Quests & Challenges

[b]Day 2-Insect[/b] Now it keeps raining where I live. So...Looking for an interesting insect in internet, I came across this: [img]https://www.animalsprints.com/p/491/alligator-peanut-bug-fulgora-laternaria-rain-forest-c-6452251.jpg[/img] And here is a close-up on the head: [img]https://ak7.picdn.net/shutterstock/videos/1015173667/thumb/1.jpg[/img] Fulgora laternaria colloquially is the lightshark with nut heads, the alligator bug is a herbivore known for its wide range of common names, including fly lanterns. As for me, I like insects. They are interesting and inspiring, but I understand people who are a little afraid of them.

[img]https://www.exotic-pets.co.uk/data/images/5943l.jpg[/img] Dead ones would have been a lot easier, the only living ones we currently own are food for the gecko and don't show often. However, you know what's cute? Those little zippers! This is a rainbow millipede, they're so pretty <3 I owned others for some time & may get new ones soon! Or phasmids, I can't decide yet. Maybe both if I find room ;v; I don't like every insect, but some like those I really adore.

nice thread :)
I'ma gonna try upload some photos I took in the garden today of an insect/tiny dragon

[b]Insects:[/b] Well, as an Australian, I suppose I should post a photo of a spider, right?! Here's one that was in my laundry: [img]https://i.imgur.com/V9T8n9r.png[/img] Bugs and spiders and creepy crawlies don't really bother me, they all have their place in the ecosystem. Spider webs are worse than the spiders themselves in my opinion!

Day 2 Insects Here's a cute little caterpillar eating a leaf in my front yard :) [img]https://i.imgur.com/XrgUdpK.jpg[/img] I used to be scared of bugs when I was younger but now I'm not bothered about them, I think they're kinda cute. I still don't like cockroaches and grasshoppers though, those two creep me out a little.

[b]Day 2-Insects[/b] The Boxelder Bug These guys just spring up everywhere on a warm fall day here. [img]http://pestid.msu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/BoxElderBugOnLeaf.jpg[/img] Image taken from[url]https://pestid.msu.edu/insects-and-arthropods/boxelder-bug/[/url]

@HauntedCrow - so I said creepy crawlies don't really bother me - but that caterpillar (or one similar anyway) is the one thing that makes me go ewww. Based entirely on the fact that I had to rake out some leaves when I moved into a house one time. And I swear, the pile was at least 1/3 caterpillars, and those hairs are itchy when you're wading in them!

It's very hot and dry here, so the bugs were too fast and busy for a picture. I do have this photo from a few summers back (if you search online it should only appear on my blog). A butterfly in the mountains: [img]https://i.ibb.co/xMtbHjg/IMG-5055.jpg[/img] I can't stand touching insects, but I do find them very interesting. They may not be important to us, but they're the backbone for entire ecosystems, soooo I try to shoo them outside. My favorite insect has to be the ladybug!

So just before I post the badge, winner and the next theme, here's my submission! I only saw one spider today and that was at the bus stop and honestly I was too embarassed to start taking a picture of it what with all the other people their waiting, so I'll have to submit my favourite: Scarab beetles - I love seeing the little ancient scarab beetles in museums in the Egyptian parts, I'd love to have one if I could [img]https://natgeo.imgix.net/subject-scarab%20beetle.jpg[/img] And of course, bumble bees. I got stung by one on my chin when I was little but that's never put me off [img]http://www.milwaukeeindependent.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/BumbleBeeBrigade_01.jpg[/img]

I'm not sure if this is what you were looking for, but octopi are mollusks. [img]https://accelerator-origin.kkomando.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/octopus-1.jpg[/img] Their intelligence and ability to change color are amazing. I'm not too fond of bugs, but octopi are awesome!