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Sparks, Nevada: Spider Bug: VW Beetle Mega-Insect

A six-legged terror with the body of an old-style VW bug. Disappeared in Oct. 2009, reappeared Feb. 2015, returned to its rooftop perch April 2015.

Scudders VW Performance Specialists

Address:
630 Victorian Ave., Sparks, NV
Directions:
Scudders VW Performance Specialists. I-80 exit 18. Turn north onto Pyramid Way, then make an immediate right onto B St./Victorian Ave. One block east, on the roof.
Phone:
775-355-7440
Admission:
Free
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VW sculpture.

Volkswagen Bug Bug

The VW Bug Bug (why make it look like a spider, then give it only six legs?) still stands majestically atop Scudders Performance, a VW Bug repair specialist.

[Rustin LaFurney, 07/24/2021]

An artistic choice, or perhaps a goofy project shortcut. We also find ourselves unsettled by three-fingered cartoon characters.

Bug with Santa hat.

Spider Bug: VW Beetle Mega-Insect

Q: Why do spiders have eight legs? A: Because if they had six they would be bugs!

[Adventures Of Cluckleberry Hen, 12/04/2018]

VW bug.

Spider Bug: VW Beetle Mega-Insect

The VW bug is next to the In-N-Out Burger.

[7mary4, 08/24/2015]

The bug car sculpture sits atop a small VW specialty repair shop, its new home since it disappeared in Reno in 2009 and reappeared in Sparks earlier this year....

VW Spider sculpture.

VW Beetle Spider

You've already listed this one but here's a picture of the Volkswagen bug spider sculpture on the homeless shelter.

[Joe Boulter, 04/12/2007]

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