#bug poll

[troutreznor]

hi i just decided to be obnoxious about this today =) no arachnids or mollusks or worms here! yes you could get even pickier about "true bugs" but thats less fun, bug here just means insect; and im not actually annoyed by the other polls! bug is a multipurpose word! this is just an excuse to post my own bug poll =)

emojis in order w/ names:

🪰 fly

🐜 ant

🐝 bee

🦟 mosquito

🦗 cricket

🪳 cockroach

🦋 butterfly

🪲 beetle

🐛 caterpillar

🐞 ladybug

[phibixm]

I am honestly. SO MAD that the caterpillar is winning the bug race. Guys he is facing the WRONG WAY

[geekyglamour413]

I think we’ve learned this week is that no one would love you if you were a worm

[starlitcityy]

I'm actually so unbelievably pissed I didn't get to vote on that dumb bug race poll, I literally just updated tumblr

[supratoyota-catboy]

Missing the bug race is the reason I have decided to retire from sleeping

there's only so much FOMO I can take

[puppyboysludge]

[weirdbugtournament]

CONTENDER 1: SNAKEFLY!

Snakeflies (order Raphidioptera) experienced a diversity peak in the Cretaceous, and have since declined to only around 260 species worldwide. Snakeflies are holometabolous and go through a complete metamorphosis from larva to adult, and the larval stage (seen below) can last up to six years in extended cases. They are terrestrial carnivores and predate smaller arthropods, such as aphids. The most prominent feature of the snakefly is the elongated prothorax or "neck", which gives the group the long, sinuous appearance that has led to their name.

CONTENDER 2: PERIODICAL CICADA!

"Periodical cicada" is a term used to refer to any species within the genus Magicicada (family Cicadidae), which contains the 13- and 17-year cicada species of North America. The periodical cicada spends a large portion of its life (13 or 17 years, depending on population/brood) underground as a nymph, before emerging in massive numbers in spring and early summer to mate and, subsequently, die. During that time, there may be millions of individuals, with a collective biomass of up to or over half a metric ton. Male cicadas use auditory organs called tymbals (seen below) to call to mates, and the combined sound can be between 90 and 100 decibels.

[brutal-out-here]

For my entire life everyone I’ve ever been around only calls them locusts and I didn’t know the “correct” name was cicada until like 2 years ago

[yuribeam]

🖍️ be right about more crayons here

[mossfrogpress]

we turned your worm gf into really cute earrings sorry :/

[jadefyre]

tumblr users asking "would you still love me if I was a worm" well they didn't even love the actual worm so what does that say