It’s that time of year! Hello, bugs! All it takes is one drop of Koolaid in the floor and every ant and his brother comes to partake. The pond is full of mosquito larvae, and will be until I get a batch of goldfish that don’t immediately die on me. Yard work means turning over rocks and picking up branches that expose a variety of creepy-crawlies. But what you really notice is the caterpillars. A cherry tree next to the pond produces millions of them, and they are everywhere! My porch broom has dozens spinning cocoons. They are stuck between my tomato seedlings. I have to skim them off the surface of the pond. I occasionally see one on the floor. And I found one in my hair one night! I don’t scare easily, but cleaning up squished tent caterpillars is not my idea of fun. That’s the reason you can’t adopt them as pets, kids.



Stupid Bee Joke

Isabella Rossollini acts out the mating habits of various insects in a video series called Green Porno. It may seem explicit if you are an insect, but there’s no nudity. (via Boing Boing)

Insects look oh-so-gorgeous in the hands of the right photographer.

Do you want to see some really ugly bugs? Get up close and personal with the help of an electron scanning microscope.

The 5 Most Horrifying Bugs in the World.

A Butterfly Destroyed My Roof!

Tarantulas, grasshoppers, and scorpions are just the beginning of insects you can eat. Why do you think they call them “mealworms”?  (via Ursi’s Blog)

Videos of people eating bugs.

Evil Bee, a cool animated music video.

What happens when a bored bumblebee finds an electric razor? This is just bizarre enough that you’ll want to swallow your coffee before you look.

Wasps use venom to turn roaches into zombie slaves. Scientists can reverse the process, leading to a new defense tactic when the zombie invasion comes.

Scientists infiltrate cockroach colonies with robots. Not only were the robots accepted, they became leaders!

Francois Huber invented the modern beehive not for the honey, but to study bee behavior. But he still couldn’t observe them, because he was blind!

How romantic is it when you and your partner share flea bites?

The Largest Insects on Planet Earth. Nine bugs that you don’t want to see in your home!

Japanese Bug Fights is a website that showcases videos of different species of bugs in battle, including both insects and arachnids. Users are invited to submit videos. The rules:
1. Two Bugs to a fight
2. Bug fights go on as long as they have to
3. No outside weapons in Bug Fights
I posted this to Neatorama, and a shitstorm of comments came in, saying this is cruel and inhuman. What do you think?

Stung by a Bee

A woman runs into the golf course pro shop and screams, "I was just stung by a bee!"
The golf pro asks, "Where?"
Still screaming, the woman replies, "Between the first and second hole."
The pro scratches his head for a moment and replies, "It sounds like your stance is too wide."

POET OGDEN NASH ON INSECTS

THE TERMITE
Some primal termite knocked on wood
And tasted it, and found it good,
And that is why your Cousin May
Fell through the parlor floor today.

THE ANT
The ant has made himself illustrious
Through constant industry industrious.
So what?
Would you be calm and placid
If you were full of formic acid?

THE CENTIPEDE
I objurgate the centipede,
A bug we do not really need.
At sleepy-time he beats a path
Straight to the bedroom or the bath.
You always wallop where he's not,
Or, if he is, he makes a spot.

Previously at Miss Cellania: Insects, Insects and Bugs, Bugs, and Bugs and Insects.

Thought for today: Two silk worms had a race. They ended up in a tie.

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