No, this is the weirdest bug ever.

[mcscajun]

Well, at least the weirdest bug I've seen up close and personal, so far.

A big green critter it is, and it flew around my friend's deck the other night, landed on his chest; it freaked my friend out a bit, and he's a nature boy :) Then, it hung out on the screen door for a few seconds, so we got a real good look at it.

I came home the next morning, and did a little digging, and came up with this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna_Moth

[Maddy McCall]

1. We have lunas all around here.

They are beautiful moths--as pretty as any butterfly I've ever seen.

[mcscajun]

2. Did you notice that the TV commercial for Lunesta - a sleep aid...

...uses the Luna Moth?

:)

[Maddy McCall]

3. Yes. I was going to ask if y'all fell asleep...

since the commercial shows people falling asleep when the moth flutters nearby. :)

[mcscajun]

4. Nah...but it was pretty late in the evening.

Neither one of us had ever seen one. It was pretty cool after my friend stopped being startled by the landing. :)

[seemunkee]

5. They are beautiful

haven't seen one in years but the few times i have I found them to be gourgeous.

[Gormy Cuss]

6. Ever see one of these?

Scared the daylights out of me. It's big and has a hard carapace like a beetle. It took me a few hours to figure out what it was. One weird bug.

The Jerusalem cricket
http://www.sdnhm.org/fieldguide/inverts/sten-fus.html

[ghostsofgiants]

8. Sweet zombie jesus, that thing is scary

[Gormy Cuss]

11. Yep, perfect alien bug for a 1950s sci-fi/horror flick n/t

[obxhead]

7. They seem to hang in the west VA area.

Seen some with a wing span of 6 inches. They can freak ya, but they seem friendly.

[hfojvt]

9. not nearly as strange as bats

I would like to know what the "survey bug" is. Out in rural SD I saw this bug. It was purple and about two inches long. Not that strange looking, kinda like a large ant. But it was going straight down the highway on the shoulder. It would make these two foot jumps, flying a little bit to the left and then landing two feet ahead of where it was. It would sorta poke around a bit and make another jump. I watched it do about six of those jumps going straight down the road (and in SD the roads are very straight).
I figured it was an alien survey device made to look like a bug.

[Cooley Hurd]

10. I had a dragonfly the size of a Huey helicopter in my house the other day

I tried to coax it out, but ultimately had to swat it (before Chuckiemutt tried to tangle with it - I feared the bug would win :scared:)