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06-17-2009, 02:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Sangetsu View Post
Japan is crawling with bugs. The most famous ones are the rhinoceros beetle and the giant sawdust beetle. Kids love these things, and they sell them in pet stores (and sometimes the 100 yen shop).
ugh, cockroaches...
that spider sounds interesting, you wouldn't happen to have any pictures of that would you?
and, awesome photograph, as always Sangetsu, that's a crazy looking bug.




Here's another photo of a japanese spider, and some info on it:




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ake ashi daka gumo, or the “high leg” spider. Huge, brown with knobby legs, these spiders are common residents in Japanese homes.

Frightening in size and speed, these are excellent cockroach killers and are harmless to humans
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