This critter is confined in my bathtub (where I found it this morning) awaiting execution. I just have to find somebody to do the deed for me, 'cause I am totally phobic about potato bugs. I can take its picture, but that's as far as I can go. Can't engage in any activity where it might possible touch me.
Shoes work well to get rid of bugs like that. If you want to be humane about it a small bucket and a piece of paper will help that bug find its way back outside.
How about covering him with a glass, then pushing a postcard underneath to contain him and then carrying him outside. He gets out of your life but still got his. That's how I usually deal with bugs :)
Btw, cool photo :)
Edited again ... I browsed through previous posts but didn't read all of them ... OSS already suggested the same thing :)
He's under a custard cup right now and my revised plan is to have a recruit do the paper-underneath-capture move and take him as far away from my house as humanly possible. As much as I hate these monsters, I'd hate dealing with their dead parts even more. Don't want to deal with the karma either. EEEEEEEWWWWWWWW.
It's just a damn cricket of the ugly type. They taste very good. Try it you'll like it... Van
If I wanted to eat something that ugly, I'd go on Fear Factor or Survivor and get (potentially) paid for it! Besides, I'm a vegetarian. As of 2 minutes ago!
