Does anyone like bugs?

JoeLansing · June 27th, 2011, 04:48 PM

A friend just gave me Cecropia moth eggs:

They turn into these:

and then those turn into these:

My 3yo girl and 5yo boy are thrilled! My daughter wasn't thrilled till I started calling the eggs "Baby Butterflies" though. Needed the baby word in there. And none of the "It puts the Moth in the Basket" please..

- Joe

JoeLansing · June 27th, 2011, 04:56 PM

I was thinking. I'm going to let most of the adults from the hatch free to make more. So if you're ever near Lansing, MI and bugzilla splats on your face shield you can thank me

- Joe

Alex · June 27th, 2011, 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by JoeLansing

So if you're ever near Lansing, MI and bugzilla splats on your face shield you can thank me

Thanks, Joe!

JoeLansing · June 27th, 2011, 05:05 PM

No problem! If you're a squid with no face shield you can just open your mouth and have an instant meal!

SSR · June 27th, 2011, 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by JoeLansing

No problem! If you're a squid with no face shield you can just open your mouth and have an instant meal!

a high protein diet no less!

Momaru · June 27th, 2011, 05:46 PM

Wow cool!

I used to 'raise' dillweed caterpillars/butterflies as a kid in Colorado. Haven't done much other than nuture some random preying mantis egg pods I've found since. Always loved bugs, even though my entomology has gotten rather rusty and wasn't all that strong to begin with.

Just a couple weeks ago I encountered my first Cecropia moth out at the research station where I do most of my experiments. It was just chillin' in the tall grass. I stopped what I was doing & snapped a handful of pics on my cell because it was just so beautiful and huge.

Thanks for identifying that for me, definitely could bear to see some more photos when they hatch.

JoeLansing · June 27th, 2011, 05:51 PM

We had one on the window at work last week. It just sat there all day. They don't move much in the day because they are a flying feast for any bird. I saw it, got a flashback to when I was a kid. I used google and tried to order like 24 eggs for $10 from some online bug auction. The guy was sold out. I bitched about it. It turns out a guy 2 cubes over from me has a dad that raises them. I came into work today and he gave me "24" eggs. I started counting that pic I took and it looks like 50

Fun times for my kids. They eat about anything, maple, poplar, any fruit trees, elm, birch, I'm good to go food wise for them. If anyone wants info on them look at http://www.treenut.net/left/mothman.html and the links at the bottom are a good start.

- Joe

Snake · June 27th, 2011, 06:11 PM

No, I hate bugs. Louisiana is full of them! Especialy mosquitos.

Firehorse · June 27th, 2011, 08:26 PM

Love most bugs but from a slightly squeamish distance. Have big Lunas and Cecropias here too. Big fan of the swallowtails. just plant a basket of curly parsley and voila! your own supply of giant beautiful swallowtails.

Found some huge caterpillers on a turtlehead plant (Chelone sp.) at the green house today - looked them up and they're bad guys - bummer.

Definitely post pics as things move along. Nice job with your wording with your daughter. I keep telling myself that spiders are not spiders but mosquito traps!

Honko · June 28th, 2011, 07:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Firehorse

Love most bugs but from a slightly squeamish distance. Have big Lunas and Cecropias here too. Big fan of the swallowtails. just plant a basket of curly parsley and voila! your own supply of giant beautiful swallowtails.

Found some huge caterpillers on a turtlehead plant (Chelone sp.) at the green house today - looked them up and they're bad guys - bummer.

Definitely post pics as things move along. Nice job with your wording with your daughter. I keep telling myself that spiders are not spiders but mosquito traps!

More like "unsuspecting face trap when you're walking your dog at night"

Personally, I think they're all pretty fascinating individually (anatomically and aesthetically) and as a collective. Reading/seeing some of the societal structure that a lot of species of insect have is pretty mind boggling. But that's not to say they don't also freak me out. If I were to be walking around my house doing whatever and came across an insect that would be gorgeous if I were observing it from a controlled environment, I would most definitely flip a ****.

It pretty much comes down to the context in which I encounter them haha.

CThunder-blue · June 28th, 2011, 07:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Snake

No, I hate bugs. Louisiana is full of them! Especialy mosquitos.

I'm with Rick. I can't stand bugs, rodents, and chihuahuas. Although I don't mind arachnids, dragonflies, or butterflies.

Live2ride · June 28th, 2011, 08:16 AM

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Originally Posted by CThunder-blue

I'm with Rick. I can't stand bugs, rodents, and chihuahuas. Although I don't mind arachnids, dragonflies, or butterflies.

Rodents and chihuahuas are the same thing.

On another note, I hit a huge moth the other day and didn't realize until I reached my destination an hour later that it got half lodged in my helmet vent and was still alive, lol. I pulled it out of my vent then tossed it into the air yelling "Fly away, be free!"; I thought it was gonna make it until a split second later it went into a hair-pined nosedive and thumped against the hard asphalt.

Honko · June 28th, 2011, 09:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Live2ride

Rodents and chihuahuas are the same thing.

On another note, I hit a huge moth the other day and didn't realize until I reached my destination an hour later that it got half lodged in my helmet vent and was still alive, lol. I pulled it out of my vent then tossed it into the air yelling "Fly away, be free!"; I thought it was gonna make it until a split second later it went into a hair-pined nosedive and thumped against the hard asphalt.

Hahaha.

setasai · June 28th, 2011, 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by CThunder-blue

I'm with Rick. I can't stand bugs, rodents, and chihuahuas. Although I don't mind arachnids, dragonflies, or butterflies.

Yea I cant stand bugs as well. Except add everything Tri's ok with to my cant stand list. Insects in general induce instant kill reflexes in me. Rodents I can handle. Although, those photos you posted are quite colorful. Did you take them?

CThunder-blue · June 28th, 2011, 10:30 AM

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Originally Posted by setasai

Yea I cant stand bugs as well. Except add everything Tri's ok with to my cant stand list. Insects in general induce instant kill reflexes in me. Rodents I can handle. Although, those photos you posted are quite colorful. Did you take them?

You would kill a dragonfly?

Vietnam is full of them. I used to love running through the fields to catch them as a kid.

setasai · June 28th, 2011, 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by CThunder-blue

You would kill a dragonfly?

Vietnam is full of them. I used to love running through the fields to catch them as a kid.

It's a reflex. Cant help it. See an insect, either swat it or step on it. Shudderz makes me shiver just thinking about them.

CThunder-blue · June 28th, 2011, 03:33 PM

Do you scream like a girl when you see them too?

Jiggles · June 28th, 2011, 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Live2ride

Rodents and chihuahuas are the same thing.

I just toss them in the garbage

muzkur · June 28th, 2011, 03:47 PM

Bug for my, just in my windshield.

setasai · June 28th, 2011, 05:21 PM

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Originally Posted by CThunder-blue

Do you scream like a girl when you see them too?

Maybe. None of the bugs lived to tell me.

June 27th, 2011, 04:48 PM	#1
JoeLansing ninjette.org member Name: Joe Location: Lansing, MI Ghetto Join Date: May 2011 Motorcycle(s): Green 2011 SE 52yo Geezer Posts: 122	Does anyone like bugs? A friend just gave me Cecropia moth eggs: They turn into these: and then those turn into these: My 3yo girl and 5yo boy are thrilled! My daughter wasn't thrilled till I started calling the eggs "Baby Butterflies" though. Needed the baby word in there. And none of the "It puts the Moth in the Basket" please.. - Joe

June 27th, 2011, 05:46 PM	#6
Momaru ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Paul Location: Roanoke, VA Join Date: Jun 2009 Motorcycle(s): 2008 Candy Plasma Blue 250R Posts: A lot.	Wow cool! I used to 'raise' dillweed caterpillars/butterflies as a kid in Colorado. Haven't done much other than nuture some random preying mantis egg pods I've found since. Always loved bugs, even though my entomology has gotten rather rusty and wasn't all that strong to begin with. Just a couple weeks ago I encountered my first Cecropia moth out at the research station where I do most of my experiments. It was just chillin' in the tall grass. I stopped what I was doing & snapped a handful of pics on my cell because it was just so beautiful and huge. Thanks for identifying that for me, definitely could bear to see some more photos when they hatch. __________________________________________________ Proud member of the Blue Army

June 28th, 2011, 03:33 PM	#17
CThunder-blue ModMy250.com Name: Tri Location: St, Louis Join Date: Sep 2010 Motorcycle(s): 2009 Ninja 250R, 2005 R6 Posts: A lot.	Do you scream like a girl when you see them too? __________________________________________________ The www.ModMy250.com guy

June 28th, 2011, 03:47 PM	#19
muzkur ninjette.org member Name: Fred Location: Brazil Join Date: Jan 2011 Motorcycle(s): 10' Ninja 250R Posts: 164	Bug for my, just in my windshield. __________________________________________________

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June 27th, 2011, 04:56 PM	#2
JoeLansing ninjette.org member Name: Joe Location: Lansing, MI Ghetto Join Date: May 2011 Motorcycle(s): Green 2011 SE 52yo Geezer Posts: 122	I was thinking. I'm going to let most of the adults from the hatch free to make more. So if you're ever near Lansing, MI and bugzilla splats on your face shield you can thank me - Joe

June 27th, 2011, 05:05 PM	#4
JoeLansing ninjette.org member Name: Joe Location: Lansing, MI Ghetto Join Date: May 2011 Motorcycle(s): Green 2011 SE 52yo Geezer Posts: 122	No problem! If you're a squid with no face shield you can just open your mouth and have an instant meal!

June 27th, 2011, 05:51 PM	#7
JoeLansing ninjette.org member Name: Joe Location: Lansing, MI Ghetto Join Date: May 2011 Motorcycle(s): Green 2011 SE 52yo Geezer Posts: 122	We had one on the window at work last week. It just sat there all day. They don't move much in the day because they are a flying feast for any bird. I saw it, got a flashback to when I was a kid. I used google and tried to order like 24 eggs for $10 from some online bug auction. The guy was sold out. I bitched about it. It turns out a guy 2 cubes over from me has a dad that raises them. I came into work today and he gave me "24" eggs. I started counting that pic I took and it looks like 50 Fun times for my kids. They eat about anything, maple, poplar, any fruit trees, elm, birch, I'm good to go food wise for them. If anyone wants info on them look at http://www.treenut.net/left/mothman.html and the links at the bottom are a good start. - Joe

June 27th, 2011, 06:11 PM	#8
Snake ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Rick Location: Alexandria, Louisiana Join Date: Jan 2009 Motorcycle(s): 05 Blue Ninja 250 Posts: Too much. MOTY - 2017, MOTM - Jan '19, Oct '16, May '14	No, I hate bugs. Louisiana is full of them! Especialy mosquitos.

June 27th, 2011, 08:26 PM	#9
Firehorse ninjette.org sage Name: Ms.T, Queen of the Night Location: Ontario, Canada Join Date: Jun 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2011 Ninja 250 Posts: 938	Love most bugs but from a slightly squeamish distance. Have big Lunas and Cecropias here too. Big fan of the swallowtails. just plant a basket of curly parsley and voila! your own supply of giant beautiful swallowtails. Found some huge caterpillers on a turtlehead plant (Chelone sp.) at the green house today - looked them up and they're bad guys - bummer. Definitely post pics as things move along. Nice job with your wording with your daughter. I keep telling myself that spiders are not spiders but mosquito traps!