or, no one agrees with me about what I consider cute if it's not dogs, cats, bunnies or babies.
Look at this bug! http://www.whatsthatbug.com/category/potato-bugs/ Isn't it cute? I love this thing. I want a toy of it, it's so adorable. It reminds me of a baby alien crawling around wearing a diaper.
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
And no, it's not cute. It looks like a mutant grasshopper. Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
I love woodlice. Those things are adorable. I used to play with them when I was a kid. And also ants.
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
Hermit crabs are cute but patato bugs I think is beginning to stretch things.
Posted by Bella Bee (Member # 7027) on :
I agree with woodlice. They're very cute - especially when they roll up.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
I grew up calling them pillbugs.
I used to play with them as well. And, occasionally, cook them with a magnifying glass.
The name "woodlice" is disgusting.
Posted by Godric (Member # 4587) on :
Ya'll are weird. Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
I've only played with the potato bugs Jon Boy referred to. I reserved my magnifying glass murdering rampages for ants.
Posted by Uprooted (Member # 8353) on :
My mom called the ones Jon Boy linked to "sow bugs" which also appears on that wikipedia page. I've also heard them called potato bugs. Never heard woodlice before.
Synesthesia, sorry, don't think your potato bugs are even a little bit cute. Are you the one that also thought that the tongue-eating creature someone linked to some months back was cute?
Gotta stick with the dogs, cats, bunnies, babies if we're looking for common ground on cuteness. Although I do remember you thinking my cat's paws were very cute when I linked to a picture of him, so you get points for that. ;-)
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
I like calling pill bugs roly polies or pill bugs. They are awesome crustaceans.
This is the tongue-eating thing I mentioned. (scroll down a little to see the pic)
You were not the one who said it was cute, Syn; rollainm was. But you did think something else in that thread was cute, so my memory isn't entirely flawed! (ETA: what you thought were cute in that thread were the same creatures you just linked to here)
Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
quote:Originally posted by Godric: Ya'll are weird.
I was gonna say creepy.
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
quote:Originally posted by Uprooted:
quote:Originally posted by Synesthesia: What tongue eating thing?
This is the tongue-eating thing I mentioned. (scroll down a little to see the pic)
You were not the one who said it was cute, Syn; rollainm was. But you did think something else in that thread was cute, so my memory isn't entirely flawed! (ETA: what you thought were cute in that thread were the same creatures you just linked to here)
I agree with Utah...the first one looks like a cricket. Although Utah's potato bug might be called a rolly polly elsewhere.
Posted by malanthrop (Member # 11992) on :
Lady bugs are adorable. I once saw one the size of a quarter.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
Tiny quarter.
Posted by malanthrop (Member # 11992) on :
I have a very unmasculine tattoo of a lady bug. When my daughter was born, the hospital janitor took me up to the roof to have a smoke. It was completely covered with ladybugs. I've never seen so many in one place. If I were a traditional Native American, her name would be ladybug.
Posted by ricree101 (Member # 7749) on :
I've accidentally chomped on them while eating blackberries. It taught me to carefully inspect the berry before popping it into my mouth.
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
I have. They smell all buggy. Knocker-moth smelled similar.Better than the stinky cynthia moth I had.
Posted by theCrowsWife (Member # 8302) on :
I've seen those in Arizona, but called them Jerusalem Crickets. I wouldn't say that they're cute, but they are interesting and I like them.
--Mel
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
The stinkers are an invasive species.
Posted by Omega M. (Member # 7924) on :
I'm a little embarrassed to say this, but for some unknown reason I find this photo of courting banana slugs to be adorable. If I had a significant other, I'd almost want to send a card of the photo to her.
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
it is rather romantic.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
quote:Originally posted by Omega M.: I'm a little embarrassed to say this, but for some unknown reason I find this photo of courting banana slugs to be adorable. If I had a significant other, I'd almost want to send a card of the photo to her.
You and I can never date.
Posted by malanthrop (Member # 11992) on :
The slugs make me want to grab some salt. Honeybee's are awesome.
I use to cup them in my hands off the tops of Dandy Lions. I think that's a maneuver only a child can pull off, without getting stung.
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
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