Comments on: Ugly Bugs

By: Jason!

Jason! — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:02:57 +0000

Ok… Thanks! I was starting to get irritated about school funding. I feel better now.

By: Miss Cellania

Miss Cellania — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:04:52 +0000

Jason! I believe the schools submit the bugs, then the sponsoring organization does the photography. The contests I saw (and there are several) are affiliated with a university.

By: Jason!

Jason! — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:38:31 +0000

Elementary and middle schools are submitting some of these photographs? Do they actually have the equipment for this, or are they going to a college or lab somewhere?

When I went to school I was lucky if my district had money to furnish me a desk! I know it’s not much different in that district years later. Grr… that really irks me…

By: caitlen315

caitlen315 — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:56:05 +0000

I had this ENORMOUS spider on my front patio/concrete slab, right outside my front door, a few months ago. I’m never too happy about squishing bugs but the alternative is worse so I always do. This one, however, I couldn’t bring myself to get rid of because it was just so big. Luckily I live in an apartment complex and I found a guy on his patio a few doors away. I asked him to come and get rid of this ginormous spider and at first I think that he thought I was just being a prissy girl, but when he saw it he was shocked too. He got pretty close to it and took a good look first, before squishing it with just a few paper towels. (ugh) He told me that it was a wolf spider. Now, I know that he was probably not an expert, but it looked frighteningly like the one in the picture above except that it was mostly gray. It still gives me the creeps just to think about it.

By: adrienne

adrienne — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:47:46 +0000

Yay for Oklahoma. I’m so excited to hear that we have an Ugly Bug Contest.

Seriously, though: those pictures are amazing, even if they are disgusting.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:54:55 +0000

I like em too. But sorry to say, wolf spiders have very poor eyesight.

By: Johnny Cat

Johnny Cat — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:37:56 +0000

Awww, I think they’re kinda cute….except for the spiky penis thing.

By: Kelly J

Kelly J — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:38:15 +0000

Um… is that a Seed Beetle penis we’re looking at??!?! Shouldn’t this be NSFW? Hahahaha. Oh my goodness, the dust mite makes me want to vaccum 12 hours a day!!!!!!!

By: babel

babel — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:35:33 +0000

Thanks for posting these, the wolf spider and the moths are still beautiful to me.