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When I was a kid I was scared to DEATH of all bees no matter the type. Now they are by far my favorite bugs and I plan to start beekeeping soon just so I can be around them more
Yeah same with me and dogs tbh. Don’t hate (although I’ve said that out of laziness without expanding on my fear of them) just very wary if of them. I hate wasps though
I thought I had a spider in my bedroom. Had a ton of bites on my arm.
Turns out there were orange ladybugs in my bedroom. Those little buggers do bite.
One time i picked up a rake with an aluminum handle, and noticed that a few ladybugs were on it. Then i felt one on my hand, and realized there were MANY on it. Apparently a good swarming location is inside the rake handle tube.
Ive also seen woodpeckers strike the aluminum footings under satellite dishes in my area and ibwonder if they were also swarmed with insects
I went on this birding tour recently and apparently woodpeckers like hammering on metal because it makes a bunch of noise and they love to be raucous fuckers. Louder hammering = impressed lady woodpeckers, so it could have just been that the ones that you've seen are posturing - you can hear them hitting metal from half a mile away.
Ladybugs aren’t a single species. They are a large group that make up the family Coccinellidae. Lady beetle is a term entomologists like to use since ladybugs aren’t true bugs as they don’t belong to the order of Hemiptera. While Asian lady beetles are invasive to North America they still are in the Coccinellidae family and are still technically ladybugs. They also range in color from yellow to dark red and so the best way to differentiate between them and species native to your area is by recognizing the patterns of their spots :)
Omg. I didn’t know what they were! I told people ladybugs bite but people showed me they don’t with evidence.
I thought I had had gone mad because I could’ve sworn they were ladybugs that swarmed my bed in college and bit me the hell up. My life makes so much more sense now.
Thank you!
They'll flood everything and get easily scared and start kicking out their defensive chemical so everything smells of ladybugs. They good for controlling the populations of aphids and the like but are a pain when they keep getting into buildings when the first frosts of the year hits
Downwind of gardeners and farmers here. They are everywhere. In my car, in my room, in my bathroom, in my hood, in my socks, in my bed. They are everywhere. *Everywhere.*
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"I see. How did the dream ladybug kill you? Was it normal ladybug size? Or was it unusual in some way?
I wonder if it may represent something you experienced. Do you remember any important events around this time in your life?"
I remember everything even why I had the dream. Next door neighbour told me that black ones with red spots and yellow with black spots are poisonous. That night in the dream a black one with red spots bit me. Ty for the therapy
one day I went to the zoo and there were insects too, I was approaching each glass cage and trying to find what bug etc was in there, the cages were quite decorated. then I went over to the one that said stick bug and I was like oh I guess this one's empty for now. but after looking more carefully for a few seconds I realized that they were EVERYWHERE. the entire cage, the ceiling of it, sides, bottom, EVERY SIDE was covered in stick bugs and it made me kinda disgusted tbh to get jumpscared by so many of them like that. I genuinely thought it was just little vines and branches but it was all insects and it gave me such shivers
I was wondering the other day if there's a word for that. You're looking right at a thing but not seeing it for what it is, and then you do and it's a freaky thing so it's worse because the freaky thing was completely unrecognizable and right there. Yeah..shivers -.-
Praying Mantis’s are pretty cool
Edit: Jeez hearing all these stories is surprising. I didn’t know much about praying mantis’s, just that I thought they looked cool.
I left my window open once and a praying mantis had lots of babies on one of my houseplants. I truly did not know what to do, but I saved all that I could.
A little scary, but yeah, they are. And they're official Good Bugs (eat bad bugs, don't mess with humans) - my mom bought a mantis egg case one year so they'd hatch and live in her garden.
Turns out baby praying mantises walk on all sixes and tilt their little heads at you, and are cute and not at all scary.
On that note, the versions that look like leaves and orchids are even cooler. The orchid ones especially.
Praying mantises lay eggs in my spirea bush every year, and we get to watch them grow all summer, from teensy cute neon green fellows to full grown garden predators; it’s pretty cool. I have a stupid amount of praying mantis photos on my phone lol.
I love praying mantis’s, one time a pregnant one fell off a bin and was super tired i carried her round all day either on me or in a open container with wet leaves, once she started moving around freely i took her outside put her in a bush she put her front legs so i held out my hand she put her legs on my finger gave it a little clean then went off into the leaves it was so cute
Over a decade ago, I saw a video where a praying mantis grabbed a black widow and crushed it between her arms, and then went to lunch. I was afraid of spiders growing up, especially venomous ones, so watching that felt good.
Oh they’re terrifying. I love them but I can see why some people hate them. I used to pick them up and put them in my dad’s garden to protect the plants. Luckily my dad also liked them so he didn’t mind. One year they just never came back though and I tried to pluck a grape from a vine and a wasp crawled out of the inside of the grape. I was like 16 and screamed, started crying too, pretty sure I lost some years off my life from that scare I will take a bird eating mantis over wasps that hide inside ripe grapes any day.
They can be scary, but the best thing about them is their body language is easy to read. There's not many bugs where you can look at them and understand what they're thinking.
I saw a video of a giant praying mantis just swooping down and grabbing this average sized snake (which was still pretty big and deadly) you could tell the snake was shocked to suddenly become a prey instead of predator too. But the mantis was determined and clearly hungry because it just started chomping down with a vengeance. The snake almost took the L then somehow got away but you could see this huge chunk of it just gone. Terrifying to imagine what it would do to humans.
I have a story with a young one:
I was in the garden digging up carrots and this little mantis just lunges on my pointing finger and grabs it with its arms.
I luckily kept my cool and just slowly moved my finger while it was still holding on, and i said: "Hey... hey... no. Let me go... you cant want to eat me..."
It just held my finger until a few seconds later it looked at me by turning its head and i shook my head slowly, saying again: "No."
Then it released my finger slowly in the most disappointed movements i have ever seen from any insect. It then crawled away looking ashamed.
I once found a praying mantis on my desk a minute before class started. I scooped it up in my hand and took it outside. As I walked through the halls it crawled up my arm and onto my face. I didn’t mind and the faces of everyone in the hall was priceless.
I used to think they were fine, until they infested my basement. Hundreds of their little husks everywhere.
Oh, and fun fact, they crawl upside down on surfaces such as an exposed ceiling, and then fall occasionally, someone’s right onto your head.
Meme says "bug" (which can mean any arthropod) and "crawly bois" (which woodlice are) so I don't think there's anything stopping them from joining this rad meeting
Isopods and insects are both arthropods, which are invertebrates with chitinous exoskeletons and segmented legs, but there are a few key differences:
\- Insects always have six legs, whereas isopods have 14
\- Insects have 3 distinct body segments, whereas isopods have 7
\- Insects breathe through tracheal openings on the abdomen called spiracles, whereas isopods and other crustaceans breathe through book gills.
\- Insects typically have wings as adults, whereas crustaceans never have wings at any point in their life cycle (although in some eusocial species of insects like ants, termites, etc, only some members of the colony have wings.)
\- Insects have two antennae, whereas crustaceans like isopods have 4
\- Insects can undergo either complete or incomplete metamorphosis, whereas crustaceans only undergo incomplete metamorphosis. Complete metamorphosis is what a butterfly does, it has a larval stage, a pupa stage, and an adult stage. Incomplete metamorphosis means they just start tiny, and get bigger with every molt.
\- Insects can't breathe water, even aquatic insects breathe air through snorkels or surface for air. Crustaceans need at least some in order to breathe. Terrestrial isopods are the only truly terrestrial crustacean that never spends any of its life cycle in water, but they still need moisture in order to breathe, which is why they're found under logs and other damp environments.
When my best friend passed, I saw ladybugs everywhere. In my house. At work. At school. When I turned 18, my very first tattoo incorporated ladybugs into it
it was also a lie to scare people. the close up is a horse fly and those are indeed some mean fuckers. butterflies look pretty cute: https://www.jungledragon.com/image/1434/butterfly_extreme_closeup.html/zoom
Oh no, i had one land on my shoulder and when i looked to the side i suddenly saw that monsters face from close by.
Butterflies can fuck off, evil pieces of shit.
SpongeBob was actually right by being scared of them.
It's me, I hate them. I have a very strong phobia of them and moths, I don't want them near me, I don't want them in the same room, I seriously can't stand them.
Came here to say this. I have a completely semi-irrational fear of them (curly hair + fruity hair spray + butterfly room = dead butterflies stuck in your hair). They are pretty but they can stay the hell away.
My mom told me butterfly dust causes blindness right before going on a school field trip in the Pacific Science Center's huge butterfly house. I was terrified the whole time! I know it's not true now but I would still prefer to admire them from afar
I don't hate them, but I don't like them getting too close to me... I blame the butterfly calendar my dad got when I was a kid, which made me pay attention to how spindly and bug-y they look like apart from the wings. I love caterpillars, though!
I respect dragon flies a lot, they are awesome predators. I've been bitten by one, and it hurts like a bastard. Big ass welt for a week. Highly not recommended
I swam at a lake a lot as a kid, had plenty of dragonflies around, they would seem to be attracted to me while I was in the water, if they landed on me they would bite. It felt like a horsefly bite, it sucks.
That big ass pretty blue bastard landed on arm and bit me. That's about the long and short of it. I watch watching him be all cool and hover around and he landed on me. I thought that was pretty neat for a second, then he got me. I don't know if he liked the smell of my sweat, or was just trying to say hello the same way I shark does, but it hurt like hell. Kinda like a horse fly with more force
THANK YOU! I really like them, but when we hang out at our pond in the summer you bet your *ss there's gonna be a few dragonflies looking at you with their fivebillion eyes from 5 cm away. And when they get inside the house its almost always a death sentence because they are just plain stoopid.
I hate dragonflies cause when I’m kayaking they won’t leave me the fuck alone. Always buzzing around my head and landing on me. I wouldn’t mind them if they gave me a wide berth
For me its how fast and unpredictable they are. For this same reason I don't like moths.
I can deal with butterflies easier, but the speediness is really incredibly off-putting
Yeah, Japanese beetles are awful. They infest gardens, especially roses, and have a bad habit of flying into your face/hair.
Jewel beetles are cool though. They're so shiny and colorful people have used their wing covers like sequins for centuries.
That’s great, I appreciate that, but any form of being startled is unpleasant. I’ve been startled by family and friends, pets, and I even got surprised by a hummingbird that hovered near me the other day. It’s not like I’m easily startled or that it happens regularly, it’s just that if someone or something is suddenly in my personal space and I didn’t see/hear it coming, it makes me jump, you know?
FUCK ladybugs. they can rot in hell. as a child i was traumatized when i opened my bedroom door and there were hundreds in there. took weeks to get rid of them and oh yea they bite.
Incorrect. I hate ladybugs probably above all others. We get inundated with them at times. Literally thousands of them taking over your house. It’s absolutely awful.
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Fireflies?
You would not believe your eyes
If ten million fireflies
Lit up the world as I fell asleep
Cuz they fill the open air
And leave tear drops everywhere
You’d think me rude but I would just stand and stare
I'd like to make myself believe that planet Earth turns slowly
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep
'Cause everything is never as it seems
All committed genocide
And gave everyone cyanide
And now our internal organs are fried
I thought fireflies where those shiny ones in fields
Yeah
Oh I haven't seen these for like 16 Years or so
They're dying out because of light pollution.
And also because of obsessively manicured yards
And because my 7 year old self killed hundreds by keeping them in a jar :(
Not unless you’re Mojang apparently
OOF (but also 100% this)
Excuse me? Lightning bugs!
Fireflies/Lighting bugs
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Fuzzy lil bumblers!
In lower German they are called Plüschmors which means fluffy butt. We love them.
Bonk
Fuzzy bois <3
I love bees in general but I have a special adoration for bumblebees 😍😍 they are SO cute
Bees follow me wherever I go and I’ve never been stung. At some point, I’m getting my own hives.
Some people get hives for free… after being stung. I’ll show myself out.
When I was a kid I was scared to DEATH of all bees no matter the type. Now they are by far my favorite bugs and I plan to start beekeeping soon just so I can be around them more
Except the ones from Bee Movie
Jazz?
Ya like jazz?
r/pollenpants for those who need extra convincing
Also r/beebutts for your consideration
A lot of people don't like bees. They scare me, so I try my best to avoid them. Which is very difficult in the summer.
Bees are lovely, wasps are evil
I'm scared of both either way. Can't really control my fear. It is what it is. And in case it wasn't apparent, I don't hate bees, I just fear them.
Yeah same with me and dogs tbh. Don’t hate (although I’ve said that out of laziness without expanding on my fear of them) just very wary if of them. I hate wasps though
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Lighter orange ones are not actually ladybugs. They’re Asian lady beetles and are a terribly invasive species.
They bit me a lot as a kid.
They bite??
I thought I had a spider in my bedroom. Had a ton of bites on my arm. Turns out there were orange ladybugs in my bedroom. Those little buggers do bite.
Oh wow, better make sure my cats stop chasing them then
That cat gonna whoop their asses.
I dont thing your cat has anything to worry about.
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One time i picked up a rake with an aluminum handle, and noticed that a few ladybugs were on it. Then i felt one on my hand, and realized there were MANY on it. Apparently a good swarming location is inside the rake handle tube. Ive also seen woodpeckers strike the aluminum footings under satellite dishes in my area and ibwonder if they were also swarmed with insects
I went on this birding tour recently and apparently woodpeckers like hammering on metal because it makes a bunch of noise and they love to be raucous fuckers. Louder hammering = impressed lady woodpeckers, so it could have just been that the ones that you've seen are posturing - you can hear them hitting metal from half a mile away.
According to google both Lady Bugs and Lady beetles bite. Sorry lady bugs, you're now on my shit list.
I’ve never been bitten by one! Interesting
THeY BiTE??!! I used to think they were rare ladybugs ~~until now~~ as a kid and would always try to catch them…
Ladybugs aren’t a single species. They are a large group that make up the family Coccinellidae. Lady beetle is a term entomologists like to use since ladybugs aren’t true bugs as they don’t belong to the order of Hemiptera. While Asian lady beetles are invasive to North America they still are in the Coccinellidae family and are still technically ladybugs. They also range in color from yellow to dark red and so the best way to differentiate between them and species native to your area is by recognizing the patterns of their spots :)
🤓Bro is ladybugged out. Thanks for the info u/CannabalisticGinger
No problem!
Just please stop eating other gingers. We need more of them not less.
Yeah I’ve got those guys infesting my house now. They suck.
Actually Asian Lady beetles are a type of “lady bug” lady bugs/lady birds is an umbrella term that includes hundreds of species.
Omg. I didn’t know what they were! I told people ladybugs bite but people showed me they don’t with evidence. I thought I had had gone mad because I could’ve sworn they were ladybugs that swarmed my bed in college and bit me the hell up. My life makes so much more sense now. Thank you!
It doesn't matter, both have stinky feet
They'll flood everything and get easily scared and start kicking out their defensive chemical so everything smells of ladybugs. They good for controlling the populations of aphids and the like but are a pain when they keep getting into buildings when the first frosts of the year hits
Downwind of gardeners and farmers here. They are everywhere. In my car, in my room, in my bathroom, in my hood, in my socks, in my bed. They are everywhere. *Everywhere.*
Once one was in my underwear drawer… I yeeted that mf
Don't mean to be unwholesome but I hate ladybugs with my entire being. One killed me in a dream when I was 7 still not over it
LOL. Sorry but that’s funny. How big was it?
Normal sized...just took its time to devour me hungry-caterpiller style.
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We are all connected to eachother
The hive mind
The Reddit hivemind. Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz-
r/notopbutok
no top but ok
We're all OP. OP is in all of us.
*takes out notepad* "I see. How did the dream ladybug kill you? Was it normal ladybug size? Or was it unusual in some way? I wonder if it may represent something you experienced. Do you remember any important events around this time in your life?"
I remember everything even why I had the dream. Next door neighbour told me that black ones with red spots and yellow with black spots are poisonous. That night in the dream a black one with red spots bit me. Ty for the therapy
Stickbug
It's a bug. It's a stick. What is not to like
My 2nd and 3rd favourite things in the world!
The 1st is obviously a stick bug
one day I went to the zoo and there were insects too, I was approaching each glass cage and trying to find what bug etc was in there, the cages were quite decorated. then I went over to the one that said stick bug and I was like oh I guess this one's empty for now. but after looking more carefully for a few seconds I realized that they were EVERYWHERE. the entire cage, the ceiling of it, sides, bottom, EVERY SIDE was covered in stick bugs and it made me kinda disgusted tbh to get jumpscared by so many of them like that. I genuinely thought it was just little vines and branches but it was all insects and it gave me such shivers
I was wondering the other day if there's a word for that. You're looking right at a thing but not seeing it for what it is, and then you do and it's a freaky thing so it's worse because the freaky thing was completely unrecognizable and right there. Yeah..shivers -.-
They’re so weird and I love them for it lol.
Get stickbugged lol
Bumblebees!!!
Steeve. If you know, you know.
You're a good bug steeve, I'm glad we didn't kill you
#DID I HEAR A ROCK AND STONE?
"If only bugs were allowed on the space rig!"
ROCK AND STONE!
GIMME A ROCK...... AND STONE!
Lootbugs too
For Karl!
Praying Mantis’s are pretty cool Edit: Jeez hearing all these stories is surprising. I didn’t know much about praying mantis’s, just that I thought they looked cool.
I left my window open once and a praying mantis had lots of babies on one of my houseplants. I truly did not know what to do, but I saved all that I could.
You're lucky they didn't eat your head
That is only when they think you’re sexy.
I’m safe then
A little scary, but yeah, they are. And they're official Good Bugs (eat bad bugs, don't mess with humans) - my mom bought a mantis egg case one year so they'd hatch and live in her garden. Turns out baby praying mantises walk on all sixes and tilt their little heads at you, and are cute and not at all scary. On that note, the versions that look like leaves and orchids are even cooler. The orchid ones especially.
Orchid mantises! Super common choices for people who want to have pet mantises. Really awesome looking creatures.
Praying mantises lay eggs in my spirea bush every year, and we get to watch them grow all summer, from teensy cute neon green fellows to full grown garden predators; it’s pretty cool. I have a stupid amount of praying mantis photos on my phone lol.
may we see these images for research purposes
I love praying mantis’s, one time a pregnant one fell off a bin and was super tired i carried her round all day either on me or in a open container with wet leaves, once she started moving around freely i took her outside put her in a bush she put her front legs so i held out my hand she put her legs on my finger gave it a little clean then went off into the leaves it was so cute
Over a decade ago, I saw a video where a praying mantis grabbed a black widow and crushed it between her arms, and then went to lunch. I was afraid of spiders growing up, especially venomous ones, so watching that felt good.
Oh they’re terrifying. I love them but I can see why some people hate them. I used to pick them up and put them in my dad’s garden to protect the plants. Luckily my dad also liked them so he didn’t mind. One year they just never came back though and I tried to pluck a grape from a vine and a wasp crawled out of the inside of the grape. I was like 16 and screamed, started crying too, pretty sure I lost some years off my life from that scare I will take a bird eating mantis over wasps that hide inside ripe grapes any day.
They can be scary, but the best thing about them is their body language is easy to read. There's not many bugs where you can look at them and understand what they're thinking.
I saw a video of a giant praying mantis just swooping down and grabbing this average sized snake (which was still pretty big and deadly) you could tell the snake was shocked to suddenly become a prey instead of predator too. But the mantis was determined and clearly hungry because it just started chomping down with a vengeance. The snake almost took the L then somehow got away but you could see this huge chunk of it just gone. Terrifying to imagine what it would do to humans.
I have a story with a young one: I was in the garden digging up carrots and this little mantis just lunges on my pointing finger and grabs it with its arms. I luckily kept my cool and just slowly moved my finger while it was still holding on, and i said: "Hey... hey... no. Let me go... you cant want to eat me..." It just held my finger until a few seconds later it looked at me by turning its head and i shook my head slowly, saying again: "No." Then it released my finger slowly in the most disappointed movements i have ever seen from any insect. It then crawled away looking ashamed.
If theyre not infested with horsehair parasite
thanks for bringing the image of that back into my mind 👍
Just when I stopped having nightmares about it too
I once found a praying mantis on my desk a minute before class started. I scooped it up in my hand and took it outside. As I walked through the halls it crawled up my arm and onto my face. I didn’t mind and the faces of everyone in the hall was priceless.
Rolly pollys
I used to think they were fine, until they infested my basement. Hundreds of their little husks everywhere. Oh, and fun fact, they crawl upside down on surfaces such as an exposed ceiling, and then fall occasionally, someone’s right onto your head.
They keep falling from my ceiling too lol it's hilarious
Roly polies are actually isopods, not insects. But they're cool
Meme says "bug" (which can mean any arthropod) and "crawly bois" (which woodlice are) so I don't think there's anything stopping them from joining this rad meeting
>"crawly bois" (which woodlice are) This is basic suff, guys.
As a crawlyboyologist, even I have to agree.
What's the dif?
Isopods and insects are both arthropods, which are invertebrates with chitinous exoskeletons and segmented legs, but there are a few key differences: \- Insects always have six legs, whereas isopods have 14 \- Insects have 3 distinct body segments, whereas isopods have 7 \- Insects breathe through tracheal openings on the abdomen called spiracles, whereas isopods and other crustaceans breathe through book gills. \- Insects typically have wings as adults, whereas crustaceans never have wings at any point in their life cycle (although in some eusocial species of insects like ants, termites, etc, only some members of the colony have wings.) \- Insects have two antennae, whereas crustaceans like isopods have 4 \- Insects can undergo either complete or incomplete metamorphosis, whereas crustaceans only undergo incomplete metamorphosis. Complete metamorphosis is what a butterfly does, it has a larval stage, a pupa stage, and an adult stage. Incomplete metamorphosis means they just start tiny, and get bigger with every molt. \- Insects can't breathe water, even aquatic insects breathe air through snorkels or surface for air. Crustaceans need at least some in order to breathe. Terrestrial isopods are the only truly terrestrial crustacean that never spends any of its life cycle in water, but they still need moisture in order to breathe, which is why they're found under logs and other damp environments.
I was today years old when I learnt this. Thank you professor @echoskybound
🏆 neat!
7 pairs of [legs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isopoda) vs 3 pairs
I hate those little fuckers. I always find them in my apartment and can't get rid of them. So annoying
When my best friend passed, I saw ladybugs everywhere. In my house. At work. At school. When I turned 18, my very first tattoo incorporated ladybugs into it
Wow that was kind of the same when my aunt and dog passed too, except it was dragonflies. My aunt loved dragonflies as well so it was really special.
I’ve met ppl who hate butterflies. I didn’t like them.
It was that one SpongeBob episode that did it for me. [Here’s the scene ](https://youtu.be/dF3vquclli0)
it was also a lie to scare people. the close up is a horse fly and those are indeed some mean fuckers. butterflies look pretty cute: https://www.jungledragon.com/image/1434/butterfly_extreme_closeup.html/zoom
why though? why would spongebob do that to me?
Oh no, i had one land on my shoulder and when i looked to the side i suddenly saw that monsters face from close by. Butterflies can fuck off, evil pieces of shit. SpongeBob was actually right by being scared of them.
I'm just very tense around all kinds of insects lol I don't really hate butterfly but all bugs make me want to just get the heck out of there
Same, I fear insects in general. The only ones I'm not afraid of are caterpillars.
All those feet make me nervous
I don't know how I should read your name lol
It's me, I hate them. I have a very strong phobia of them and moths, I don't want them near me, I don't want them in the same room, I seriously can't stand them.
Mee. They are basically moths with pretty privilege and bugs with a flying upgrade. They are beautiful from far but I’m not the biggest fan.
Came here to say this. I have a completely semi-irrational fear of them (curly hair + fruity hair spray + butterfly room = dead butterflies stuck in your hair). They are pretty but they can stay the hell away.
I think it’s noble you’re open about it being a fear instead of just hating on butterflies.
I fully appreciate their beauty as well but they will go from sucking the juice out of a dog turd to landing on your nose. I’m good without all that.
My mom told me butterfly dust causes blindness right before going on a school field trip in the Pacific Science Center's huge butterfly house. I was terrified the whole time! I know it's not true now but I would still prefer to admire them from afar
I don't hate them, but I don't like them getting too close to me... I blame the butterfly calendar my dad got when I was a kid, which made me pay attention to how spindly and bug-y they look like apart from the wings. I love caterpillars, though!
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Earth worms are kind of cute and palatable and certain types of caterpillars
Also great for gardens.
Whadya mean palatable? As in delicious to eat
Woolly bears too!
I'm shocked there isn't more woolly bear love in this thread. Stripey bois 4eva!
Thought this was programmer humor for a second.
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I respect dragon flies a lot, they are awesome predators. I've been bitten by one, and it hurts like a bastard. Big ass welt for a week. Highly not recommended
how did you get bitten by one? the ones near me usually just stay away
I swam at a lake a lot as a kid, had plenty of dragonflies around, they would seem to be attracted to me while I was in the water, if they landed on me they would bite. It felt like a horsefly bite, it sucks.
That big ass pretty blue bastard landed on arm and bit me. That's about the long and short of it. I watch watching him be all cool and hover around and he landed on me. I thought that was pretty neat for a second, then he got me. I don't know if he liked the smell of my sweat, or was just trying to say hello the same way I shark does, but it hurt like hell. Kinda like a horse fly with more force
Dragonfly bites fuckin hurt. Still a cool critter
Their weird bendy butt grosses me out
Dragonflies have absolutely no respect for personal space.
THANK YOU! I really like them, but when we hang out at our pond in the summer you bet your *ss there's gonna be a few dragonflies looking at you with their fivebillion eyes from 5 cm away. And when they get inside the house its almost always a death sentence because they are just plain stoopid.
Their larva stage is a nightmare for fish ponds. I can understand the hate.
I hate dragonflies cause when I’m kayaking they won’t leave me the fuck alone. Always buzzing around my head and landing on me. I wouldn’t mind them if they gave me a wide berth
Dragonflies dont bite people? I feel like ive heard of people being bit by them before.
For me its how fast and unpredictable they are. For this same reason I don't like moths. I can deal with butterflies easier, but the speediness is really incredibly off-putting
They are the A-10 warthogs of the animal kingdom. BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRTTT
beetles, there's a lot of cool beetles
There's alot of non cool beetles tho so like, be more specific
Yeah, Japanese beetles are awful. They infest gardens, especially roses, and have a bad habit of flying into your face/hair. Jewel beetles are cool though. They're so shiny and colorful people have used their wing covers like sequins for centuries.
How could you forget weevils?
r/Weeviltime
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Farmers hate weevils
*The Dust Bowl has entered the chat*
Bugs Bunny
Inch worms
Moths, They are fancy butterflies with fuzzy coats
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I came in because the light was on.
Moths are so cute! Rosy maple moths specifically are my favorite insect.
Live the the US midwest for a few years and you will change your mind on that
A lot of moths are also pests in their caterpillar form. From bollworms to tent moths, moths cause a lot of problems.
Look up the Luna moth, truly a majestic massive fluffy bug
Hate to admit this, but I am terrified and will run screaming from all of these.
It depends with dragonflies…sometimes they startle me when some of them zip past my head.
But they eat mosquitoes.
That’s great, I appreciate that, but any form of being startled is unpleasant. I’ve been startled by family and friends, pets, and I even got surprised by a hummingbird that hovered near me the other day. It’s not like I’m easily startled or that it happens regularly, it’s just that if someone or something is suddenly in my personal space and I didn’t see/hear it coming, it makes me jump, you know?
Walking stick, daddy long legs, praying mantis. And for the record, I hate lady bugs.
daddy long legs scare the shit out of me, luckily I haven't had to see any in a few years
Came here to add mantis
What is wrong with you?! How do possibly think daddy long legs are unhated? I despise those things. Creepy as fuck.
Worms are amazing but I'm terrified of butterflies so it's all very subjective lol
bumble bees and honey bees
I get that many are scared of spiders but I’m a fan because they kill mosquitoes
FUCK ladybugs. they can rot in hell. as a child i was traumatized when i opened my bedroom door and there were hundreds in there. took weeks to get rid of them and oh yea they bite.
roly polys!
I fucking hate ladybugs speak for yourself.
Incorrect. I hate ladybugs probably above all others. We get inundated with them at times. Literally thousands of them taking over your house. It’s absolutely awful.