What Is Your Favorite Insect?

MoneyMagnetMagnate

11 years ago

Praying Mantis

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thunderbird

11 years ago

Originally Posted by MoneyMagnetMagnate

Praying Mantis

Interesting choice. There is a form of Kung Fu based on Praying Mantises. Why on earth would that be....ahh, now I understand:

Praying Mantis Attacks Snake! - YouTube

Snake Vs Eagle Kung Fu:

Top 10 Trad Kung Fu Fights; Snake in the Eagle's...

Maybe I'll be able to find Praying Mantis Vs Snake Kung Fu (haven't yet).

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Kay King 11 years ago

Monarch Butterflies
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thunderbird

11 years ago

Originally Posted by thunderbird

Interesting choice. There is a form of Kung Fu based on Praying Mantises. Why on earth would that be....ahh, now I understand:

Praying Mantis Attacks Snake! - YouTube

Northern Praying Mantis KungFu Methods - YouTube

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travlinguy

11 years ago

I like beetles, especially the Shiny Green Beetle:
Flickriver: Shiny Green Beetle

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wackiin

11 years ago

Not sure it would be called a insect but i think one of these would be fun

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thunderbird 11 years ago

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Originally Posted by wackiin

Not sure it would be called a insect but i think one of these would be fun

I've come across various types of tarantulas and wolf spiders (similar looking if not the same). A tarantula's hairs may sometimes actually be worse than its bite:
Urticating hair - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Many tarantula species will frequently kick bristles off of their abdomens, directing them toward potential attackers. These bristles can embed themselves in the other animal's skin or eyes, thus inducing physical irritation."
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Dan Riffle

11 years ago

Favorite insect? Dead ones.

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ozzie2012

11 years ago

The cockroach. It's sooo wonderful

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MoneyMagnetMagnate

11 years ago

Originally Posted by ozzie2012

The cockroach. It's sooo wonderful

JK

Yeah...they have shot cockroaches with all kinds of pesticides, nuclear blasts - even gave them cancer - and they just flip you off and say, "Geez, is that all you got?" :p

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thunderbird

11 years ago

Originally Posted by MoneyMagnetMagnate

Yeah...they have shot cockroaches with all kinds of pesticides, nuclear blasts - even gave them cancer - and they just flip you off and say, "Geez, is that all you got?" :p

If Spiderman meets up against Cockroachman, he's in big trouble.

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Big Rob

11 years ago

Deep Fried,Chocolate covered grasshoppers~ buuuurrrrrppp!

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MissTerraK 11 years ago

Originally Posted by Big Rob

Deep Fried,Chocolate covered grasshoppers~ buuuurrrrrppp!

Splorf!!

Yikes, Rob, er, Yuck Rob, er, um, just Yikes!!

I don't have a favorite insect anymore. It used to be the pink ladybug until a few summers ago,when one bit me!

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seasoned

11 years ago

They determined a couple years ago that one creature had a VERY stable DNA structure! A colony of THOUSANDS could be formed from two parents, and have them all mate with one another with virtually NO mutations!

The creature? A BED BUG!

Steve

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thunderbird

11 years ago

Originally Posted by seasoned

They determined a couple years ago that one creature had a VERY stable DNA structure! A colony of THOUSANDS could be formed from two parents, and have them all mate with one another with virtually NO mutations!

The creature? A BED BUG!

Steve

Yikes. Nasty critters. If I was involved in real estate development, I'd get buildings designed so freezing cold air could be blasted within the structure to kill the critters if they ever make an appearance. That is what one Australian company does.

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seasoned

11 years ago

Originally Posted by thunderbird

Yikes. Nasty critters. If I was involved in real estate development, I'd get buildings designed so freezing cold air could be blasted within the structure to kill the critters if they ever make an appearance. That is what one Australian company does.

For the record, I HATE bedbugs, and similar creatures. People lauded roaches for survivability, so I 1-upped it.

I actually kind of like praying mantises. I kept some as pets once.

Steve