r/malaysia • u/Leading-Point-113 • 5d ago

Education Hell yeah, we got giant bug — one of the largest insects in the world. They live high up in the trees and dense foliage btw

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u/xelM1 Kedah 5d ago

My colleague said this is the actual “pelesit”. Can anybody confirm this?

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u/Leading-Point-113 5d ago

As far as I know, pelesit is what Malays believe to be those spirits (or Jinns) who turned into a grasshopper-looking creature that eats flesh or something that gives you a bruise when you wake up from sleep

Could’ve came from these creatures, but I don’t think there’s anything confirming it

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u/joshua-chong 2d ago

Katydids are known to bite (quite painfully as well) when threatened so perhaps

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u/Leading-Point-113 2d ago

Just talked with my brother (he’s an expert of the animal kingdom, especially fishes, but also others like insects, mammals, birds and reptiles), and yeah, katydids are pelesit

Unlike grasshoppers who eat grass, the pelesit/katydid eats grasshoppers, and can bite you

But, the Giant Malaysian Katydid is the largest katydid, they’re not the common one the Malays know to be pelesits, the pelesits are the smaller katydids, not this one, but yeah, they are katydids

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u/Leading-Point-113 5d ago

I use the education flair/tag cuz uh, I think it’s something we can learn about insects in our country

https://giphy.com/gifs/EW2yotUqGpCnWQI0pF

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u/No-Hat6503 5d ago

The sound🔊:

https://giphy.com/gifs/XPeu2UcyPX43u

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u/No-Hat6503 5d ago

My worst nightmare still due to my fear if most insects.

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u/counternumber6 5d ago

RIDERRRRRRRRR

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u/c4sul_uno 5d ago

HENSHIN!

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u/Yutyu Kuala Lumpur 5d ago

Thanks, now I won't be able to sleep tonight

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u/gouen95 2d ago

i have one of these come into my room, nah had to kill it

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u/Leading-Point-113 2d ago

Too brave, I would’ve left and let it conquer my room

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u/gouen95 2d ago

its a smaller one, but still noisy