liezl:
did you figure out your insect?
me:
oh no i'm sorry i got distracted by your foods
and began hunting this world fare bus down
www.flickr.com/photos/heather-m/4440771303/sizes/l/in/set-72157622705902422/
it was on the back of a lettuce leaf but i flicked it off pretty easily
it didn't damage the leaf at all
and none of my lettuce has been eaten at all
i think it might be ladybugs but i'm not positive
liezl:
wait what am i looking at
oh fuck w hat the fuck is that
it was like the size of my thumbnail
but i never saw anything like it before
www.flickr.com/photos/joeysplanting/2473583047/
liezl:
that would be cool if it as ladybugs
me:
knowing my luck it's probably like, the manticore
liezl:
but the egg casing looks like pin heads on this picture
me:
i put them in a puddle anyway just to be sure
like if it was moths or something
but all the bugs i've seen lately have been good ones, lots of butterflies and ladybugs and earthworms
me:
wow i have no idea what that is
liezl:
ipmworld.umn.edu/chapters/Weiss_et_al_canola_files/image012.jpg
except those eggs aren't honeycomb patterned
me:
this says it's a big problem in alberta
but i think we're too far south for it
ew thing looks nasty though
liezl:
stink bug eggs? www.utextension.utk.edu/fieldCrops/cotton/cotton_insects/images/SG-Stink-Eggs.jpg
and i know we have those here
liezl:
or they're mini bees
me:
dang, maybe i should have like, put them in a jar
liezl:
with stingers like swordfish
me:
the biggest parts of their bodies are their heads and the biggest part of their heads are their soulful puppy-dog eyes
also, somehow instead of venom they sting you with guilt
liezl:
manufactured to deceive you in their cuteness
liezl:
www.johnnyjet.com/image/PictureForNewsletterMalaysiaCameronHighlandsButterflyLeafMantis.JPG
liezl:
why does that exist
me:
put it on a little leash of dental floss
tie to a tree in the backyard
invite the squeamish over and wait
i think because nature loves a good prank
mother nature, the original ashton kutcher
"people are gonna pollute? ok, i'll make giant bugs that look just like leaves"
i think humans brought that on ourselves
liezl:
nature's transformers