#don’t squish bugs

[jenfoundabug]

Female crane fly (family Tipulidae) laying eggs. I knew some species lay eggs in soil, but wasn’t expecting it to look this silly 😆

While most crane fly adults don’t feed (they’re not giant mosquitoes!), most larvae eat dead plant matter. Larvae are an important part of the soil ecosystem because they convert organic matter into nutrients that plants and other life forms can use. Crane flys are also an important food source at all stages of their life for everything from spiders to song birds.

[stromer]

okay yeah :D

[thegreatestheaver]

I think that those people who make those videos of leeches and mosquito larvae ect being tortured and eventually killed are really fucking weird actually

[unhingedlesbear]

Just had to deal with non bug owner shenanigans 🥱🥱 (when I say non bug owner I don’t mean all people who just don’t own bugs, I mean THOSE non bug owners who say shit like “squish it” when you��re just trying to talk about your pets)

So exhausting and sad how normalised and even celebrated it is to hate and kill bugs. Even when it’s a pet. Insane. I don’t go off on people often but I had no choice right there bc that’s just something I don’t wanna have to deal with rn.

[dweamofsweep]

Ok it might be Tenma week this week. We shall see

[inga-don-studio]

oh god I think I just became the designated bug wrangler of my workplace AGAIN

[vhentheneras]

seeing people saying their warden can defeat solas is always so…

[zappedbyzabka]

Kreerence <3 (gnaws on ceiling fan)

[paradoxolotl]

I hope I’m not just a fic writer to you, but also a source of mild anxiety

[squirrelthing85]

I am all for being corruptionpilled jane prentiss kin or whatever in Theory (being consumed by what loves me) but my ass? Could Not handle the bugs. Maybe I’m a poser. but I’m sorry my love. Creepy Crawlies in my House and Home? I shudder at the thought

[jenfoundabug]

It would be nice if humanity could reach a point where landscaping like this is not okay. I walk past this area frequently, and they regularly nuke everything with roundup and remove all the detritus. Think of all the arthropods and other wildlife this wasted space could support. I understand having fire buffers around buildings, but this attitude isn’t exclusive to plots close to buildings…

I also understand many native plants can be more difficult to grow, but California poppies (in the Bay Area) are not one of them. I’m sure other regions have similarly easy to grow species. Even a few plants can make a huge difference.

We as a culture need to stop it with the blasé attitude about the destruction of nature, particularly bugs (ie invertebrates). “Kill it with fire” is a shitty and ignorant way to react to a tiny animal that is merely trying to exist. The vast majority of bugs are not out to get you and are, in fact, terrified of you (rightfully so in many cases).

Would you squish a baby bird? Didn’t think so.

[lilgynt]

i have made my bed so comfy it’s insane. when i get that new firm mattress to replace this one oh it’s so over

[katiemcgrathisdaddyaf]

there is no man in our relationship

until there’s a scary bug. then it’s “you’re the man, jena. get the bug!”

[liliana-von-k]

But of course! I would build you a palatial bug house and make sure your kitchen cabinets were filled with your favorite bug foods. ❤️

[kissingwookiees]

downvoting spider slander in every comment section i come across on videos of spiders. oh you hate spiders? you’re a coward! you mask your fear with hatred but you tremble before the smallest beings of grandeur and majesty. when all the world is web, you will be the first to be strangled with the cord!

[ourbastardofsorrows]

the real reason i teach my kids to admire bugs & let them live is because i don’t have the patience to hear three dozen ten-year-olds screaming every time a beetle flies by