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Praying Mantises might be the coolest insects ever. What are your favorites?
Posted on 9/9/22 at 11:34 pm
Posted on 9/9/22 at 11:34 pm
Found this guy hanging off the faucet in my bathroom. No clue how he got there
Years back I used mantis pods in my garden to control pests. I don’t see them often but when I do they are fascinating to watch.
They look so awkward but watching them in action they are incredibly swift and elegant.
Not to mention deliciously vicious
So I moved him to my bar and put him on a wire sculpture I made ages ago.
I never kill one, they are just too fascinating.
I wish it well on its hunt
What are your favorite insects?
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Posted on 9/9/22 at 11:35 pm to fr33manator
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What are your favorite insects?
your momtis
Posted on 9/9/22 at 11:35 pm to fr33manator
Oweo is my least favorite insect.
Posted on 9/9/22 at 11:37 pm to fr33manator
Anything that eats horseflies/mosquitoes. Because frick them.
Posted on 9/9/22 at 11:39 pm to fr33manator
:crickets:
Posted on 9/9/22 at 11:42 pm to fr33manator
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What are your favorite insects?
Yellow Jackets because those SOB’s will mess you up without remorse, secondly, those little caterpillar looking things that get you while working in the woods.
Posted on 9/9/22 at 11:45 pm to fr33manator
scorpions
Posted on 9/9/22 at 11:46 pm to fr33manator
Here's one on one of my Hummingbird feeders a couple years ago:
Cell phone pic
Cell phone pic
Posted on 9/9/22 at 11:46 pm to fr33manator
my daughter and I have a tradition of buying 5 or so egg sacks every year and hatching them. When I was in 3rd grade, my mom was big into organic gardening and made me do a report on them. We hatched a ton into her garden. Ive been fascinated with them ever since.
I rarely see any of the adults that we hatch but once every couple years I do. Last year I busted one hanging out on my hummingbird feeder, waiting for lunch. Another year, I was drinking beer outside and one crawled up my leg. No fear of me at all.
I rarely see any of the adults that we hatch but once every couple years I do. Last year I busted one hanging out on my hummingbird feeder, waiting for lunch. Another year, I was drinking beer outside and one crawled up my leg. No fear of me at all.
Posted on 9/9/22 at 11:47 pm to fr33manator
They rip the male’s head off and eats it while fricking so I stomp these frickers into the afterlife. It’s similar to human females.
Posted on 9/9/22 at 11:47 pm to fr33manator
REMEMBER YOU STUPID BASTARDS!!!
SPIDERS ARE ARACHNIDS NOT INSECTS!!!
SPIDERS ARE ARACHNIDS NOT INSECTS!!!
Posted on 9/9/22 at 11:48 pm to fr33manator
Dragonflies kick arse
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a single dragonfly is capable of eating hundreds of mosquitoes per day
Posted on 9/9/22 at 11:50 pm to fr33manator
I think scorpionflies are interesting. BTW that isn't a stinger it's ole baw's dong.
Posted on 9/10/22 at 12:29 am to fr33manator
Posted on 9/10/22 at 12:31 am to fr33manator
That’s really neat!
Posted on 9/10/22 at 12:40 am to fr33manator
I call that death on a stick.
Posted on 9/10/22 at 12:52 am to fr33manator
I found this one hanging on to my car one night:
And this little guy decided to take a break by landing on my finger:
And this little guy decided to take a break by landing on my finger:
This post was edited on 9/10/22 at 12:58 am
Posted on 9/10/22 at 2:41 am to fr33manator
Good post. The mantis is indeed a bizarre animal. I like how they crank their head at you and regard you with those alien compound eyes.
Years ago I went to the insect museum at the Smithsonian and they had all these big arse Southern Hemisphere bugs on display, some were real monsters. At that scale you can really get a good look at them and they are freaky.
Like ants and wasps it's a good thing these frickers aren't three feet long or we would lose the great insect war.
Even seemingly benign bugs like lady bugs are vicious indiscriminate killers and cannibals. There's a whole micro war for survival going on at that level.
Years ago I went to the insect museum at the Smithsonian and they had all these big arse Southern Hemisphere bugs on display, some were real monsters. At that scale you can really get a good look at them and they are freaky.
Like ants and wasps it's a good thing these frickers aren't three feet long or we would lose the great insect war.
Even seemingly benign bugs like lady bugs are vicious indiscriminate killers and cannibals. There's a whole micro war for survival going on at that level.
Posted on 9/10/22 at 6:10 am to fr33manator
They are up there in my rankings.
I also like the trapdoor spider. They badass
I also like the trapdoor spider. They badass
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