what the hell

[steve71]

is this.i found this while looking for artifact in texas

 

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[EDDE]

It's not a Camel Spider (aka "windscorpion")

It's a "whipscorpion". Different tail, pincers and mandibles.

Now if you'll pardon me I have to stand on a chair and scream.

i said related to "maybe" not "it is"
ok Charlie common mistake

 

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[Charlie P. (NY)]

It's not a Camel Spider (aka "windscorpion")

It's a "whipscorpion". Different tail, pincers and mandibles.

Now if you'll pardon me I have to stand on a chair and scream.

i said related to "maybe" not "it is"
ok Charlie common mistake

Now I soitainly didn't want to offend you. You owe me an eye-poke.

Woooooo! Woooooo!

(thought the detectorists would appreciate this one - Curly's Resting Place)

 

[BioProfessor]

You know you'll just put your hand up by your nose to stop the "eye poke." Worked for Moe.

Daryl

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

One must be well trained in the ways of self defense in this harsh world.

 

[steve71]

Insects and other arthropods have exoskeletons. That means the only way they can grow is to shed the old exoskeleton and then form a new larger one. If this is just an empty shell, you have found the exoskeleton of the critter. The actual one is long gone and now just a tad bigger.

Happens to all animals with exoskeletons. You are familiar with some and may not know it. Ever had soft-shelled crab? That's a crab that has shed its hard exoskeleton and is now "soft" because the new exoskeleton has not hardened. Mmmmm good fried in butter. Ever see what seems to be an insect stuck to the side of a tree? Usually that is the exoskeleton of a cicada or other tree-dwelling insect.

One interesting thing about critters with exoskeletons is that they come out of the old exoskeleton all new and complete. If you've ever purchased those big crab claws in the grocery store, you don't need to feel sorry for the crab. The crab fishermen figured out that if they just remove one claw and return the crab to the ocean it will grow a new claw the next time it sheds its exoskeleton. Catch it again, take a claw, back to the ocean, grow a new claw, catch it again, and on and on and on.

A way to tell if the guy has an exoskeleton is look at its legs. If they are segmented and jointed, it has an exoskeleton and has to shed it to grow - crickets, grasshoppers, crabs, lobster, spiders, etc.

Daryl

DAMN DONT GO TALKING ABOUT SOFT SHELL CRABS.I LOVE THEM.THEY ARE VERY RICH AND TASTY.LOOKS LIKE A BIG FRIED SPIDER.NICE TO LIVE BY THE COAST.SEAFOOD AND STEAKS MY FAVORITE.

 

[BioProfessor]

So you don't want me to tell you that you are eating them whole. Guts and all. OK, I won't.

Daryl

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

Mmmmmm. Soft-shelled crabs. Who's got the Old Bay?

So you don't want me to tell you that you are eating them whole. Guts and all. OK, I won't.

Some establishments are nice enough to yank the apron and "dead man's fingers" (gills) and some of the entrails out before deep frying. Some fancy-schmancy sit-down type resturaunts even snip off the eyes, feelers and mouth-parts.

If you can get through what you're eating with clams and oysters (bottom dwelling filter feeders) it shouldn't bother you to eat crabs and lobsters.

 

[Skifisher]

Now I'll have nightmares.

 

[steve71]

So you don't want me to tell you that you are eating them whole. Guts and all. OK, I won't.

Daryl

i've cooked many you just tear off the top and wash out the guts before you cook them.

 

[BioProfessor]

Well cleaned, well prepared, home cooked soft-shell crabs Mmmmmmm. Roadside stands and mom & pop places along the eastern shore. You get what you get. Some go from being netting in the tank out back right in the frying pan. Still Mmmmmmmm. It's all good. Did anybody say oysters?

Daryl

 

[steve71]

Well cleaned, well prepared, home cooked soft-shell crabs Mmmmmmm. Roadside stands and mom & pop places along the eastern shore. You get what you get. Some go from being netting in the tank out back right in the frying pan. Still Mmmmmmmm. It's all good. Did anybody say oysters?

Daryl

we have an awesome oysterfest in rockport fulton area of texas.mmmmmmmmmmmmmm

 

[geckokid]

It's not a Camel Spider (aka "windscorpion")

It's a "whipscorpion". Different tail, pincers and mandibles.

Now if you'll pardon me I have to stand on a chair and scream.

i said related to "maybe" not "it is"
ok Charlie common mistake

Now I soitainly didn't want to offend you. You owe me an eye-poke.

Woooooo! Woooooo!

(thought the detectorists would appreciate this one - Curly's Resting Place)

Do Camel Spider eat Camels?