1. Ladybugs or ladybirds? Pillbugs or roly-polys? Jesus bugs or water skeeters? Any other interesting regional or familial name variations? Ladybugs, roly-polys...don't know what a Jesus bug is.
2. Stomp on spiders, carry them outside, or peacefully co-exist?Freak out and get someone else to take care of them.
3. Favorite insect?I like the aforementioned ladybugs. Supposed to be lucky (if you're into that kind of thing)!
4. Least favorite?Pretty much everything else. The higher the leg count, the higher my freak-out quotient.
5. Got any good bug stories to share? In kindergarten, I found a black widow in our basement. I even knew what it was because we had just learned about them at school. So, my mom put it in a jar, and I took it on the bus (ON THE BUS!) with me to class the next day to show off to everyone.
Bonus question: share a poem, song, quotation, etc. about insects.
I got to play a dragonfly in the opera "L'enfant et les sortileges" by Ravel. It was fun, but I don't remember the words at the moment.
07 May 2009
Friday Five - A Bug's Life
Posted by MezzoCO at 11:52 PM
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2 comments:
Jesus bugs walk on water. I've never heard of ladybirds before.
One of my favorite poems is The Firefly by Ogden Nash
The firefly's flame Is something for which science has no name
I can think of nothing eerier
Than flying around with an unidentified glow on a
person's posteerier.
Of COURSE Jesus bugs walk on water...that makes sense! We always called them water scooters.
I like that poem :)
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