Which insect do you find the most fascinating?
By Modestah
@Modestah (11179)
United States
9 responses
@sacmom (14192)
• United States
1 Mar 08
Two insects I have always found interesting are ladybugs and butterflies. Butterflies come in so many different colors and are so beautiful. I love watching all the different ones I see around my home. Ladybugs, although they don't come in a variety of colors are still cool to watch. My sons and I collect them in the fields each springtime so that we can put them in our yard. :)
@sacmom (14192)
• United States
2 Mar 08
I've never seen that many, at least not in the sky. Though I have had one or 2 land on me every now then during the warm months. Most of the times though they are just sitting in the field or walking on the grass.
@zeloguy (4911)
• United States
1 Mar 08
That came from memory but I looked it up...
"According to 20th century folklore, the laws of aerodynamics prove that the bumblebee should be incapable of flight, as it does not have the capacity (in terms of wing size or beat per second) to achieve flight with the degree of wing loading necessary. Not being aware of scientists 'proving' it cannot fly, the bumblebee succeeds under 'the power of its own arrogance'."
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bumblebee
Amazing the trivial stuff I can remember... anyways there is more to read there near the bottom of the page.
Thanks
Zelo
@Phaedra_Scythe (3325)
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29 Feb 08
I don't like insects! I get really squeamish about them. I've always been fascinated by dragonflies though. They're so beautiful and they only live for a day. There's something so poetic and sad about that.
@scarlet_woman (23463)
• United States
23 Mar 08
inchworms.
i know it sounds silly,but i love watching them do their scrunchwalk.
mantises i love,they have such a look of intelligence in their eyes.they just sit there and watch you back.
@vicki2876 (5636)
• Canada
1 Mar 08
I don;t really know any that fascinate me all the time per say but I was fascinated by what I seen a couple months ago.
I was sitting outside having a couple of tea. There was 6 inches of fresh snow from the storm the next before. It was really chilly. I saw a cellar bug (potato bug) the kind that if you touch it, it will turn into a ball. Well it was crawling across the snow about 5 feet from the house. I thought it was weird to see a bug in winter let alone walking on the snow. Then out of the corner of my eye I saw a big fat spider slowly crawling along the snow towards the bug.
I was fascinated by this as I have never seen anything like it before.
@megumiart (3771)
• United States
29 Feb 08
I don't lke insects much, I'm ind of scared of most of them, especialy snails and slugs lol. The only kind I can tolerate is Ladybugs. :]
@Modestah (11179)
• United States
29 Feb 08
hmm, they must have changed classification criteria if slugs and snails are now considered insects... hehe. though, I would classify them all as creeepy crawlies... right along with snakes (creepy slitheries?) and spiders (also not an insect)
Lady bugs are pretty - but did you know they emit this awful yellowy orange liquid that stains and smells horrid? at least this new asian variety they have introduced for pest control does. we are inundated with them...bummer.
@byfaithonly (10698)
• United States
29 Feb 08
Oh I'm with you, I love walking sticks - we don't really see too many of them in our area for some reason but this past summer I did find on on the front of the house. I brought it in (in a large jar) and kept it until the grandkids got up so they could see it. Grandson and I then took it out and released it in a flower bed near the door but for days after that my granddaughter didn't want to go out that door because the 'stick bug' was out there.
