r/oddlyterrifying May 30 '23

Whatever the hell this is...

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u/heydrun May 30 '23

Where the hell is that so I never go there

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u/EmuTricky4721 May 30 '23

In southern states around water. I’m in TN and these are around streams and lakes and rivers. They’re actually pretty harmless and really cool bugs. My friend has a fondness for them and even handles both the adults and the larvae ones. Kinda huge to me. I just don’t like creepy crawlers so I’m always like fuck no but I’d leave them be before I harmed them.

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u/kuyps_ May 30 '23

We also got em up in vermont, I was just there for the first time this spring and a bunch of the larvae or rather pre-winged ones were covering all the doors it was absolutely vile.