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Walking Sticks - Dangerous or not?
Found one of these (walking sticks) on my front porch today. No, not the
type that you use as a cane, but the insect - a good 8 inches long. I flicked it off into the bushes (with a broom!). He really didn't resist much - really, not at all. Let me flip him on his back even, I wonder if he was close to dead? Or do they "play possum?" Pic of the beast in question can be found he http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/raven_...cd.jpg&.src=ph My father tells the story about when he was cleaning up some brush around the garage into a box and somehow picked up a "nest" of them. Apparently they were reaaaallly mad and went after him. I'm pretty sure I was there - I seem to remember him defending himself with a shovel while one of them literally went after it, hitting it repeatedly with the end of it's abdomen, curled up like a scorpion. A search online doesn't reveal much. So how dangerous are these creatures? Anyone have any stories? Do I need to be nervous in the garden now? TIA, Julie |
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