March 27, 2008

The Aliens Have Invaded

Holy Hell, Internets. I have the worst, itchy-scratchy heebie jeebies right now. I just found this on my patio. Right. Outside. My Door. Alive.




Not the actual one outside my door. Image provided by Google. The one outside my door is MUCH more menacing looking. For Reals.

That, my friends, is a Potato Bug. Now, growing up, I knew Potato Bugs as these tiny, docile creatures:



NOT the freakish, nasty, shiver inducing, HUGE, disgusting, alien looking things that reside here in lovely California (and elsewhere? I'm too chicken shit to even look up much information on them because even LOOKING at them makes me squirm- so you're welcome for posting a photo here for you all to look at!). Anyway, the first time I ever saw one of these THINGS was actually the night I met DJ (warning sign?!). The daughter of the woman who's house we were at came screaming over to us that there was "A Potato Bug! A Potato Bug! Help! Help! Kill it! Kill it!" "Good lord" I thought "What a wussy" and then she took me over to it and from that moment on, my life has NEVER been the same. I live in constant fear of the things. They appear as if from nowhere. They're big and they look mean. And, the one on my patio just attacked Tahoe (see below) who yelped as if someone had stuck a knife in his eye. It is safely contained underneath a metal trash can lid until DJ gets home and can dispose of it properly. I would get rid of it if it were dead, but there's no way in Hell I'm going to get near one of those things alive.

And because I can't leave you with photos of that thing, here are a few more, in keeping with the alien theme.

I call this, Alien Pig:



I call this collection "Close Encounters of the Kissing Kind"




Have a good day! I hope I didn't induce any potato bug nightmares. I hope your children were not sitting on your lap when you looked at this. I hope you'll come back again!

13 comments:

justme said...

ICKKKKK

and then hoooow cute ???

Jennifer S said...

And I thought potato bugs were this whole other kind of bug, and look nothing like either picture.

That first one is freaking me out. Do not look it in the eye. Eyes.

Blech.

But Tahoe and your baby are adorable.

Jennifer S said...

BTW, obviously I've been misinformed about potato bugs. I would have lived my life in fear, if I had known.

Z said...

Bug = ick. Pig = hahaha. Zach = adorable!!!

Anonymous said...

Thanks. I didn't need to sleep tonight. ; )

EatPlayLove said...

OMG! It reminded me of a weird bug I had in my dream last night, it was actually a snake with huge antennae.. I believe I have I Am Legend to thank for that.

Adorable pics!

Jennifer said...

I'm both repulsed and in awe.

Tootsie Farklepants said...

Those other things? Rollie-pollies. Potato bugs are a freak of nature.

Signed,

A Fellow Californian

Christy said...

Potato bugs are horrifying! AHHH!

JCK said...

That is TOTALLY creepy! Thanks a LOT. Especially letting me know that they live in CALIFORNIA!! You are a sadist. And I also think you are brave for throwing a trash can lid over it.

Ms. Maxwell said...

And those, my dear CA girlfriend, are why I left your fair state 11 years ago and landed in Utah. Creepy for its own reasons, but that's more for later. ;-)

Texasholly said...

So gross!

And did Dylan grow up over night? OMG. He looks so old and cute.

Angie @ KEEP BELIEVING said...

I would never leave the house through that patio door again if I saw that thing out back. OMG! It looks like something out of an old Alfred Hitchcock movie.

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