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no, it was a hard shelled bug...not a spider

thank you...it seems it may be a family member of the Bombardier beetle.

When I did a google on your bombardier beetle..I saw this. I don't have a subscription to that website, so I couldn't open it...and when I did a google on the 'boiling beetle' nothing showed up. But this sounds just like it. "A healthy young man, upon placing the palm of his hand on a...

maybe I discovered a new bug.... there is no bump, like mosquito bit. It isn't itchy. It throbs for about 30 minutes, and then absolutely no pain....looked for a stinger, but couldn't see any. It doesn't have visible wings. It leaves a small round purple mark..almost like a blood...

When it first happened, we had already left Brisbane area...and headed towards Mount Isa....not sure exactly where it was. When it happened again, we were at Threeways, NT (25 kms outside tennant creek) Not an ant, nor a wasp. When I saw it in the van, it didn't look menacing at all, that...

As we were driving a month or so ago, an insect landed on my leg. I went to pick it up and throw it out the window. Instead when I touched it, it felt like I picked up a hot needle. I screamed and dropped it. It was tiny little thing, about the size of the top of a straight pin. My finger...