At the house I used to live in, there was a massive amount of (edit, I forget what it was) growing on a trellis near our garage. They had tons of tiny flowers and bees would greet me every morning as I headed to work.
Our house is currently under siege by stinkbugs. Usually I'm fine with letting bugs be, but one stinkbug got into bed with me during the night. The smell in my bed was awful, and wasn't even my fault!
Bugboy, what are you going to do about his menace?!
The different and interesting arthopods was one of things in Japan that I really liked, with a couple of exceptions.
In Nagasaki there were these little freshwater (maybe) crabs that would scuttle super fast on the sidewalks and one time I have to catch one to get it out of the shoe area when I was visiting a school. And the cicadas in summer were nuts, but I liked them. After a while their sound just becomes the background to summer time.
As a bonus, here's a picture of one of my hermit crabs I had as a pet in Japan.
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One of my new favourite bugs is Madagascan hissing cockroaches, we have a lot of them at the zoo. The first time I handled one it hissed at me loud enough to make me jump. You would have thought I'd be expecting it, I mean the clue's in the name.
One of my new favourite bugs is Madagascan hissing cockroaches, we have a lot of them at the zoo. The first time I handled one it hissed at me loud enough to make me jump. You would have thought I'd be expecting it, I mean the clue's in the name.
They're quite small, and if they feel threatened they make a soft grunting sound so if you hold one in your hand out of the water, you can hear it squeaking away softly in your hand.
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You know what arthropod doesn't get enough love for being awesome?
Scorpions.
They glow in UV!
Also give live birth for some weird reason. Seriously bizarre.
The babies can get carried around by mom, who may eat them if she can't find food.
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Live birth is a pretty big advantage to have adapted, when you think about it. Certain species of snake, especially larger species, give live birth as well.
Also, I've always found nurturing parental behavior to be particularly interesting in creepy-crawlers. Not sure why.
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Live birth is a pretty big advantage to have adapted, when you think about it. Certain species of snake, especially larger species, give live birth as well.
Also, I've always found nurturing parental behavior to be particularly interesting in creepy-crawlers. Not sure why.
Rattlesnakes do, I can tell you that much.
The thing about live births is that they're expensive. Generally it's easier to throw a billion eggs around than carry twenty for a while while they develop. But of course with predation and all that, the scales tip to the point where either is a viable strategy if you do it right.
I love that some snakes and scorpions do it, because it just goes against everything we think. Like, those are nasty little asocial creatures in the common consciousness, so it's really neat to see that they have (sometimes infanticidic) families and care for their young for longer than it takes them to hatch.
Live birth is a pretty big advantage to have adapted, when you think about it. Certain species of snake, especially larger species, give live birth as well.
Also, I've always found nurturing parental behavior to be particularly interesting in creepy-crawlers. Not sure why.
Rattlesnakes do, I can tell you that much.
The thing about live births is that they're expensive. Generally it's easier to throw a billion eggs around than carry twenty for a while while they develop. But of course with predation and all that, the scales tip to the point where either is a viable strategy if you do it right.
I love that some snakes and scorpions do it, because it just goes against everything we think. Like, those are nasty little asocial creatures in the common consciousness, so it's really neat to see that they have (sometimes infanticidic) families and care for their young for longer than it takes them to hatch.
My favorite is the Giant Octopus (and maybe some other species) because she will stay with her clutch of eggs until she dies of starvation, just to protect them.
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Oh yeah arthropods!
One time a tick tried to get all up in my junk.
I had spent a weekend out at my parents old farm(they have a bigger one now) and had wandered around all day in tall grass. Drove 3 hours back to my house, started getting ready for bed, and found a tick crawling around on the inside of my boxers. Burned it, stabbed it, flushed it down the toilet because goddamnit.
Oh yeah arthropods!
One time a tick tried to get all up in my junk.
I had spent a weekend out at my parents old farm(they have a bigger one now) and had wandered around all day in tall grass. Drove 3 hours back to my house, started getting ready for bed, and found a tick crawling around on the inside of my boxers. Burned it, stabbed it, flushed it down the toilet because goddamnit.
Aren't you supposed to keep ticks you pull off so they can be tested? Or was it not actually attached to anything.
Oh yeah arthropods!
One time a tick tried to get all up in my junk.
I had spent a weekend out at my parents old farm(they have a bigger one now) and had wandered around all day in tall grass. Drove 3 hours back to my house, started getting ready for bed, and found a tick crawling around on the inside of my boxers. Burned it, stabbed it, flushed it down the toilet because goddamnit.
Aren't you supposed to keep ticks you pull off so they can be tested? Or was it not actually attached to anything.
Luckily I managed to catch it before it started attaching itself to my dick.
I cringe when I think about what would have happened if that drive was another hour longer.
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especially ghost crabs. those little guys are fast
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Hymenoptera, including ants, are basically invincible. It can get pretty bad. The only things that can defeat them are horrifying in their own right.
Um.
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That kitty is good at being a cat because I cannot tell what's going through her head.
The dancing bits start at about a minute in, and the part that gives the spider its name starts at about 3 minutes in.
Really you should feel bad about killing anything that you are not gonna eat or which is not posing a significant threat to you.
I just don't get it when people go out of the way to kill bugs. it ain't doing no harm.
(unless it is. then death should be swift.)
I loved those bees.
Bugboy, what are you going to do about his menace?!
The different and interesting arthopods was one of things in Japan that I really liked, with a couple of exceptions.
In Nagasaki there were these little freshwater (maybe) crabs that would scuttle super fast on the sidewalks and one time I have to catch one to get it out of the shoe area when I was visiting a school. And the cicadas in summer were nuts, but I liked them. After a while their sound just becomes the background to summer time.
As a bonus, here's a picture of one of my hermit crabs I had as a pet in Japan.
Mainly because I think it was the same type of cockroach.
Reminds of these guys: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grunt_sculpin
They're quite small, and if they feel threatened they make a soft grunting sound so if you hold one in your hand out of the water, you can hear it squeaking away softly in your hand.
Scorpions.
They glow in UV!
Also give live birth for some weird reason. Seriously bizarre.
The babies can get carried around by mom, who may eat them if she can't find food.
Also, I've always found nurturing parental behavior to be particularly interesting in creepy-crawlers. Not sure why.
Rattlesnakes do, I can tell you that much.
The thing about live births is that they're expensive. Generally it's easier to throw a billion eggs around than carry twenty for a while while they develop. But of course with predation and all that, the scales tip to the point where either is a viable strategy if you do it right.
I love that some snakes and scorpions do it, because it just goes against everything we think. Like, those are nasty little asocial creatures in the common consciousness, so it's really neat to see that they have (sometimes infanticidic) families and care for their young for longer than it takes them to hatch.
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My favorite is the Giant Octopus (and maybe some other species) because she will stay with her clutch of eggs until she dies of starvation, just to protect them.
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seriously that fucker look badass
(certainly looks like one)
EDIT: oh wait it's a harvestman I hate harvestmen
but I like spiders
what a world
and pincers!
thhhbhbhbththbththbth
apparently it's a tropical harvestman anyway
One time a tick tried to get all up in my junk.
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Aren't you supposed to keep ticks you pull off so they can be tested? Or was it not actually attached to anything.
Luckily I managed to catch it before it started attaching itself to my dick.
I cringe when I think about what would have happened if that drive was another hour longer.
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Also, they're Australian and terrifying.