Insect Appreciation Thread

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A lot of people don’t like bugs, how about we give the little guys some love?

[AnthropocenianAge (AnthropocenianAge Arthropleura wants to give you a hug!)]

Is the top picture a Poodle Moth?

Here is a picture I found on the internet of Thorn Bugs.

For some reason, Thorn Bugs remind me of Horseshoe Crabs, which are neither Insects, nor Crustaceans.

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Poodle moths aren’t a real moth species

That’s a picture of a Bombyx mori, the domestic silkworm

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I’m a Godzilla fan, so…

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Here’s a moth I raised, Isognathus allamandae

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Angry Deroplatys truncata !

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Nice insects you got in here, however please refrain from doubleposting. You can edit the later post into the former one. Doubleposting’s forbidden for a good reason.

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Saved this little guy from a spider (he’s smaller than a fingernail)

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Hopefully it’s not infested by parasitoid wasps or anything…

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The Very Hungry Caterpillar?

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Aren’t all caterpillars rather hungry, to the point they eat constantly?

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rather hungry, to the point they eat constantly?

Isn’t this true of other small creatures?

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Some small creatures don’t need to eat all the time, especially if they’re not warm-blooded or just an intermediate, non-adult stage in the lifecycle of an organism…

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Aren’t all caterpillars rather hungry, to the point they eat constantly?

Yes. All they do is eat. They need to store enough energy to pupate. I would hardly call it hunger though

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Yeah, it’s more like an instinct than anything. As one person said, insects are pretty much biological robots.

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Pill Millipedes are so cool! I want to find one!

By Kazvorpal at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, File:Glomeris vs Armidillidium.jpg - Wikimedia Commons

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They look so similar and yet they originated from two different lineages of arthropods…

[AnthropocenianAge (AnthropocenianAge Arthropleura wants to give you a hug!)]

Even funnier is the fact that an Isopod is named after a Mammal that exhibits the same behavior, which comes is a completely different lineage of Animals from Arthropods.

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Also pillbugs are the same thing as woodlice, right?

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Greta oto (Glasswinged Butterfly) has see-through wings!

By David Tiller - CC BY-SA 3.0, File:Greta oto.jpg - Wikimedia Commons