#bugparenting

[Image ID: A picture of a bee and a wasp, both labeled. Both are colored yellow and black. Facts are listed about each one in their respective columns.

Bee:

Cute and fuzzy, like a friend

Make honey

Come in pretty colors with different occupations (blue orchard bee, carpenter bee)

Pollinators!

Freeloaders who will come build hives in the walls of your house

Communicate with dancing

According to all known laws of aviatin, honey bees can fly up to 15 mph

Like sweet things

Over 20,000 species--not just honeybees!

Wasp:

Cool and sleek, like a motorcycle

Prey on pests

Come in pretty, iridescent colors (ruby tailed wasp)

Will try to mooch off your drinks (so check your cans!)

Pollinators!

Leave you paper nests that you can sell to collectors

Communicate with smells

Like sweet things

Over 30,000 species--not just [kind I hate]

At the very bottom, in smaller text, is the URL bug-maniac.tumblr.com. /End ID]

Why you should vote

MANTIS

in the @ultimatebugpoll

Look at them! Grace! Beauty! Elegance!

2. They DO NOT understand fear! They are so small but THAT DOESN'T STOP THEM

3. GIRL POWER! Meet Brunner's mantis, an all-female species of long leggy ladies that reproduces via parthenogenesis.

4. EVEN MORE GIRL POWER! Look at the size of these gals compared to their boyfriends. Those little guys are living the dream.

5. They're just cute as hell! This was my baby Korven--look at her big beautiful puppy eyes 🥺

6. Even though these are threat poses, look at how goofy they look! They're just Funky Little Fellas 🥹 🕺

7. Badass hunters! They'll take down prey several times their size. (Example under the cut; TW animal death)

That’s neat! And it’s a good idea, using your blood to feed a friend. :D

Here are some nice woodlice I came across the other day!

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It’s just frustrating and a little depressing when I post pictures of my own pets--animals that I loved and cried over when they died--I have to add a note requesting that people don’t leave rude comments.