A black-and-white photo of a person mid-air in a Superman-style body suspension pose, supported by multiple hooks in their back and legs, smiling joyfully toward the camera. They are suspended horizontally in a large indoor space with high ceilings and visible rigging. A group of onlookers—some seated, some standing—watch with expressions of admiration, amusement, and support. The atmosphere is lively and communal, capturing a moment of shared experience and transformation.

Cricket Attacks On The Rise

Sorry I didn’t have a chance to post today… It’s been a busy day, and unfortunately I think tomorrow is going to be quite a busy day as well… I’ll try and squeeze in some posting if I can though. Click if you like the sort of things I blur, or click if you just can’t stop yourself. And of course if you like it so much you need more, BME/HARD is your answer!

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252 responses to “Cricket Attacks On The Rise”

  1. Annab Avatar
    Annab

    You know, weirder pictures than this have been posted on here. I’m still kind of confused about how the reactions to Shannon’s chosen pictures have changed over time and especially recently.

    I have an enormous fear of the bug/genital combo, personally, due to a spider falling right onto my crotch while I was in the bathtub once; but more power to him. Hell, maybe he gets off on the being creeped out, for all I know. Or yeah, maybe it’s just the bitey/tickley feeling. Good question, though, CupCake. Is this bestiality, or is there a specific term for insect fetishists?

  2. Annab Avatar
    Annab

    You know, weirder pictures than this have been posted on here. I’m still kind of confused about how the reactions to Shannon’s chosen pictures have changed over time and especially recently.

    I have an enormous fear of the bug/genital combo, personally, due to a spider falling right onto my crotch while I was in the bathtub once; but more power to him. Hell, maybe he gets off on the being creeped out, for all I know. Or yeah, maybe it’s just the bitey/tickley feeling. Good question, though, CupCake. Is this bestiality, or is there a specific term for insect fetishists?

  3. Nevermore Avatar
    Nevermore

    The bugs are already in a glass container/jar. So that might be why they’re sitting on his penis.

    However, it is odd o.O

  4. Nevermore Avatar
    Nevermore

    The bugs are already in a glass container/jar. So that might be why they’re sitting on his penis.

    However, it is odd o.O

  5. Nevermore Avatar
    Nevermore

    The bugs are already in a glass container/jar. So that might be why they’re sitting on his penis.

    However, it is odd o.O

  6. Nevermore Avatar
    Nevermore

    The bugs are already in a glass container/jar. So that might be why they’re sitting on his penis.

    However, it is odd o.O

  7. TristaniA Avatar

    Oh
    My
    Lord.

    :O

  8. TristaniA Avatar

    Oh
    My
    Lord.

    :O

  9. TristaniA Avatar

    Oh
    My
    Lord.

    :O

  10. TristaniA Avatar

    Oh
    My
    Lord.

    :O

  11. Terran Avatar

    Last i thought, crickets didn’t bite! lol. I think it’s just cbt + bugs/gentiles thing that’s going on. i don’t think the blood and crickets are directly related.

  12. Terran Avatar

    Last i thought, crickets didn’t bite! lol. I think it’s just cbt + bugs/gentiles thing that’s going on. i don’t think the blood and crickets are directly related.

  13. Terran Avatar

    Last i thought, crickets didn’t bite! lol. I think it’s just cbt + bugs/gentiles thing that’s going on. i don’t think the blood and crickets are directly related.

  14. Terran Avatar

    Last i thought, crickets didn’t bite! lol. I think it’s just cbt + bugs/gentiles thing that’s going on. i don’t think the blood and crickets are directly related.

  15. Terran Avatar

    a google search turned up.

    ” Normal House crickets are blood thirsty carnivores. They will bite through soft human skin and if the subject is asleep and unaware they will drink their fill of the person’s blood. They can not bite through tough skin as on the hands, but any soft, particularly moist skin which eminates the odor of blood within, is prime target for a cricket bite. Many thought this was an old wives tale till numerous crickets were tested, and sure enough they are blood thirsty insects. Also they are known to carry a number of diseases , so this is a matter that should not be overlooked in health issue concerns. Severe infestations should be removed. “

  16. Terran Avatar

    a google search turned up.

    ” Normal House crickets are blood thirsty carnivores. They will bite through soft human skin and if the subject is asleep and unaware they will drink their fill of the person’s blood. They can not bite through tough skin as on the hands, but any soft, particularly moist skin which eminates the odor of blood within, is prime target for a cricket bite. Many thought this was an old wives tale till numerous crickets were tested, and sure enough they are blood thirsty insects. Also they are known to carry a number of diseases , so this is a matter that should not be overlooked in health issue concerns. Severe infestations should be removed. “

  17. Terran Avatar

    a google search turned up.

    ” Normal House crickets are blood thirsty carnivores. They will bite through soft human skin and if the subject is asleep and unaware they will drink their fill of the person’s blood. They can not bite through tough skin as on the hands, but any soft, particularly moist skin which eminates the odor of blood within, is prime target for a cricket bite. Many thought this was an old wives tale till numerous crickets were tested, and sure enough they are blood thirsty insects. Also they are known to carry a number of diseases , so this is a matter that should not be overlooked in health issue concerns. Severe infestations should be removed. “

  18. Terran Avatar

    a google search turned up.

    ” Normal House crickets are blood thirsty carnivores. They will bite through soft human skin and if the subject is asleep and unaware they will drink their fill of the person’s blood. They can not bite through tough skin as on the hands, but any soft, particularly moist skin which eminates the odor of blood within, is prime target for a cricket bite. Many thought this was an old wives tale till numerous crickets were tested, and sure enough they are blood thirsty insects. Also they are known to carry a number of diseases , so this is a matter that should not be overlooked in health issue concerns. Severe infestations should be removed. “

  19. severed Avatar

    science is neat.

  20. severed Avatar

    science is neat.

  21. severed Avatar

    science is neat.

  22. severed Avatar

    science is neat.

  23. CreativeNonFiction Avatar

    I didn’t realize there were cricket reflections on the outside. So in addition to them being “blood thirsty insects,” they don’t have much of a choice but to stick around.

  24. CreativeNonFiction Avatar

    I didn’t realize there were cricket reflections on the outside. So in addition to them being “blood thirsty insects,” they don’t have much of a choice but to stick around.

  25. CreativeNonFiction Avatar

    I didn’t realize there were cricket reflections on the outside. So in addition to them being “blood thirsty insects,” they don’t have much of a choice but to stick around.

  26. CreativeNonFiction Avatar

    I didn’t realize there were cricket reflections on the outside. So in addition to them being “blood thirsty insects,” they don’t have much of a choice but to stick around.

  27. CreativeNonFiction Avatar

    Which makes the next scenario –

    Dad: Now boy, go out and catch a jar full of crickets
    Boy: Why?
    Dad: So I can put my penis in it, of course.

    And on another note, and oddly enough, I was having a conversation where “beastiality” came up and it was realized that that’s a misspelling, it’s actually bestiality, pronounced – bĕs’chē-ăl’ĭ-tē.

  28. CreativeNonFiction Avatar

    Which makes the next scenario –

    Dad: Now boy, go out and catch a jar full of crickets
    Boy: Why?
    Dad: So I can put my penis in it, of course.

    And on another note, and oddly enough, I was having a conversation where “beastiality” came up and it was realized that that’s a misspelling, it’s actually bestiality, pronounced – bĕs’chē-ăl’ĭ-tē.

  29. CreativeNonFiction Avatar

    Which makes the next scenario –

    Dad: Now boy, go out and catch a jar full of crickets
    Boy: Why?
    Dad: So I can put my penis in it, of course.

    And on another note, and oddly enough, I was having a conversation where “beastiality” came up and it was realized that that’s a misspelling, it’s actually bestiality, pronounced – bĕs’chē-ăl’ĭ-tē.

  30. CreativeNonFiction Avatar

    Which makes the next scenario –

    Dad: Now boy, go out and catch a jar full of crickets
    Boy: Why?
    Dad: So I can put my penis in it, of course.

    And on another note, and oddly enough, I was having a conversation where “beastiality” came up and it was realized that that’s a misspelling, it’s actually bestiality, pronounced – bĕs’chē-ăl’ĭ-tē.

  31. kna Avatar

    I was drawn to the tag as well.. how long did you have to sit in front of the pic shannon to get it looking right 😉

  32. kna Avatar

    I was drawn to the tag as well.. how long did you have to sit in front of the pic shannon to get it looking right 😉

  33. kna Avatar

    I was drawn to the tag as well.. how long did you have to sit in front of the pic shannon to get it looking right 😉

  34. kna Avatar

    I was drawn to the tag as well.. how long did you have to sit in front of the pic shannon to get it looking right 😉

  35. Sade Avatar
    Sade

    i hate bugs in general,so i can’t stand this photo…but i do like the bloody penis heheheehe

  36. Sade Avatar
    Sade

    i hate bugs in general,so i can’t stand this photo…but i do like the bloody penis heheheehe

  37. Sade Avatar
    Sade

    i hate bugs in general,so i can’t stand this photo…but i do like the bloody penis heheheehe

  38. Sade Avatar
    Sade

    i hate bugs in general,so i can’t stand this photo…but i do like the bloody penis heheheehe

  39. candycovered Avatar

    yes, blood & penises are nice.

  40. candycovered Avatar

    yes, blood & penises are nice.

  41. candycovered Avatar

    yes, blood & penises are nice.

  42. candycovered Avatar

    yes, blood & penises are nice.

  43. goomy Avatar

    EW.

    ew ew ew.

    Shannon, you’re having the time of your life posting these pictures, right? I know I would, after reading people’s comments 😛

  44. goomy Avatar

    EW.

    ew ew ew.

    Shannon, you’re having the time of your life posting these pictures, right? I know I would, after reading people’s comments 😛

  45. goomy Avatar

    EW.

    ew ew ew.

    Shannon, you’re having the time of your life posting these pictures, right? I know I would, after reading people’s comments 😛

  46. goomy Avatar

    EW.

    ew ew ew.

    Shannon, you’re having the time of your life posting these pictures, right? I know I would, after reading people’s comments 😛

  47. MBL Avatar
    MBL

    I still want an answer to my question. I don’t actually care about the crickets. I want to know what the white thing in the lower corner of the picture is, and what is AROUND the penis. Where, physically, is it? What is surrounding the penis? I literally cannot visually parse that image at all.

    And there are at least four sentences in that paragraph that I’m pretty sure I’ve never typed before.

  48. MBL Avatar
    MBL

    I still want an answer to my question. I don’t actually care about the crickets. I want to know what the white thing in the lower corner of the picture is, and what is AROUND the penis. Where, physically, is it? What is surrounding the penis? I literally cannot visually parse that image at all.

    And there are at least four sentences in that paragraph that I’m pretty sure I’ve never typed before.

  49. MBL Avatar
    MBL

    I still want an answer to my question. I don’t actually care about the crickets. I want to know what the white thing in the lower corner of the picture is, and what is AROUND the penis. Where, physically, is it? What is surrounding the penis? I literally cannot visually parse that image at all.

    And there are at least four sentences in that paragraph that I’m pretty sure I’ve never typed before.

  50. MBL Avatar
    MBL

    I still want an answer to my question. I don’t actually care about the crickets. I want to know what the white thing in the lower corner of the picture is, and what is AROUND the penis. Where, physically, is it? What is surrounding the penis? I literally cannot visually parse that image at all.

    And there are at least four sentences in that paragraph that I’m pretty sure I’ve never typed before.

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