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Fly Tying: Giant Isopod (Bathynomus Giganteus) Pattern (Super Scud)

Up from the depths of the Pacific and the Atlantic, this two + foot long creature looks like a super sized nymph. Called Bathynomus Giganteus, the creature was recently discovered on top after it attached itself to a submarine craft at 8500 feet! in the Gulf of Mexico near an oil rig and took the ride to the surface. Looks like a giant scud. Called horrifying, scary, monster….I will just call it a fascinating creature amongst all the marvels of the deep.

Bathynomus Giganteus

The little dude is carnivorous, feasting away on whales, sharks, squids on the ocean’s floor. Looks more like a sea creature than ol’ Montauk Monty.

Bathynomus Giganteus

Bathynomus Giganteus

Crank up the crab pot! Apparently they are somehow harvested enough to be consumed in Taiwan.


3 Responses to “Fly Tying: Giant Isopod (Bathynomus Giganteus) Pattern (Super Scud)”


  1. 1 n@
    October 5, 2011 at 7:34 AM

    Eww!! that is super scary and gross to even think about… Almost hard to believe.

  2. April 1, 2010 at 4:11 PM

    Looks like a scince fiction alien! Scary.

  3. 3 Jo Jo
    March 31, 2010 at 7:03 PM

    I have heard they taste like chicken! Yummy


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