JadedWolf Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 So you're probably thinking... Giant insects? Allow me to demonstrate. Om nom nom nom! No, it's not a photoshop. It really exists, and it's actually kind of cute, as long as you don't imagine for a moment that the carrot is in fact a human finger. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_weta 5 Never attribute to malice that which can adequately be explained by incompetence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceVC Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 So you're probably thinking... Giant insects? Allow me to demonstrate. Om nom nom nom! No, it's not a photoshop. It really exists, and it's actually kind of cute, as long as you don't imagine for a moment that the carrot is in fact a human finger. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_weta Jadedmeister you are really weird. I like you "Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss” John Milton "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” - George Bernard Shaw "What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walsingham Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 Better tha imagining that that creepy insect is your own finger. 2 "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceVC Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 Better tha imagining that that creepy insect is your own finger. I concur sir, I concur "Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss” John Milton "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” - George Bernard Shaw "What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blarghagh Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirottu Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 I'm shocked and appalled to find a spider in attractive insect thread. Spiders aren't insects. 6 This post is not to be enjoyed, discussed, or referenced on company time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JadedWolf Posted June 16, 2014 Author Share Posted June 16, 2014 I'm shocked and appalled to find a spider in attractive insect thread. Spiders aren't insects. Right you are, sir kitty. Never attribute to malice that which can adequately be explained by incompetence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blarghagh Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 Not a spider. Possibly correct that it's not an insect, though - I don't know if it does fall under the arachnid order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyrock Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 So attractive that the Egyptians worshipped them 2 RFK Jr 2024 "Any organization created out of fear must create fear to survive." - Bill Hicks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JadedWolf Posted June 16, 2014 Author Share Posted June 16, 2014 (edited) Not a spider. Possibly correct that it's not an insect, though - I don't know if it does fall under the arachnid order. Well, it has eight legs, so it's surely not an insect. It surely looks like an arachnid. In fact, it looks like an Amblypygid. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amblypygi It's still welcome in this thread though! Just... Keep it away from the actual insects a bit. It's giving them funny looks. Edited June 16, 2014 by JadedWolf Never attribute to malice that which can adequately be explained by incompetence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amentep Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 (edited) What's this thread without a Lord Howe's Walking Stick? Edited June 16, 2014 by Amentep 2 I cannot - yet I must. How do you calculate that? At what point on the graph do "must" and "cannot" meet? Yet I must - but I cannot! ~ Ro-Man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blarghagh Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 Not a spider. Possibly correct that it's not an insect, though - I don't know if it does fall under the arachnid order. Well, it has eight legs, so it's surely not an insect. It surely looks like an arachnid. In fact, it looks like an Amblypygid. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amblypygi It's still welcome in this thread though! Just... Keep it away from the actual insects a bit. It's giving them funny looks. It's a Thelyphonid, apparently. An arachnid, so not an insect. Here's the Dobsonfly to make up for my mistake. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadySands Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 (edited) In honor of Father's Day I give you the Giant Water Bug PS People eat these Edited June 16, 2014 by ShadySands 3 Free games updated 3/4/21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceVC Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Am I only one that doesn't find any insect cute or attractive on any level? ( Spiders are undoubtedly my worst.. I suffer from a mild form of arachnophobia ) "Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss” John Milton "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” - George Bernard Shaw "What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JadedWolf Posted June 17, 2014 Author Share Posted June 17, 2014 Am I only one that doesn't find any insect cute or attractive on any level? ( Spiders are undoubtedly my worst.. I suffer from a mild form of arachnophobia ) As kirottu pointed out earlier in this thread, spiders aren't insects! :D Never attribute to malice that which can adequately be explained by incompetence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blarghagh Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 In honor of Father's Day I give you the Giant Water Bug PS People eat these Isn't this thing from StarCraft? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceVC Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Am I only one that doesn't find any insect cute or attractive on any level? ( Spiders are undoubtedly my worst.. I suffer from a mild form of arachnophobia ) As kirottu pointed out earlier in this thread, spiders aren't insects! :D Nah, they are all from the same family... critters that need to be squashed "Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss” John Milton "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” - George Bernard Shaw "What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amentep Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 (edited) Am I only one that doesn't find any insect cute or attractive on any level? ( Spiders are undoubtedly my worst.. I suffer from a mild form of arachnophobia ) As kirottu pointed out earlier in this thread, spiders aren't insects! :D Nah, they are all from the same family... critters that need to be squashed Why squish spiders? They're hunters and eat insects -including ones you don't want in your house. You really should take them outside if possible* (and I know sometimes it isn't possible). I'd much rather have some good spiders around the house than a lot of other insects. Pretty much the only bugs that are "squish on sight" to me are the parasitic (fleas, ticks, mosquitoes, etc) and roaches inside a house (roaches that don't live in houses are okay). *probably helps there isn't a high population of spiders that can kill or seriously damage humans where I live. I wouldn't touch a spider in Australia without a scientist to confirm what the heck I was dealing with. Edited June 17, 2014 by Amentep I cannot - yet I must. How do you calculate that? At what point on the graph do "must" and "cannot" meet? Yet I must - but I cannot! ~ Ro-Man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceVC Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Am I only one that doesn't find any insect cute or attractive on any level? ( Spiders are undoubtedly my worst.. I suffer from a mild form of arachnophobia ) As kirottu pointed out earlier in this thread, spiders aren't insects! :D Nah, they are all from the same family... critters that need to be squashed Why squish spiders? They're hunters and eat insects -including ones you don't want in your house. You really should take them outside if possible* (and I know sometimes it isn't possible). I'd much rather have some good spiders around the house than a lot of other insects. Pretty much the only bugs that are "squish on sight" to me are the parasitic (fleas, ticks, mosquitoes, etc) and roaches inside a house (roaches that don't live in houses are okay). *probably helps there isn't a high population of spiders that can kill or seriously damage humans where I live. I wouldn't touch a spider in Australia without a scientist to confirm what the heck I was dealing with. Yeah, I've started taking spiders outside nowadays. I realize there role in the ecosystem "Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss” John Milton "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” - George Bernard Shaw "What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyrock Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Nah, they are all from the same family... critters that need to be squashed Murderer! 1 RFK Jr 2024 "Any organization created out of fear must create fear to survive." - Bill Hicks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sofaking Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 The Rainbow Beetle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysolina_cerealis 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blarghagh Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Wow, that one IS attractive. I want to cuddle it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tel Aviv Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 (edited) Jesus! I'm outta here! Edited June 18, 2014 by Tel Aviv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agiel Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 I'll never forget the time when my roommate's pet scorpion gave birth to dozens of tiny little scorpions and the momma had all of them riding on her back (not my image). "Go forth and multiply, my little death machines." You gotta figure that giant stinger tail hovering ominously over them is one hell of a behavioural aide: "Hey! quiet down back there, or else somebody gonna get a hurt real bad!" 2 Quote “Political philosophers have often pointed out that in wartime, the citizen, the male citizen at least, loses one of his most basic rights, his right to life; and this has been true ever since the French Revolution and the invention of conscription, now an almost universally accepted principle. But these same philosophers have rarely noted that the citizen in question simultaneously loses another right, one just as basic and perhaps even more vital for his conception of himself as a civilized human being: the right not to kill.” -Jonathan Littell <<Les Bienveillantes>> Quote "The chancellor, the late chancellor, was only partly correct. He was obsolete. But so is the State, the entity he worshipped. Any state, entity, or ideology becomes obsolete when it stockpiles the wrong weapons: when it captures territories, but not minds; when it enslaves millions, but convinces nobody. When it is naked, yet puts on armor and calls it faith, while in the Eyes of God it has no faith at all. Any state, any entity, any ideology that fails to recognize the worth, the dignity, the rights of Man...that state is obsolete." -Rod Serling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blarghagh Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 I had no idea scorpions did that. That is totally awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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