#future entomologist

[venuscancer2003]

Insects/spiders I wanna see on my trip:

valley elderberry longhorn beetle

California Dogface Butterfly

Delta green ground beetle

Kern primrose sphinx moth

Tarantula

California Turret Spider

Green lynx spider

Yellow sac spider

Crab spider (I’ve already seen one but I wanna see em again they’re cool)

[psych-meup]

Kids never fail to restore my faith in humanity and put a smile on my face.

I'm a teacher and one of my kiddos walked up to a spiderweb he found and started meticulously picking the bugs out of the spider web because he wanted to "save" them.

[borknugget]

Have been thinking of pursuing my childhood dream of becoming an entomologist and studying moths. Today provided two wonderful moths to look at and observe. The pregnant geometrid moth will have her eggs raised as a personal project, the light emerald moth was released after the many pictures were taken. Don't worry, btw, the geometrid moth's wing was not damaged by me, she was surprisingly cooperative in being transferred into that butterfly mesh thing. It's extremely useful and if interested, I will link the Amazon listing for it. It has a sleeve thing with a drawstring for this kind of thing, and I definitely can leave a good review now that two moths have been successfully placed inside. The female moth will be kept in observation, and maple leaves will be provided for her caterpillars! I'll have a piece of thin paper for her to lay the eggs on if I get there before she lays them. Once the eggs are laid, I'll take more pics and let her go.

[glittergroovy]

[venuscancer2003]

Waiting in a coffee shop on my way to the airport

Life is good

[venuscancer2003]

I love the meaning behind this, but this isn’t scientifically true

People find killing cockroaches socially acceptable and even rewarding (those who do are seen as brave or helpful) because cockroaches are pests. They spread pathogens, eat food, damage furniture, clothes, and other objects when they find somewhere to lay eggs, and contaminate food and surfaces with bacteria such as salmonella, e. Coli, and staphylococcus. Their saliva and feces also contain allergens that could cause rashes, and in severe cases breathing issues.

Butterflies, on the other hand, do not transmit any disease that affects humans. On the contrary, they pollinate flowers and fruits, supplying us with a food and medicine source. While their larval stage as caterpillars could be considered pests, they don’t damage plants nearly as much as other pests such as locusts which come in unbelievable numbers and eat much more. A more apt description for caterpillars would be pruners, as they only eat small amounts off of the tips of leaves.

So in conclusion, no, cockroaches are not hated because they are “less aesthetically pleasing than butterflies.” It is because they are objectively harmful in many ways, and are considered pests in no exaggeration. While butterflies do next to nothing to harm, and killing them would have no purpose or positive impact.

[venuscancer2003]

Yoshiki canonically being interested in entomology fills me with an unnecessary amount of joy