> > > This doesn't really bother me, since I am one of those odd people who has no fear of almost all animal life, whether furry, scaly or chitinous. Watching ants reminds me of people, moths are fuzzy and cute, beetles are comical with their clumsy steps and ungainly carapace.
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Watching little Crickets, with their jet-black carapaces, dancing long antennae, and delicate singing and chirping, is even cooler than beetles.


> > > Even a Wolf Spider with its back covered with young is a good mommy watching out for her kids.
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> > > when confronted with an arthropod, would just "eww" in the tone that makes it a compliment.


Given just how much a Wolf Spider and its huge furry mandibles make it look like the Very Archetype of Scary Insects, this may seem like a terribly, totally insane question: but has anyone ever tried picking up a Wolf Spider to pet it?

And lived to tell us about it, that is?


> > *SOB!*
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> > I thought I was the only one who though moths were cute! Once, I was hanging around waiting for a performance, and I looked over at this tree, and found this cute, fuzzy gray moth. I plucked it off, stuck it on my finger, and proceeded to introduce my new friend to everyone around.
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Yes, some moths are particularly gorgeous. Ever seen a Luna Moth? Admittedly it's a rather huge insect, but it's also a lovely shade of ghost-green, and has a plump white body covered all over with a soft furry down. The Luna moth also has these interesting eye-spot patches on its wings which remind me of the phases of the waxing and waning moon.


> > One girl jumped away from me by about a foot, staring at me like I was holding a live scorpion. Most people were just, "Your... friend." "Yes, my friend. I found her on the tree." Then I stuck her on my shirt, I forgot about her for a bit, and she crawled up onto my neck, which TICKLED and I jumped and she fell off. After a while I put her back on the tree.
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> > Sun"mothgirl"dragyn.
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> Tell me again, how do you determine the gender of a moth?
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Gee, I don't know. Use a microscope to look at the tail-end of its abdomen? It's hard to tell; moths can be rather small. Butterflies usually are larger and more colourful.

Although I probably wouldn't need any magnifying aids to guess the gender of a Giant New Zealand Weta.

Wolfspirit