Work bugs me

[urbpan]

I have to admit, one of my favorite things about working where I do, is that there are many more bugs than in the city.



Thread-legged bug.





Orhtopteran (snowy tree cricktet, I suspect) on garlic mustard.







Unidentified jumper on the washing machine.



Still my favorite kind of spider. Look at that face!

Comments

[turil.livejournal.com]

Interesting theory about why we like the little buggers (sorry! jumpers? spideys? What's a cute name for jumping spiders?) I was about to post that I love those little jumping spiders, and then I saw that I'm not alone. They do seem somewhat childlike, I suppose...

[wirrrn.livejournal.com]

Hey,

The Salticids (Jumpers), with their excellent vision, also have an endearing habit of noticing and turning towards a person/camera... They're so cute! (even if my own personal favourites are the Widows (latrodectus))

[ndozo.livejournal.com]

It's so true about the spiders looking at the person. They are such hams. It's as though they're posing. I wonder if they think.

[wirrrn.livejournal.com]

Hey,

They love being on camera!

If they do think, it's prolly along the lines of the usual arthropod maxim "Can I eat it? Can it It Me?!"