Funamushi/Sea Slater: Cockroach of the Beach
Ligia Exotica. Photo courtesy of Ellen.JARED: This is a funamushi (sea slater). It lives by the sea. It walks like a gokiburi (cockroach), and it's really fast! They don't like the light, either. They usually hang out in a big group. I like them, but they're gross! I rate this 3 insect legs out of 6.
EVERETT: It's a funamushi, but it looks a little bit like a gejigeji (house centipede, click here for picture) or gokiburi. When there's a lot of them together, they look like they're arguing. I don't like them because they're yucky!
Mom's Comments: Click here to see a previous post about funamushi.
posted by Jared & Everett on 2/13/2006
7 Comments:
Kinda cute...how big is it?
It's body is probably about an inch long (2.54 cm).
thats bigger than I expected...
I love the colour! I've never seen anything like it!
Some of them don't have a color.
so that`s what they are! I saw hundreds of them at the beach last summer. I don`t like the way that they run around in big groups. very creepy!
Great site, boys. You helped me identify funamushi (and gave me a name for them) after I visited Japan and wondered what they were. Thanks!
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