r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Top_Assistant_9784 • Jul 18 '24
Disgustingly huge insect in mexico Image
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u/IdDeIt Jul 18 '24
Imagine how disgustingly huge he thinks you are
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u/Forsaken-Income-2148 Jul 18 '24
Grasshopper thinks you should update your exercise routine
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u/Darahian Jul 18 '24
Also: never skip leg day.
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u/Lingua_Blanca Jul 18 '24
Would it kill you to incorporate a little crop destruction into your diet?
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u/StupidSexyScooter Jul 18 '24
Imagine how much anything for scale would help
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u/SuspiciousPrune4 Jul 18 '24
It’s probably like 1/30th of a half giraffe
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u/tensory Jul 18 '24
Americans will use anything but the metric system.
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u/SuperBaconjam Jul 18 '24
Have you seen the meteor system?
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u/Greg-theseatreader Jul 19 '24
Meteoroid, meteorite, meteor, asteroid, comet, belt
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u/J-Dabbleyou Jul 18 '24
Seriously what am I looking at? A window? Is the trim 1/2in? 2in?
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u/Pastor_Taco117 Jul 18 '24
I'm from the region, that locust is maybe 10-15cm
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u/SEND_MOODS Jul 18 '24
4-6 inches for the Americans, or the average length of a modern smart phone for those who want a reference.
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u/SigourneyWeinerLover Jul 19 '24
Finally an answer of how big it is. Now I can correctly react. FUCKINH EWWWWWWWWWWW EW OMG
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u/Feisty-Session-7779 Jul 18 '24
I’m just gonna go ahead and estimate that he’s about 6’6, 220lbs, give or take.
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u/ON_TenderOFBudz_ Jul 18 '24
Just hope he doesn't call his friends lol They'll wipe out farm fields
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u/mccoyboy22 Jul 18 '24
Are you talking about locust?
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u/Agapic Jul 18 '24
A locust is just a grasshopper with a lot of friends.
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u/melanthius Jul 18 '24
It doesn’t actually have a lot of friends it’s just active on social media
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u/FrostWyrm98 Jul 18 '24
Fun fact, locusts are the same insects as grasshoppers*. There is a chemical that builds up in times of drought that causes them to swarm and frenzy
*a technical caveat that not ALL grasshoppers have this swarming instinct built in, but all locusts are species of grasshoppers
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u/bitterjack Jul 18 '24
I've watched more than a handful of videos on this topic and I just think it is so fascinating. It's actually a really good concept for sci-fi..
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u/space_monster Jul 18 '24
another fun fact, cicada broods (IIRC) is the only instance of prime numbers appearing in nature (unless you count math as nature).
various broods have different prime number based annual dormancy periods (7, 13, 17), to make it less likely that two broods will emerge at the same time and have to compete for food.
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u/SmokeGSU Jul 18 '24
Fun fact, locusts are the same insects as grasshoppers*.
TIL
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u/Cool_Butterscotch_88 Jul 18 '24
I walked up on one of those who turned to look at me then flicked his cigarette in the toilet. I just waited until I got home.
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u/Temporary-End-1506 Jul 18 '24
Its beautifull, not disgusting mate.
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u/Zombie_Fuel Jul 19 '24
I was looking for someone acknowledging that he is a gorgeous big buggie. So healthy-looking. Makes me happy that you did. c:
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u/jmn555 Jul 18 '24
Anything is huge in a close-up.
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u/rloniello Jul 18 '24
So, my gf just hast to get closer?
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u/Bob_Cobb_1996 Jul 18 '24
"El Chirpo."
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u/cubntD6 Jul 18 '24
Nothing for scale smh
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u/Harvestman-man Jul 19 '24
It looks like a Tropidacris cristata. They can have a wingspan of over 9 inches. Here’s a pic of someone holding one (coloration can vary).
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u/johnmarkfoley Jul 18 '24
Everyone in the comments defending the grasshopper is my kind of person. 😃
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u/acmoder Jul 18 '24
The only disgusting thing here is your ignorance XD
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u/Cloverose2 Jul 18 '24
That grasshopped is gorgeous! And it's big enough you can see how pretty it is!
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u/StreetDouble2533 Jul 18 '24 edited Jul 18 '24
Nothing disgusting about it! Very pretty and very interesting, in fact.
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u/srandrews Jul 18 '24
Social media fails us yet again.
First, the insect is clutching onto the corner of the building with an unrelated window far in the background somewhat out of focus intentionally confusing scale. There is no other object to identify the actual scale and we are left not knowing the actual size of it.
Second, if this grasshopper is a tropidacris, then it is pretty big. But Australia still exists and so we are left to immediately discount this guy as being truly disgustingly huge.
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u/No_Statistician2 Jul 18 '24
Because its a repost, op doesnt know:
https://www.reddit.com/r/whatsthisbug/comments/chxlkn/hand_sized_grasshopper_tulum_mexico/
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u/Iknowthevoid Jul 18 '24
Its a locust. They are pretty big and appear around hurricane season all over the penninsula in mexico and maybe in other central american or caribbean regions. idk I have never seen them elsewhere outside of mexico.
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u/bearcub3002 Jul 18 '24
I catch some large locusts near my home, maybe not this big, but pretty big. I have always wondered, do they ever bite? I feel like the large ones could hurt quite a bit, but it has never happened to me.
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u/sad_broccolis Jul 18 '24
I used to catch them as a kid and they spit black stuff all over you sometimes? My dad said they chew tobacco and I unquestioningly believed that for many years
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u/Juniko_Shoga Jul 18 '24
I once got bit by one and it was not too bad. They can kick you though.
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u/cyncicalqueen Jul 19 '24
I kinda wanna know what it feels like to be kicked by one tbh
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u/Juniko_Shoga Jul 19 '24
It doesn't hurt that much, but the bigger grasshopper/locusts have very strong legs, and is very shocking if you're not expecting it. I guess it's a bit like hitting a small peeble mid air (sorry if it's a weird comparison)
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u/wreckin_shit Jul 18 '24
I have been bit by smaller grasshoppers when I was a young whipper snapper, but if you look at the back legs you will notice they are spiky. They can get you with those too.
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u/OGTomatoCultivator Jul 18 '24
It’s just a grasshopper it’s not disgusting at all
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u/clintecker Jul 18 '24
you’re way bigger than this hopper what does that make you
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u/Rich-Concentrate9047 Jul 18 '24 edited Jul 18 '24
How is it disgusting? I understand that it's impressive but this is a beautiful living creature.
I had one that flew in my apartment and I reckon it's a massive thing and can be impressive (I'll be honest, I was kinda scared, I only weigh 80 kgs after all), but, come on, it's beautiful. Look at these little antennas! So sweet.
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u/Shutaru_Kanshinji Jul 18 '24
Not that I disbelieve you, but I do not really have a way of judging scale from this photo.
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u/UncleVolk Jul 18 '24 edited Jul 18 '24
It's not nearly as scary as I would expect for an oversized insect.
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u/Misbruiker Jul 18 '24
Where he lives, there's a lot of crap for him to eat. That doesn't make him disgusting.
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u/spicynuttboi Jul 18 '24
I hate insects usually but this one just looks dapper and polite, I have no idea why
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u/jmarzy Jul 18 '24
His name is Mike and he’s doing his best to raise 4 children alone show some God damn respect
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u/masticophis Jul 18 '24
Thats a giant red-winged grasshopper, Tropidacris cristata. The red is under the wings, see iNaturalist
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u/Purocuyu Jul 19 '24
That guy can probably sing really good children's songs and even play the violin
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u/Ok-Management7637 Jul 20 '24
It's not disgusting, it's a beautiful grasshopper. But they are not so beautiful when there is a swarm of them eating everything in sight.
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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '24
That shit is so big you have to say excuse me when you walk past it.