tried.
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Robert T 1 year ago
Lovely mix of metric and imperial. Just waiting for them to adopt the giant slug in place of the metre. LOL
Elisabeth Chai 1 year ago
Metric uses pound as well, as in half a kilo. But giant slug would work too
Load More Replies... YetAnotherSarah 1 year ago
Found one of these in a tidal pool, not having known of their existence. Blended really well, so the discovery was "I think there's something there- I think it's a living creature- ohmygosh those are antennae- it's a giant snail with no shell!- ima touch it!- that's it, ima pick it up!- nooo it won't let me pick it up!"
Prince Lee 1 year ago
could you imagine if they moved like puppies? 3 am zoomies would end up with me hide in the bathroom trying to keep it from squishing under the door
If you’re reading this, it means that you already saw at least a few bizarre-looking beings. (Feeling alright so far?) And if you’re wondering why in the world they look the way that they do, you’re not alone; we were curious, too, so we got in touch with Prof. Robert Montgomerie, hoping to get an answer.
The professor explained that in general, the ‘appearance’ of plants and animals is shaped by natural and sexual selection, as well as simple genetic drift. “These various influences are always constrained to some extent by an organism's past history and selection can only work with the variation that is available to it.”
#4
Euphorbia Balsamifera Emerging From The Underworld
#5
Found In My Dad’s Shower In Puerto Vallarta
Marcellium 1 year ago
Looks to be a whip scorpion maybe? so cool! might be a bit Scary to see inside but these guys are actually pretty harmless, they don't sting or bite!
ZuriLovesYou 1 year ago
Look mate, I understand. But if I ever see something like that, only one of us is coming out of that house alive. And it's gonna be me.
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We were also wondering if the arguably weirder-looking beings usually live in more isolated areas—deeper in the ocean, for instance, or somewhere in a remote location in the jungle—as it doesn’t seem that people stumble upon something this awe-inspiring too often.
“To me there are lots of weird-looking plants and animals in my own backyard. I expect that we think that things look weird if we do not see them often, or ever. I thought that a lot of birds and mammals in Australia looked weird before I actually went there for several months; I expect that Australians did not find them to be weird-looking at all,” Dr. Montgomerie shared.
#6
Nature Is Creepy
#7
Found This Coming Out Of My Sink That Had Not Been Used In A Week. It Had The Tensile Strength Of Fine Hair
Dumb teenager 1 year ago
just wait for the bolbs on the end to start flashing "greetings earthlings" in morse code
LokisLilButterknife 1 year ago (edited)
Ugh, it reminds of that disturbing scene with the hair in the drain in the Japanese horror film, Ringu.
Daya Meyer 1 year ago
You see the wee dots at the end of every 'hair'? I think this is some kind of fungus.
David 1 year ago
When you use hair growth products, always thoroughly rinse down any extra so it doesn't stay in your drain trap. /j
#8
Welp, I’m Gonna Die. Do I Call The Army Or What?
Upstaged75 1 year ago
It's one of those joke stickers. You can put them under a lamp shade too to freak people out. Not very nice if they have a phobia, but otherwise quite funny. :)
ManuelQue 1 year ago
It appears to have changed position. I don't think stickers do that...
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Diana Wilcox 1 year ago
Get up there, unscrew lamp, dump friend outside. I actually want a proper look at it first.
David Paterson 1 year ago
It is, and it's venomous. It's got to be a prank because they only grow to 3/4 of that size.
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QueenKittyCat 1 year ago
I'm hoping that's a sticker to prank with and not an actual bug that used it's claws to unscrew the lamp just to be nice and cozy inside. If it's not moving, definitely a prank.
The professor is probably right saying that certain species don’t look odd at all, when you familiarize yourself with them. But the thing is, there seems to be quite a few creatures we might not know that well, or at all, for that matter.
Take the beauty found in northern Oregon, US, for instance: just a couple of weeks ago, on June 3rd, 2024, some passersby on the beach stumbled upon a ginormous 7.3-foot-long creature washed ashore. What was first considered an ocean sunfish, or Mola mola, was later found to be a newly discovered species, known as the Mola tecta or the hoodwinker sunfish.
The New York Post reports that with the help of photographs, measurements, and tissue samples, it was researcher Marianne Nyegaard who identified the marine animal. She also suggested that it may be the largest specimen of the kind ever sampled.
#9
This Wasp I Caught Flying Around My House Has An Ant Head Latched Onto Its Back Leg
Palo Sulek 1 year ago
(five ant bandits threatening the lady wasp in the dark forest) Give us all your strips, your mobile and f.off quickly..... Well, my little fellows, I sometimes wear your heads as a jewellery on the tips of my legs but... alright, we can talk
JM 1 year ago
Steve Buscemi in Con Air: "One girl - I drove through three states wearing her head as a hat."
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#10
Underground Nest Of Garter Snakes At A Friend's House
Speak easy buttercup 1 year ago
Garter snakes are fun to play with! Use to catch them as a kid. Now I rather not but it's more for the fact that I don't want to hurt them or disrupt their lives tbh! But they are harmless little critters! Plus they help keep other pests under control!
David 1 year ago
Yeah, I root for them when I see one around my property. "Go eat bugs little guy!"
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Ephemera Image 1 year ago
Had horses at one time, and found a bunch of garters overwintering in my hay bales. I left them there, they disappeared in the spring. They're cute!
Six sighs per hour 1 year ago
"Why don't you come and join the group? It's better than being a party poop."
LokisLilButterknife 1 year ago
Awww, I love little garter snakes. They're completely harmless and catch some of the annoying "pesky insects".
Teresa Spanics 1 year ago
The Narcisse Snake Den is the winter home of the red-sided garter snake and is 6km or 3.7 miles North of Narcisse, Manitoba, Canada.
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Spider Who Tried To Nest In My Ear
Blue Morpho Butterfly 1 year ago
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Feathered Dinosaur 1 year ago
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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HeavyMetalHeart 1 year ago
Ah, good. I needed a new reason to lie awake in terror every night.
Diana Wilcox 1 year ago
I love spiders, but NO. I have my boundaries. I sleep with earplugs in for other reasons, but this is a side benefit.
Papa 1 year ago
That doesn't seem too bad. I had a honeybee crawl in my ear once (I worked as a beekeeper for a few years). That's a feeling I wouldn't want to wish on anyone.
Amy S 1 year ago
I've had a spider in my ear, it was horrible. I cannot even imagine having a bee in my ear!
Load More Replies... Beth Wheeler 1 year ago
Been there done that in the middle of the night years ago. It woke me op and I thought I would go crazy. I thought it was a big and was getting ready to wake my husband up to take me to the ER when I thought s bug would be attracted to light and heat, grabbed a flashlight. Thought I was gonna break my teeth and almost screamed when that damn thing came crawling out. Put peroxide in after that!
Just a few days after the hoodwinker sunfish was found in Oregon, the news about another discovery regarding a different kind of unusual creature broke – remains of a fossil of the smallest known great ape were found in Germany, dating to roughly 11m years ago.
Known as Buronius manfredschmidi, the ape was estimated to have weighed just 10kg and was likely the size of a human toddler, which makes it far smaller than other hominids. According to Prof. Madelaine Böhme, a palaeontologist at the University of Tübingen leading the research, it’s unclear why the species was as small as it was, The Guardian reports. But one version is that its size allowed it to occupy a different ecological niche from its larger counterparts, while another suggests that the Buronius manfredschmidi simply represents a more ancestral version of great apes.
#12
This Absolute Unit Of An Insect (Malayan Jungle Nymph)
Marcellium 1 year ago
oh this one is really cute! look at it's little camouflage 'leaves'! I can imagine how good it must be at blending in!
#13
Woke Up To See This In My Kitchen, I Live In The Middle Of The Mountains Like 500 Km From The Nearest Beach
My wife screamed as if she saw a ghost at 5 AM in the morning, turns out she went to get some water and saw this huge crab crawling in the kitchen. It's just insane.
Jennik 1 year ago
There are terrestrial crabs, usually in mountains and usually living near streams. I think they can be found in the West Indies, Japan, and no doubt other places around the world. Not, thank god, in my country.
David Paterson 1 year ago
It looks like one I saw in Jamaica. I was frightened of it and the natives were laughing at me.
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paigeofcolors 1 year ago
Honestly, I would way way way rather have a crab than a huge a*s spider walk into my house. Or even a small spider lol
Sage da therian 1 year ago (edited)
Why were you downvoted 😭 The others too :*)
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Kare Deter 1 year ago
I get upset when a large cricket gets in my house and leaves me wondering for hours "HOW?" I can't imagine finding a massive crab.
#14
A Swarm Of Honeybees Looking For A New Home Decided That My Mother's Jeans Looked Comfortable. We Contacted A Local Beekeeper, And He Just Came By And Shook Them Into His Box
CrunChewy McSandybutt 1 year ago
I've seen videos of a beekeeper removing bees and scooping them into a container with her bare hands. I find this interesting and horrifying.
ewa 1 year ago
They are quite calm while swarming. Their young queen is in there somewhere and needs to be kept secure. They'll don't fight.
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Dick Fint 1 year ago
You think maybe the bees saw the pictures on the close pins and thought it was an advertisement for a bee rest stop?
Just-4-2day 1 year ago
Great eye, I didn't notice them until I read your comment.
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Pat Curran 1 year ago
So happy to read that OP didn't kill the bees. We need those little buggers! Without them, we'll all die!
somnomania (she/her, queer) 1 year ago
beekeepers are so incredible, i saw a guy on youtube once who was so incredibly chill with bees, he would just locate the queen and take her carefully in his hand and the rest of the swarm would just follow him
Discussing other odd-looking creatures, Prof. Montgomerie shared that the ones he thought looked rather weird when he saw them for the first time were the anglerfish (Linophryne arborifera), shoebills (Balaeniceps rex—a bird), glass frogs, goblin sharks, and naked mole rats. “I expect that they would no longer seem weird if I studied them for a while,” he added.
#15
Found Under My Friend’s Flower Pot, AKA The Gates Of Hell
cerinamroth 1 year ago
If you can type that comment, they ain't gonna look like the ones in the picture ;-)
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Diana Wilcox 1 year ago
The proportions of the babies are making me giggle. Such wee little tails and claws! Mama is impressive though. Good luck, little guys!
Sweet Taurus 1 year ago
What is it? Are they eating a crab or do those claws belong to their momma?
Becky Samuel 1 year ago
It's a mama scorpion carrying her newborn babies on her back until they're strong enough to leave.
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#16
Of All The Mutations That Could Happen
Kraneia The Dancing Dryad 1 year ago
That's pretty cool, never seen that kind of mutation on a scorpy. Wouldn't want to meet her in a dark alley! :)
#17
My Tarantula Had Babies
Marcellium 1 year ago
well, seems like these comments clearly need someone who doesn't dislike spiders! look at how cute! what a proud momma rancho! also w the size of the egg structure this person knew they'd have babies, which is why she's probably in that container, much too small for a normal rancho habitat! so cute!
NutsnB0lts 1 year ago
I agree, I don't understand why everyone feels the need to express their hate for spiders on here :( Spiders are good and they kill pests. You don't have to like them but at least respect what they do.
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Jennifer Clayton 1 year ago
You put that right in the work fridge and no one will steal your lunch again.
OneWithRatsAndKefir 1 year ago
I’m all for exotic pets like spiders, what with my love for rats… just don’t be my neighbor. Please.
Alexandra Nara 1 year ago
how many are gonna survive ? Guess you neither have the room for raising hundreds of spiders nor you can release them.
While some of Mother Nature’s creations are clearly more visually appealing than others, they are the way that they are for a reason, and they’re arguably all necessary in the animal kingdom.
We discussed the importance of every being—no matter how adorable or creepy-looking—with Dr. Montgomerie, who pointed out that it is a rather philosophical question that might depend on who’s answering it and how one defines what is important.
“From a biodiversity perspective, every species is important both for maintaining the ‘natural’ order and for the possible, as yet unknown, benefits to mankind,” he pointed out. “If your only interests are in human welfare, there are probably lots of species that contribute nothing to most people. Again, that’s a philosophical point of view as I feel that my own well-being is aligned with the preservation of all species and is diminished every time one of them goes extinct. I expect that that is far from the majority view. I agree with Thoreau who said 160 years ago ‘in wildness is the preservation of the world’.”
#18
This Is Idiacanthus Antrostomus, Also Known As The Pacific Blackdragon, A Type Of Dragon Fish
Prince Lee 1 year ago
no... no this is a picture to help with constipation, one look and instantly you're cured...
#19
Saw A Ton Of Vultures On A House Today. I'm Not Sure What This Implies. Google Says Either A Gas Leak Or A Body
Dumb teenager 1 year ago
It looks like the welfare commite is already there. Or at least some sort of commitie is
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mysterious(all pronouns) 1 year ago
So, fun fact about vultures. New World (American) and Old World (Asia, Europe, Africa) vultures are unrelated. It's a process called convergent evolution, where two separate species evolve the same features. This means vultures are so important and valuable that nature made them twice.
Upstaged75 1 year ago
Anytime we see them it means there's a dead animal in the woods. I appreciate them doing their job so the smell doesn't linger.
cecilia kilian 1 year ago
There might be a dead animal under the house. I looked up the gas leak thing. Apparently, the chemical added to natural gas (so you can detect a gas leak ) smells similar to the odor of decaying flesh.
Kraneia The Dancing Dryad 1 year ago
Not necessarily. Have a friend who leaves out roadkill for buzzards. The roads get cleaned and the vultures get a free meal....
mysterious(all pronouns) 1 year ago (edited)
I think a group of vultures is called a committee, actually.
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Tejas Dragon 1 year ago
Call police and ask for well check.... they will either find a body or detect the leak....
#20
A Tree That Has Grown Around And Inside A Piece Of Spine
Silver Knight of the Union 1 year ago
People are told to grow a spine, this tree grew out of one.
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Lorenzo 1 year ago
Animal Science degree here. Those wide, winglike things near the top of the first photo occur in the lumbar vertebrae of ungulates, like deer and cattle. Beyond that, I can't say - been too long.
Load More Replies... Prince Lee 1 year ago
it's Really SAD when the tree has a better spine and posture then I do...
If you found this list adorable, for some reason (or curiosity-inducing, at least), rather than off-putting, you might want to check out some similar lists on Bored Panda next, such as these horrific things Mother Nature has produced or these things some people would call scary as hell. Happy scrolling!
#21
These Are All Brown Recluse. A Man Said He Had A Lot Of Glue Traps That Looked Just Like This In His Home
Diana Wilcox 1 year ago
Yikes... hopefully he can get that infestation under control. Spiders are welcome, but if it can kill me I'd rather it stay out of the house. They almost look like sea spiders...
and_a_touch_of_the_’tism 1 year ago
Now. I don’t hate spiders. In fact, I think a lot of them are really cute. But the only appropriate response to this is “EEEEAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUGGHHHHHHHH”
Victoria Howard 1 year ago
Well s**t, I was getting ready to go to bed early. Now I think I'll stay up all night cleaning.
#22
This Evil-Looking Mushroom Thing In My Yard
Dumb teenager 1 year ago
Stinkhorn fungus. Very common along the east coast of Australia in the warm months when it's wet.
Riley Quinn 1 year ago
Evil? It's actually quite beautiful, although it might smell a bit evil. Aseroe rubra, aka red starfish, anemone stinkhorn, and sea anemone that's common in southeastern Australia.
Cathy Carey 1 year ago
looks like of of the pods from "Invasion of The Body Snatchers" kind of - I hope this one is smaller. Just watched it, oh right, because Donald Sutherland died :'(
#23
These Folks Having A Rave On My Porch
brittany 1 year ago
those look like what my grandma called granddaddy longlegs. harmless
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Kare Deter 1 year ago
I saw a documentary the other day where millions of them were nesting on a tree, using their legs to protect them from heat & wind (dehydration) it looked like the tree had hair/fur until someone scraped it with a twig. It was pretty amazing! STOP trying to kill everything because you find it undesirable! Remember somewhere, someone thinks you're undesirable too!!!
The Redhead 1 year ago
Just watched the stick video on youtube. Very interesting, however I'm super itchy now.
Load More Replies... Marcellium 1 year ago
ooh, this is neat! I wonder why they all grouped up like this. super cool to see! :-0
Mike F 1 year ago
We had a bunch of these fall into our canoe once. That canoe was one busy place when they began scurrying around.
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Victoria Dixon 1 year ago
Harvestmen or Harvest Spiders. They are harmless.
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The Redhead 1 year ago
Never seen black ones before, only brown; perhaps color differes in different regions?
#24
A Wild Tokay Gecko Eating Someone's Pet Tarantula
Mark 1 year ago
do not mess with Tokay Geckos! They are humungous but dumb, and will attack. If that doesn't work, they splat to the ground and sprint around. Speaking from experience
Donald 1 year ago
We had one get loose in a pet store that I worked in. You had to be careful moving bags of dog food from the top shelf because it like to lay up there near the incandescent lights to pick up some heat. We had more than one employee get chomped lol
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Diana Wilcox 1 year ago
That's an expensive meal... poor spider. But, impressive Tokay! Just doing what's in its nature. Definitely double down on securing the tarantula enclosures!
Marcellium 1 year ago
oh, that's so sad! I would be heartbroken if that happened to one of my pets. poor baby
Becky Samuel 1 year ago
There's no chance of that happening. Tokay geckos are fast, and the spider's a goner anyway. Tarantulas don't survive if the exoskeleton on their body is cracked or broken.
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Angie 1 year ago
incredible!! I own both as pets (not together of course), this is a crazy picture
Ru Bee 1 year ago (edited)
Love Tokays but I've only met about 3 over the years and I'm talking captive bred that had a pleasant personality and liked being handled. Plus they CHOMP and hold on.... My grandad used to call them bulldog lizards.
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Tokay geckos are very loud, not terribly friendly, and have a ferocious bite which they're not afraid to use.
Load More Replies... LokisLilButterknife 1 year ago
Just because an insect or arachnid might look scary that doesn’t mean they should be killed. Usually insects and arachnids are more scared of us than we are them. A lot of insects and arachnids also play an important part in the ecosystem by eating pests or pollinating flowers.
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Seen In Costa Rica
Dumb teenager 1 year ago
Is this that cordicepts fungus that takes over insects muscles and makes them climb trees while thier still alive?
M O'Connell 1 year ago
These are Pterodictya reticularis, and their tails are normal. The tails are a waxy substance which will break off when a predator attempts to grab them, not unlike how a gecko will shed its tail to escape.
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Marcellium 1 year ago
ooh, gorgeous plant hoppers! fun fact about the "tails" they are like a gecko's tail and can regrow!
Becky Samuel 1 year ago
Kinda yes, kinda no. A gecko's tail is a living part of the animal, whereas these are waxy and more equivalent to hair.
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#26
Absolute Unit Of A Jerusalem Cricket, Which Is Neither From Jerusalem Nor A Cricket
Norm Gilmore 1 year ago (edited)
New Zealand has the Weta which is in the same family. Harmless but can nip if provoked. Deinacrida...279970.jpg 
Yvonne Dauwalder Balsiger 1 year ago
You're cute BUT please stay the fúck away from me. Sorry little critter!
Sweet Taurus 1 year ago
When I was little my Mom and I were out for a walk and came across a bunch of these in a gutter and that insane lady told me they were bed bugs!! As in, "sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs bite"!! I brought this up a few years back and wouldn't ya know she had no recollection of ever telling me that!!
David 1 year ago
In California we called these Potato bugs (same insect) Always thought they were kind of gross looking. I didn't see them too often.
Tele Avision 1 year ago
Yes, me too! I have fond memories of playing with those. We would also catch June Bugs and tie a piece of thread and fly them around.
Load More Replies... Excited Panda 1 year ago
Imagine going out one night because you hear a bunch of chirping, and when you turn on the porch light, you're surrounded by 100's of these things.
_-DungeonKeeper-_ 1 year ago
"Give me your f l e s h" -Awkward crickets, 2024
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Something You Don’t Want To See While Driving… A Hundred Baby Spiders Crawling Up Your Leg
DogMomInVT 1 year ago
"Headline News. Vehicle driven off a cliff. Driver heard screaming, 'oh, hell no'. "
Excited Panda 1 year ago
What's worse is when you then pull over and stop to get out of the car, and when you look back down, they're all gone...
Maggie Fulton 1 year ago
Why did he take the time to photograph them? That would NOT have been my first reaction.
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So Some Bees Decided To Make A Hive In Between The Window And The Shutters
ScaryThingIntheDryer 1 year ago
That has to have taken a long time! How long was that door not being used?
Blue Bunny of Happiness 1 year ago
There’s people that pay good money for that sort of feature!
#29
There Is Something Attractive And Repulsive About Crabs. Mother Nature Tried
Northern Breeze 1 year ago
snow crab... it will lose its barnacles when it moults and gets a new shell
#30
Insects Nest That Looks Like A Skull
sherry allison 1 year ago
If I was walking through the woods and came across this guaranteed I'm making it back home with some wet pants. That's horrifying. Can you imagine at dusk seeing this?
#31
A Giant Swarm Of Maggots Eating A Dear Carcass On The Nature Trail Behind My House
Manana Man 1 year ago (edited)
Nature's cleaning crew. They're slow (and disgusting) but thorough.
David 1 year ago
That is an impressive amount of maggots. If those are black soldier fly larvae then good for the environment. this is what they do - eat dead meat and such. Harmless to humans. I used to raise compost worms. Some of the folks also raised these because they are awesome at consuming protein the worms don't like as well.
Pat Curran 1 year ago
My concern would be what the maggots will transform into in a few days. Flies, I guess. I mean, thanks for cleaning up the carcass, but please move on when you're done!
#32
Inside A Common Starling's Mouth
OneWithRatsAndKefir 1 year ago
What concerns me is the angle of the eyes. I would have thought that from this perspective, they’d be a little further back up the head… now I feel bad for insects that this is the last face they see.
SparkDragon 1 year ago
It's a fish-eye lense, so it's actually distorting the image. So wouldn't want to be an insect looking at that, though!
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Sven Grammersdorf 1 year ago
I hate those stupid birds. They're loud as hell and they eat the cat food on my porch and c**p all over the place.
#33
Found On A Dog Walk
Blue Morpho Butterfly 1 year ago
forest ear mushrooms, I believe. They (well the ones near me at least) can be made into a delicious soup!
Ty Stratton-Quirk 1 year ago
'The Trees Have Ears': a failed attempt at a sequel to 'The Hills Have Eyes'.
SquirrelEnthusiast 1 year ago
I’ve already try them they’re a little crunchy perfect for stir fry 🤤
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#34
Inside The Hive Of The Stingless Honey Bee Plebeia Sp
Dumb teenager 1 year ago
the worst they can do is gum at you, there known as tickle bees. They've also apparently got crazy sweet honey although I've never tried any.
Load More Replies... M O'Connell 1 year ago
It seems that the discs on the left are brood cells where eggs develop, and the balls on the right are storage for pollen and honey.
Sara Frazer 1 year ago
Eeww this one gave me such an ick I didn't even want to touch my screen to scroll past it 😂
Riley Quinn 1 year ago
Tetragonula carbonaria. Their hives are multi-layered and in a spiral, and those "pots" in the corner are pollen pots. Can't find out any info on the "tentacles", and I'm too tired to research.
#35
Well, That Is Some Fungus
Spidercat 1 year ago
Why did the mushroom always get invited to the parties? Because he's a fun guy!... I'll get my coat.
John Nelson 1 year ago
OP needs a contractor ASAP. That's a serious water infiltration issue that needs addressing immediately, there's going to be some serious issues around that frame and inside that wall!
#36
Blue Heron About To Eat An Alligator
Six sighs per hour 1 year ago
What I always hoped would happen to that smug Wally Gator cartoon character.
Load More Replies... ZuriLovesYou 1 year ago
That's the circle of life, mate. Everyone's got to eat.
Load More Replies... Donald 1 year ago
One of his fellow siblings will get that Heron back one day.
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ShellsBells 1 year ago
Idk how people post images on here, but here's a link to a pic of a heron flying of with a baby gator and the momma chasing it. https://petapixel.com/2022/11/22/photographer-captures-bird-stealing-baby-alligator-from-its-mother/
David Paterson 1 year ago
Crocodiles are frightened of herons. You do not want to be picked in the eye by a beak like that.
somnomania (she/her, queer) 1 year ago
this type of heron is an a*****e, they think just because they're five feet tall they don't have anything to worry about. we had one eating goldfish out of our pond once and i ran at it waving my arms and yelling and it just stood there and stared at me, and then had the nerve to take a single step towards me.
Vicki Perizzolo 1 year ago
mother nature is harsh.. surprised momma gater wasn't closer by to protect her baby.
#37
Went To Go Brush My Teeth Last Night, And
Excited Panda 1 year ago
That's the way Mother Nature lets you know it's time to change toothbrush heads.
M O'Connell 1 year ago
The original post suggests it is a Carpenter Ant queen, searching for a location to found a new colony.
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Ma'am, that is not a good place to start your colony... but you can keep that toothbrush head. She probably went after the residual moisture. A lot of bugs drink by eating droplets of water off things.
#38
Spider In Our Pantry
Marcellium 1 year ago
looks to be a huntsman! these guys aren't dangerous to adults, and are generally non-aggressive. they hunt prey rather than making webs, which means they appear in and around homes a lot. they might seem scary but are just helping out, like all other spiders!
Luis Hernandez Dauajare 1 year ago
Points for OP taking a pic of this instead of sprinting out the window...
Nicola Roberts 1 year ago
Ok I'm nearing the bottom of the list and it has to be said. If it bites then it's not harmless and no one outside of Australia describes Huntsman as cute /s 😉
Sarah Léon 1 year ago
I live in France and I love Huntsman ! But mostly because photos are cool and can't come in my bedroom :D
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A Bunch Of Ducks Followed Me Yesterday Night. They Stopped And Stared Whenever I Turned Around
Speak easy buttercup 1 year ago
That's pretty ducking creepy! (Sorry... I'll show myself out!)
Belladonna.dreams 1 year ago
Auto correct? Ducking hate when that happens
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Griffy 1 year ago
Please don't feed them bread. It's bad for them. Birdseed is good though!
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#40
This Nest Of Caribbean Reef Lobsters That I Came Upon During A Night Dive
Pat Curran 1 year ago
I've seen them while diving before. if you get too close, they'll fly away like birds!
#41
I'm Pretty Sure I Came Across The Scene Of A Crime This Afternoon
The smaller spider looks like a widow to me. At first, I thought it was a black widow, but it has more of a brown color, and I don't recognize the red stripe. Plus, its web is in an exposed location above a window on the outside of our house. What is it?
The bigger one (the victim, I think) is curled up, not moving, and partially wrapped in webbing. I thought it might be a tarantula, but I'm not sure. It has really fuzzy legs and body.
Sarah Léon 1 year ago
I see a story here ! Redback is creating a nice home for her future family. Life is good and sweet when suddenly a Big Bad Tarentula tries to eat the eggsack ! Redback has no choice and kill the bad guy, saving hundreds of baby Redbacks to overcome the house forever and ever. The End
Patsy Robins 1 year ago
It’s a red back spider, part of the widow family. I’m familiar with them in Australia, but according to Google, they’re found worldwide.
Vicki Perizzolo 1 year ago
looks like a brown widow... both are poisonous of course. She's got food for a week there.
#42
This Creature Is Growing In My Backyard
#43
That Is Wild
Kraneia The Dancing Dryad 1 year ago
It's possible it hitched a ride in someone''s stuff, and stayed indoors where it was warm. The little ones aren't too bad, if you don't have a problem with bee stings, this is pretty much the same effect. We had them in Georgia (the US state, not the country). They lived in our partially-completed house, in the insulation. Our upper floor hadn't had the ceiling put in yet, just the insulation in the rafters with clear plastic stapled over it. They'd find little holes in the plastic and drop through.... you wanted to check your bed before you went to sleep..... ;-)
Patti 1 year ago
Arizona, USA here. Our smaller ones are more dangerous here, yellowish/brownish/orangish (bark scorpion), can end a small child if they don't get the anti-venom. The larger ones, I've been told, feel like you are being jabbed with a large pin, and they strike repeatedly until the threat is removed. And they are unpredictable, they can be in your shoes or drop on your bed. They can climb walls and bedcovers. Putting bed legs in glass jars can keep you more protected. Not afraid of rattlers or spiders but scorpions.....sheesh, not a fan.
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#44
There's Nothing Unusual About A Catfish With Teeth
BoredPossum 1 year ago
The velociraptors nerdy cousin who just told a math joke at Christmas dinner.
Fire Singer 1 year ago
That is not a catfish is it?? It looks nothing like catfish I've seen, but I don't know much about fish so I could definitely be wrong.
#45
32 Tentacle Octopus Found In South Korea
Yanurul Anwar 1 year ago
I bet this creature look majestic in their natural environment. Remember the blobfish? I,m not saying the blobfish look majestic, but you know what i mean
Plant Wizard 1 year ago
Poor guy he has been through a traumatic experience and regrown all wrong.
#46
Mormon Crickets At My Local Hospital
Tele Avision 1 year ago
They show up in pairs on little bicycles on my front porch.
Load More Replies... Sweet Taurus 1 year ago
I think this is a picture of the hospital in the town I grew up in! Strange thing is, Mormon crickets aren't in Utah. They're in Nevada!! Those things take over everything in the spring. They cover the roads and parking lots. You can hear the crunch when you run them over. The worst part is they're cannibals so the more you run them over the more you see.
#47
I Found This Guy Getting Tossed In The Surf In Kauai
Laurie Ostergaard-Overbey 1 year ago
it's a fish...why would you pick up any fish?
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Diana Wilcox 1 year ago
These guys live on the surface, drifting with the water movement, eating whatever gets close enough to grab. They don't even have the ability to swim. Interestingly enough, they and other ocean surface life are thriving in garbage patches, making cleanup more complicated.
Angie M 1 year ago
Too bad they can't break down all that garbage to less nefarious particles...
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#48
The Amount Of Flies Trapped In This Window Glass
Ru Bee 1 year ago
Oh come on, am I the only one wondering how long this took and how long until it's full? No just me.
#49
Flies Devouring A Gecko Still Stuck To A Pole (Okinawa, Japan)
#50
Found Some Creepy Teeth
Prince Lee 1 year ago
worse is that they still seem to be attached to a jaw, and look like an animal, from the size and curve and longness of it ... They Seem to be a Cervidae deer, it looks like it was not quite adult but not a baby
mysterious(all pronouns) 1 year ago
Those look way to big to be human, so an animal died and it's jaw got moved around. Creepy, but it's just life.
#51
This Butterfly Orchid Flower With A Face On It
Manana Man 1 year ago
Mimicry. Some orchids have evolved to look like female insects to get pollinated by the male trying to mate. Or maybe it's just a little yellow person in a Mardi Gras costume.
LokisLilButterknife 1 year ago
That is absolutely amazing mimicry. Nature is pretty darn amazing.
#52
Dead Man's Fingers. Xylaria Polymorpha
#53
A Tick Biting Another Tick
#54
Bees On A Plane
#55
How Did A Bat End Up In My Toilet? Gone For 12 Days, House Is Secure And A Dead Bat Is In My Toilet When I Come Home. So Weird And Confusing
#56
Knocked Off A Hanging Remote In The Dark. It Landed On A Scorpion
#57
Wasps Have Made A Nest On My (Closed) Bedroom Window
LuckyL 1 year ago
I mean, it's cool to watch - as long as you don't want fresh air in your bedroom.
Diana Wilcox 1 year ago
Yeah, I would be watching and documenting the progress!
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Marie BellaDonna 1 year ago (edited)
Oh dear God no. Those are not wasps. Those are bald-faced hornets. Much bigger than regular wasps. They are mean, aggressive, and they remember faces!! And they will swarm, and can and WILL sting MULTIPLE times, if they feel threatened!! I'm not a fan of killing innocent creatures. But these things are dangerous-and only minor pollinators at best. They basically exist just to be àssholes, and are definitely a threat to your family. Especially if you have kids. Call an exterminator NOW!!
#58
This Picture My Mom Sent Me Of A Spider In Her House
Marie BellaDonna 1 year ago
That's a situation in which I wouldn't know what to do. I wouldn't want to kill it, but I wouldn't want it in my house. But I'd also be terrified to try to trap it, because if I accidentally touched it, those spiderlings would scatter and just go EVERYWHERE. No, I think it would be best if I just moved out and gave the spiders the house...
#59
This Spider I Found In My Basement Cellar. According To Google, This Is Caused By A Type Of Fungus Called Cordyceps That Ends The Lives Of Bugs. I Am Considering Burning My House Down
AJ deans 1 year ago
Cordyceps yes it takes over the body of its victim and makes it climb then dies and grows fungus
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Two Robber Flies Mating While One Snacks On A Bee
Laurie Ostergaard-Overbey 1 year ago
or wait till you're done before you get that snack
Load More Replies... Rebekah Fuentes 1 year ago
Don't the males bring an "offering" for the female to entice her to mate?
#61
Found This Thing Attached To The Wall, It Doesn’t React Too Much
#62
Hawk vs. Starling: No Contest
Upstaged75 1 year ago
I have a cool picture of a hawk casually eating another bird while sitting on the fence of our parking lot at work. Amazing birds!
Yesn't (they/them) ️ 1 year ago
Starling/bird thing: huh? You still wanna go bro? Fight me like a real bird! Hawk: *sighs*
Ty Stratton-Quirk 1 year ago
Hawk: "Seriously? I land for barely a few seconds, and step in a bird? What are the odds..."
Six sighs per hour 1 year ago
Starling: "I'll grant you three wishes if you let me go." Hawk: "My first wish is for dinner."
#63
A Bee With Pollen Mites
#64
Found While Fishing At A Local Lake. I Poked It With My Fishing Rod, And The Top Was Kind Of Hard. The Part Under The Water Was Softer, And My Rod Went Through It Pretty Easily
If pushed over, it pops right back up. There were lots of them, but this was the biggest I saw.
M O'Connell 1 year ago
They are a very, very cool early animal (colonies of multiple animals). They have been around for over 450 million years and can be commonly found as fossils.
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Found This Lady Outside My Door
#66
Not Sure What This Is, Probably A House Spider?
#67
Evil-Looking Thing
Norm Gilmore 1 year ago
I've only seen bits and pieces of Babylon 5 but this instantly came to mind.. shadows-66...ac2284.jpg 
#68
I Found It In My Garden, It's Like A Snake Lizard
David Paterson 1 year ago
Good guess, but it's not. It's a type of lizard called a Bachia from Brazil.
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#69
I Removed 62 Ticks From Our Two Dogs After Two Days Of Hiking. A Lot Of Small Ones Were Behind Those Fat Ones, Couldn't Capture Them All In A Photo
Diana Wilcox 1 year ago
I love most creepy crawlies. But I despise ticks. Not sorry to see them eliminated. Hope the dogs are doing okay. Definitely invest in some flea/tick medicine if your dogs are regularly going out into nature. They will still pick them up, but the ticks won't latch. They sense the meds, say f*** this, and fall off.
#71
I Found This On The Trail In Northern India. Thought It Was Cool
Sunshine 1 year ago
I think it might be a species of hummingbird moth. I see them in my garden in Nova Scotia.
Aileen Grist 1 year ago
looks like a bee with a long tongue for going into deep flowers for pollen
Nadine Debard 1 year ago (edited)
I have some in my garden, they gather nectar from my red valerian, they fly like hummingbirds
LokisLilButterknife 1 year ago
I believe that is either a hawk moth or hummingbird moth. They're fascinating little critters.
Giraffy Window 1 year ago
Usually the proboscis of is curled up under the chin, but this one may have died while at a flower, causing it to stay stuck out.
monika swoboda 2 days ago
In Germany we have these insects, too. Thei 're called Wollschweber.
#72
Plugging An Extension Cord Into An Outdoor Box. Flipped Open The Lid To Discover This
#73
One Interesting Find In A Forest Near My House - Devil's Fingers Or Clathrus Archeri
#74
This Robber Snatched That Poor Guy Out Of The Air About 2 Ft From My Face
#75
Cordyceps That I Just Found In The Rainforests Of Cairns
#76
I Have Never Seen Something Like This
#77
What Is This Thing?
Daya Meyer 1 year ago
A caterpillar. Or something that came out of the Ghibli studios. If it starts talking to you, you'll know 😉
UpQuarkDownQuark (he/him) 1 year ago
That’s the back end of a caterpillar, and that’s just a pattern on its rump that looks like eyes.
paigeofcolors 1 year ago
It looks similar to a grub in hollow knight, but instead of green it's yellow.
#78
My Sister Found This On Saint Barts Island In The Caribbean
#79
I Don't Like This At All
#80
Brown Widow Preparing Its Dinner
#81
What On Earth Is This
M O'Connell 1 year ago
It's a house centipede. As creepy (and fast moving) as they can be, if your house was the ocean, these guys are Great White Sharks; Efficient predators that will make dinner out of any other insect in your house (bed bugs, termites, roaches, spiders, ants, etc).
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Pitbull Dad 1 year ago
We get these in our house. Other than being scary looking as hell, we simply let them devour the other insects that we don't want.
Giraffy Window 1 year ago
A literal recurring nightmare I didn't know had live origins in the real world.
#82
My Headphones Suddenly Stopped Working. It Was Full Of Ants
SweetCheesySpaghetti 1 year ago
This is my complete nightmare. I have the most irrational fear of ants.
#83
Bought A Deodorant With A Spider In It
#84
What Is This Thing?
MellonCollie 1 year ago
I'm thinking sheep or goat? The white around the head looks like wool, and there are sheep with black faces, goats too. Their eyes reflect in the dark.
️ ️~ lefty libra️ ~ 1 year ago (edited)
ermmmm.. i dont know if thats the dogs reflection of his eyes but theres another pair right behind that thing
#85
Found Dead Flies Making A Circle Near My Window. I Don't Use Traps, Bug Sprays, Or Anything Similar. What Could Be Causing This?
Speak easy buttercup 1 year ago
From what I know about nature the next step that will happen is more flies will form a star inside the circle before an incantation will summon the Lord of Darkness...
Giraffy Window 1 year ago
Probably caused by the photographer first finding flies, and then putting them round in a circle for fun.
#86
What Might This Be? Is It A Fishing Lure? It's Huge (South Florida)
#87
The "Hair" Under This Rock Is Actually A Mass Of Spiders
David 1 year ago
Memories of camping. me - young boy - and friend, running trails and exploring. Found a small, low ceiling cave. Felt something weird on the ceiling. Shine the light up and there are thousands of grand daddy longleg spiders covering the ceiling of the cave. Um, we left. LOL. I knew enough not to be afraid of them but we still didn't want hundreds of them crawling on us. Still, we were only I think 7 or 8 so it was an exciting find.
#88
There Is A Wasp That Lays Its Eggs Under The Skin Of A Specific Caterpillar. When The Eggs Hatch, The Larvae Eat The Caterpillar Alive
Sweet Taurus 1 year ago
Have you guys ever seen a tarantula hawk before? It looks like a giant wasp but wiki says it's a spider wasp. A spider that flies and has a stinger!! They sting a tarantula and paralyze it so they can take it back to their nest and lay an egg in it. Once that egg hatches it feeds on the spider while it's still alive. They are all over the desert by Las Vegas.
The Other Ben 1 year ago
Tomato hornworm...larva of the five-spotted hawk moth. These guys (and their cousins the tobacco hornworm) will cause havok with your - surprise! - tomato plants.
#89
This Tree In The Middle Of The Woods That Looks Like A Monster Crawling Out Of The Earth
#90
What Is Stuck In My Ceiling? It Looks Like There's Two Of Them, And They're Alive And Moving
#91
Washing My Hands While Still Half Asleep After Using The Bathroom In The Morning, I Turned And Saw This At Exactly Eye Level Less Than A Foot From My Face
#92
Please Help Me. I Think It’s The Devil
#93
This Hollow Tree Stump I Found In The Forest Today Has Wooden Spikes In It
Skara Brae 1 year ago
The teeth-like things are just the ends of branches. The wood in the core of the tree rotted away.
Jihana 1 year ago
Ok, thanks for the explanation, it's honestly fascinating!
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Found The Biggest Tick I've Ever Seen In My Bra After Working Outdoors Yesterday. I Assume It Didn't Bite Me Because It Was So Engorged It Could Barely Walk
I don't think its mouth could actually reach to bite anything. Still, not ideal.
#96
Natural Barnacles That Look Like Teeth
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️ ️~ lefty libra️ ~ 1 year ago
why thank you bored panda, for allowing me to come in contact with never sleeping again.
Donald 1 year ago
good ID on that long lizard from Brazil, I'm a huge reptile enthusiast and even I didn't recognize that.
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Marcellium 1 year ago
welp, I've stayed up too late but tried to leave some nice comments on these as a resident bug enjoyer. maybe I'll leave some more in the morning too! remember: most bugs are just little guys, and nature is so cool!
️ ️~ lefty libra️ ~ 1 year ago
why thank you bored panda, for allowing me to come in contact with never sleeping again.
Donald 1 year ago
good ID on that long lizard from Brazil, I'm a huge reptile enthusiast and even I didn't recognize that.
Load More Replies... Marcellium 1 year ago
welp, I've stayed up too late but tried to leave some nice comments on these as a resident bug enjoyer. maybe I'll leave some more in the morning too! remember: most bugs are just little guys, and nature is so cool!
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