#bugparenting

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[Image ID: A picture of a bee and a wasp, both labeled. Both are colored yellow and black. Facts are listed about each one in their respective columns.

Bee:

Cute and fuzzy, like a friend

Make honey

Come in pretty colors with different occupations (blue orchard bee, carpenter bee)

Pollinators!

Freeloaders who will come build hives in the walls of your house

Communicate with dancing

According to all known laws of aviatin, honey bees can fly up to 15 mph

Like sweet things

Over 20,000 species--not just honeybees!

Wasp:

Cool and sleek, like a motorcycle

Prey on pests

Come in pretty, iridescent colors (ruby tailed wasp)

Will try to mooch off your drinks (so check your cans!)

Pollinators!

Leave you paper nests that you can sell to collectors

Communicate with smells

Like sweet things

Over 30,000 species--not just [kind I hate]

At the very bottom, in smaller text, is the URL bug-maniac.tumblr.com. /End ID]

NO ANTI-WASP SENTIMENTS ON THIS POST

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mantis propaganda or we riot

Why you should vote

MANTIS

in the @ultimatebugpoll

Look at them! Grace! Beauty! Elegance!

2. They DO NOT understand fear! They are so small but THAT DOESN'T STOP THEM

3. GIRL POWER! Meet Brunner's mantis, an all-female species of long leggy ladies that reproduces via parthenogenesis.

4. EVEN MORE GIRL POWER! Look at the size of these gals compared to their boyfriends. Those little guys are living the dream.

5. They're just cute as hell! This was my baby Korven--look at her big beautiful puppy eyes 🥺

6. Even though these are threat poses, look at how goofy they look! They're just Funky Little Fellas 🥹 🕺

7. Badass hunters! They'll take down prey several times their size. (Example under the cut; TW animal death)

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My bug blog and my Jewish blog are right next to each other on my blog list. One of these days I'm going to slip up and accidentally reblog one of those posts here.

Which is a better deal than the followers of my other blog get. (I find untagged pictures of bugs absolutely delightful. My poor followers on the other blog.... might not. 😭)

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My thoughts on @onenicebugperday's giant bug poll is this:

You're missing the option of having a horse-sized mantis that I can ride around town. (I'm fine riding her around like a horse, she doesn't need to be able to fly. 😭)

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With Plague Season upon us, I’d once again like to thank @saturniidays for my amazing icon. If I knew jack shit about how to make one of these IRL, I would absolutely create myself a weevil plague doctor outfit and it’s the only thing I would ever wear when I went out shopping.

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About the leech thing: personally for me I (1) think they're cute, and (2) just so happen to have a medical condition that can only be managed by routine blood letting so to speak (long story short I just have too much, otherwise healthy). What's funny is when I bring it up to the doctor and nurses handling my care most are 100% for it since they have to test my levels anyway, some even get excited. This condition will never go away, may as well feed a friend lol

That’s neat! And it’s a good idea, using your blood to feed a friend. :D

Personally, I don’t think leeches are cute exactly, but they’re certainly interesting-looking! Are they difficult to take care of? Does “feeding time” involve just plopping the little guy on your arm and letting him go to town?

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Here are some nice woodlice I came across the other day!

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Those are incredibly nice woodlice! Very cute. :D

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My own personal contribution to petcourse:

It’s just frustrating and a little depressing when I post pictures of my own pets--animals that I loved and cried over when they died--I have to add a note requesting that people don’t leave rude comments.

And then have to delete the rude comments anyway.