Ah yes, the feeder cricket's revenge fantasy, beautiful, innit

You certainly waxed somewhat lyrical in the early part of this video. It is unusual and rare to hear somebody be so poetic in their description of anything in a video on KZread, especially an insect. While bugs and creepy crawlies will probably always freak me out, I am always going to advocate for them and do all I can (short of actually handling them, or being around the really big ones, lol) to learn about them and their habitats, and their place in their habitats, after all, without the buggies and the creepies and the crawlies this planet would bea vastly different place, and life may never have managed to evolve to what it is today either. Please continue to put so much very clear dedication and work into you videos as I am really enjoying learning things about insects that I did not know before. 😊

@BugsandBiology

5 ай бұрын

Thanks! I do like to give my narration a little bit of a poetic spin sometimes; I’m a big Lord of the Rings fan, and Tolkien’s writing style has definitely rubbed off on me a little.

I have an irrational fear of Grasshoppers in general, this video caused me physical pain to watch lol, very interesting though

@hamster-kt8iv

10 ай бұрын

Katydid

@eriosyce688

9 ай бұрын

​@@hamster-kt8ivwhat did Katy do?

@prosteslavek

19 күн бұрын

Raspy cricket ​@@hamster-kt8iv

Bulldog raspy crickets are super scary looking, but also fascinating… from a safe distance.

This video takes me back to whenever a raspy circlet completely annihilated a tarantula in monster bug wars

You have a talent for weaving dark humour in what was an otherwise intimidating overview of the raspy cricket (not really a cricket). I may have laughed a little too hard - totally agreed I find anything that has erratic movements much more intimidating that a completely terrestrial species - even one with a reputation. Thank you again for the work you put into your videos, I learn so much each time!

Very interesting! It's good to see you posting again!

@BugsandBiology

11 ай бұрын

As of late, my upload schedule has mostly dropped to once a fortnight instead of once a week. Work and uni take up a fair amount of time, plus my videos now generally have more effort put into them compared to my older ones.

Thank you for this video. It's always a pleasure to watch your work. You know what you're talking about and there is never any BS. Amazing videography.

I like the new channel icon, good job

@BugsandBiology

10 ай бұрын

Thanks! Been thinking about changing it for a while. It’s hard to tell what the old icon even was at a glance.

Thankyou. Very informative. Found a dead one in horses trough. Tolmie., victoria.they actually smell so bad like decaying meat.(. couldn't send the pic .)

When I lived in Western Sydney we would see these regularly, we called them "Bush Crickets". They are pretty big and seriously aggressive when cornered.

@BugsandBiology

2 ай бұрын

The Sydney ones are a different, smaller species, but still a close relative and pretty savage insects nonetheless.

Definitely a gnarly lil insect for sure haha always a pleasure to see new videos

A very enjoyable and fascinating video, thank you! (I was looking for poetic descriptions of insects, and certainly found it here..."waxing lyrical" as someone commented earlier.) It would be interesting to compare the jaw strength of Chauliogryllacris (the bulldog raspy non-cricket'), with the camel spider Solifugae species we feared in the Middle East, the non-venomous but very painful bite from one such going through the gumboot of an unfortunate German miner friend, landing him in hospital with an infection. Camel spiders come out at dusk for the night and actually chase after prey, including anyone happening to be passing by. I know. Scary things, indeed. London Zoo asked me to bring one back as all theirs had died in captivity. I had to refuse on moral grounds.

Sia ferrox are a formidable predatory cricket but the ones I feed to my terantulas called silent brown crickets are also predatory even cannibalistic I've seen them preying on their kin after a molt what do you think?

Very cool video! I’m currently trying to source one of the raspy crickets haha

They are seriously creepy! They are freakishly strong, have spiny armour and jaws that pulverize anything in it's way! I saw a video from the Japanese Bug Fighting Championship and it was a giant Tusked Weta vs a baboon tarantula. I assumed the tarantula would win very easily but the Weta just grabbed the spider face first and started eating it alive! It was so much stronger than the tarantula which couldnt escape or fight back, It just got eaten alive head first! 🫢🕷️🦗

Excellent video of a fascinating creature, and I liked the little dig at the game of cricket too!

@BugsandBiology

11 ай бұрын

Hope that doesn’t stir the pot too much, given I’m Australian.

I’ve tried to ask Google how strong their jaws are, but it only showed me how many species there are.

After spending quite a bit of time helping out in the various bug ID subreddits, your rant about common names is just *chef’s kiss*.

@BugsandBiology

11 ай бұрын

Oh, bug ID groups are a nightmare. It’s especially annoying when answers that you know are incorrect are the most liked/upvoted.

Thank God I live in Alberta, Canada. No giant bugs here.

@BugsandBiology

10 ай бұрын

I guess we’re all used to our local animals, so they always seem less intimidating than ones from abroad. I personally would be much more frightened running into a bear or moose than what’s essentially just a big cricket that could give me a bit of a cut.

We need more feeding or rehousings where you talk shit to the animals about their clumsiness or derpyness. I live for those❤❤❤😂

yeah, had to throw out a tiny grass hopper who pinched already quite noticeably. oh dragonfly larvae are mean biter too

This is my favorite video yet. Pure Poetry

5:47 thems fighting words 🤨🇦🇺

Damn everything in that forest is out to mess up your day lol

@BugsandBiology

5 ай бұрын

A lot of it’s just for show. Most of the stuff I saw was harmless, in spite of what appearances may suggest.

the animals are the main reason i want to visit australia. cute birds and funny inverts

2:45 - 6:17 Penalva Flavocalceata(The White-Kneed King Cricket).

@BugsandBiology

9 ай бұрын

Correct!

@m.hstudioproductions6642

9 ай бұрын

@@BugsandBiology Btw, if you ever try to handle one, be careful because they can bite and kick when agitated or disturbed(similar to that of a Weta).

I have a question. Are Armoured Ground Crickets actually crickets, or are they something else?

@BugsandBiology

5 ай бұрын

Nah, they’re a type of katydid.

UK media is terrible (more so than usual) when it comes to creepy crawlies from down under. I suppose it's to be expected when the most dangerous creature we are likely to encounter is a slightly grumpy squirrel. And yes, cricket is a pointless exercise.....It's shite.

This is so alike to my dragon headed katydid. I go to handle it and well, 7/10 I'm getting munched on. Yet nothing to the extent of this raspy rebel. I just take it as a love bite.Thanks for the video.

@BugsandBiology

11 ай бұрын

Katydids and raspy crickets in general seem quite nippy. I’ve even had predominantly herbivorous species nibble on me fairly regularly.

@Moth_of_Yuggoth

11 ай бұрын

@@BugsandBiology Exactly. Testing if we are an over ripened banana, the best Aldi has to offer!

can you please answer me a question???.... the ethmostignus blue borneo is his venom more potent then the ethmostigmus blue from south africa?.... i want to buy one

@BugsandBiology

11 ай бұрын

I have never kept either of them. It’s especially hard to answer since venom potency can vary within a given species too.

I was so excited to recently get a pet Heteropoda javana (much to the horror of my Aussie colleague)! I've wanted a huntsman for so long. But it escaped whilst trying to house it, and after I finally recaptured it after it had rampaged at lightning speed around my desk, floor and me, I have to admit I did question my decision to get one 😂 Watching it take down it's first meal with me did make it all worthwhile though!

@BugsandBiology

11 ай бұрын

Heteropoda are definitely some of the more skittish huntsmen from my experience. The big guys like Holconia, Beregama and Typostola are easier from my experience, especially as adults.

@beccapenny

11 ай бұрын

@BugsandBiology I'm in the UK and we don't get a lots of species available here, so I snapped up what I could. It's all good though, we're friends now 😆

Favourite ant?

@BugsandBiology

5 ай бұрын

Myrmecia tarsata

@matthewfrancis9987

5 ай бұрын

@@BugsandBiology fair

Eesh even the crickets in Australia are trying to kill you

@BugsandBiology

11 ай бұрын

There’s bigger, meaner ones overseas. Statistically the most dangerous insect in Australia is the European honeybee.

@wilhelmtan5301

11 ай бұрын

And then there is mosquitoes which several species cause so much fatality and r actually after u

Dam that second pair has needle points on em yikes

@BugsandBiology

11 ай бұрын

The front two pairs are both heavily spined. You see that on many predatory Orthoptera.

@ericbeeman8717

11 ай бұрын

@BugsandBiology never actually seen these b4 so was a first for me

We want to see and hear an example of the girly scream after a bite from one. Lol

@BugsandBiology

11 ай бұрын

It’s not really the bite that puts me on edge. It’s the fact I’ve had one jump on my face out of nowhere.

@Chickenandfriends-dj4vt

11 ай бұрын

@@BugsandBiology yet another awesome, fascinating video mate. Great job. Not sure where you are in Qld but I lived in Bris Vegas about ten years ago in Chapel Hill for a while. I loved going for walks up to Mount Coot-Tha pretty regularly. I'd highly recommend it if you're nearby.

@BugsandBiology

11 ай бұрын

Funnily enough, I was at Mt. Coot-tha last night! Some of the footage in this video (not of Chauliogryllacris of course, but other Orthopterans) was shot around that area. Mt. Coot-tha is one of my regular spots, both for invert hunting and trail running.

@Chickenandfriends-dj4vt

11 ай бұрын

@@BugsandBiology it's a beautiful part of the world indeed. Did shrooms there a few times. 😂

My head is spinning after that. Stick to the Latin in future 😂😂😂😂

Yep. Another reason to avoid Australia. The more I watch the less I want to visit.

@BugsandBiology

10 ай бұрын

When the scariest insect in the country is basically a big cricket, that doesn’t really say much. Also there’s larger and more aggressive predatory Orthoptera overseas.

@jonbutcher9805

10 ай бұрын

@@BugsandBiology I'll refer you to your thumbnail " Bulldog Raspy Cricket: SCARIEST ( ALL CAP'S ) insect...

@BugsandBiology

10 ай бұрын

“Scariest insect in Australia”. That is the title. I don’t know if it was cut short in the preview or something, but it’s quite clearly visible once you open the video.

@jonbutcher9805

10 ай бұрын

@@BugsandBiology yes. That was the Dot Dot Dot after scariest insect. And being the scariest insect in Australia is why I commented " yep, another reason to avoid Australia" I understand what you are saying. That it's not as bad a place as all these biting, stinging multitudes of insects, arachnids, snakes and plants ( mostly large and venomous ) appears. And yes, to some extent that is true if one stays in the cities, providing you check clothing, bedding, shoes and various other everyday activities for some of these abundant hazards Australia has. Then yes I would agree. But for those of us with phobias of all kinds. Titles with overgrown grasshoppers being some of the SCARIEST INSECTS in the country will not boost tourism. Luckily my avoiding Australia will not hurt the tourist industry so I do not feel too bad about not visiting Australia. But I will still enjoy watching your channel. It is both Informative and humorous and for me that is all I require. But I have to be honest. The thought of meeting your countries many multi legged residents up close and personally... YIKES. No thanks.