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Sswede 76 Reviews 1117 reads
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Well the sink drain is a good bet if you didnt have a strainer in it Selena. (If you dont have one put one in.)
As to what they will eat, sure, makeup is very posible. They often arnt fussy.
Your hair spray was a great idea though. Now if you had just kept the little dear for review and proper ID!

SelenaScott2010 reads

I came home tonight and got ready to put on my comfy clothes, have a glass of wine and struggle with a writing deadline.  Upon turning to my sink to wash my face...there was the ugliest bug frozen solid in fear in the middle of the porcelain!

This was not a roach!  It had long antennae and an orange hue to its shell.  Small pincers.  Many bendy legs!  blegh!!  It was 2.5-3 inches in length and slender.  

Can I say blegh again?!  

I never ever ever see bugs in my home and get the exterior sprayed on a regular basis.  

The creature was in my sink so I am hopeful it was some sort of water hound and came from my pipes, but I'm sure to be bleaching out my whole bathroom first thing in the morning.

Yuk!  Vegas creatures are creepy.  Any ideas on this one?  

Creeped out,
S.S.

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Ol_Desperado2129 reads

You're in Vegas baby!!  Just call Dr, Gil Grisham, night shift supervisor for your CSI unit!  He's obsessed with those creepy crawlers.

I did find this site online, but it doesn't seem to be of much help.

Related Link: Bug Identifier

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Priapus531418 reads

Remember the 1954 sci-fi movie classic "Them!", about giant, mutant killer ants who got that way
because of A-bomb radiation ?!---Well, Nevada was the site of many A-bomb tests &------OMG----
it's the end of the world !!-----;)

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longfeet1256 reads

I don't know what they are but they taste like chicken!

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Sswede1962 reads

It probably came up through your toilet(I know I know not what you wanted to hear)
The experience of living in New Orleans taught me all kinds of stuff about bugs I never dreamed of. Dont get me going on the subject.
Because of the size of this particular bug, it sounds like your toilet is a good bet for its entry point.
If you didnt crush it (I assume you killed it) let a pest control guy look at whats' left of it. They will be able to tell you if his friends may come calling too.
Sorry I have to be the guy to drop this on you and hope you can keep your home from becoming an attraction for them!
Take care be safe...

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MissLogan1152 reads

I just got back from there and some of them were so huge that I was afraid that they were going to step on me and squish me.  :-X

Other than super friendly people, I am not sure why Jamie Tyler likes it so much there.  I call it Soggyville.

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Sswede1415 reads

Well, New Orleans is an acquired taste I think Logan.
I confess miss the place though I was happy to move when I did. My friends warn me still not to come back for even just for a visit because of Katrina. They say its just not the same.
Hope you had a memorable time down there though!

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Number 61364 reads

That's why...had dinner in NOLA tonight, actually, a little place in the Warehouse District, Rocknsake, good sushi, me and my friend, a Harrah's exec, ate like pigs for $113. This deal would have been at least $250 in LA, or on the Strip.

I've been commuting to the Gulf Coast for work the last year or so. I've really enjoyed my experiences there. I hear the local AMP, across from August, is pretty good too...

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SelenaScott2062 reads

But no no no.  This is not to say that my toilet isn't pristine :p  but the sink it was in is on the opposite side of my master bath.  I'm not good with square footage, but I don't see why why he (uh-oh I'm giving it a gender!!) would walk all that way just to hang out in the farthest away sink.  

Maybe the makeup crumbs left in there?  

I froze almost as stiff as he did, then did what came naturally:

Temporary hair spray paralysis, followed by flushing him back down the sick.

YUCK!!!

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Sswede1118 reads

Well the sink drain is a good bet if you didnt have a strainer in it Selena. (If you dont have one put one in.)
As to what they will eat, sure, makeup is very posible. They often arnt fussy.
Your hair spray was a great idea though. Now if you had just kept the little dear for review and proper ID!

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HBS11632 reads

You mentioned "many bendy legs"

Related Link: Not A Fun Pet

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HBS11355 reads

Related Link: http://bugguide.net/node/view/104068

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little phil2869 reads

I was wondering where I left him.  I don't suppose there's any point in asking for his safe return?

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SelenaScott1411 reads

No, not a bug with a suffix of "ede."  Many legs means, in Selena's mind, more like 10.  It had the frame of a roach, but not with a winged look.  More skeletal, but still kind of wide.  

Hmmmm...uh-oh, I better not mention the wideness of body size around a certain one of you!  LOL, all in good nature.  

-- Modified on 5/29/2008 9:44:53 PM

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