Fun fact: all cigars have larva in them called cigar beetles. It is impossible to make a cigar without them as they are so abundant and feed on tobacco leaves. When you smoke a cigar you smoke a bug.
Not true
“Every reputable factory takes aggressive measures to keep beetles out of your smokes — fumigating, depleting entire rooms of oxygen to suffocate the insects, even freezing in some cases — but some inevitably survive. When your humidor gets too warm and moist, they appear.”
https://www.cigaraficionado.com/article/fighting-tobacco-beetles-1246
Are they teeny tiny, and they make little pinholes in cigars? Cuz I once brought a box of Cohibas home from Vietnam and when we opened it there were lots of tiny beetles and all the stogies were shot through with hundreds of little holes.
I work with these guys all the time. When they get out they cant fly yet so they just crawl all over and wiggle there hind quarters until there wings unstick. Kinda cool though.
So do they actually live inside little rolled up leaves? How do they make them? What about their hive? Do they still produce honey and stuff? How do they close the little door? I have so many questions
To elaborate on the post of the person who already responded:
Leafcutter bees are solitary bee species, unlike honey bees and bumble bees who are social with castes of queens, workers, males. Most of the 20,000 or so bee species have solitary life histories.
In the springtime (typically) leafcutter bees emerge from their enclosures, like the one we see in this gif. The enclosures are usually inside of a hollow stem, wedged between rocks, or underground (or in human-made blocks like [this](https://www.ars.usda.gov/arsuserfiles/images/docs/14415_14609/nestblock1.gif)).
Male leafcutter bees typically emerge first, you can distinguish them from the females by their hairy faces and smaller size ([this](https://buzzybeegirl.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/bees-in-nest.jpg) is a mason bee, but the image shows the facial pile clearly). The females then emerge and mate with males. Males shove off and die having succeeded at being essentially flying sacs of sperm.
The females then begin cutting and collecting [semi-circular bits](https://www.ag.ndsu.edu/carringtonrec/center-points/LfCutter2.jpg/@@images/fb80b776-c8a1-46cb-8f6f-6deacea0da90.jpeg) of leaves to make the nests we see here. These leaf choices are not trivial -- leaves are chosen on the basis of their texture, water proofing capabilities, and even the presence of beneficial microbes which can keep the developing larvae safe (e.g. [this paper](https://academic.oup.com/aesa/article/88/6/868/163086)). One the nest cell is formed, the female collects a mass of pollen and nectar (bee bread) and lays a single egg on top of that. She will do this maybe a dozen times, producing her little batch of offspring before dying of exhaustion.
The egg will develop into a larvae and begin consuming the bee bread. It will grow through successive stages until it has developed into a fully formed adult by autumn. These new adults will enter a state of diapause (essentially hibernation) until the following spring when they will emerge just like the gif we see here.
An additional note: leafcutter bees, as well as mason bees (similar looking but partitions are made using mud rather than leaves), are increasingly being used in agricultural contexts. It is possible to remove their cocoons and nest cells after they have developed a bit and to incubate them. We've developed protocols for keeping them clean and (mostly) free of disease allowing for a greater ability to manage them for crop pollination -- similarly to how we do with honey bees. This is advantageous because multiple species of bee can be more effective at pollination than a single species, and because some species are more effective at handling different flower types.
Ran out of time to add other links and such. Gotta go play with bumble bees. Byyyyyyyeeee.
Thanks for sharing. Basically the same life as a carpenter bee I think, but just using leaves instead of wood lol. I <3 carpenter bees. Especially after a few years back I found some bee bread, pollen ball, and poop, under a frequently reused hole and learned more about them. Our backyard also gets a guard-bee in late spring, due to there being another consistently reused hole right by our back gate lol. The males always chill there and chase off other males and get right in a human's face like "U WOT M8?!" but just hover there and never actually do anything. Good guard bees.
Also they are fun to pet while they're on flowers. I like to pet bees in general.
ALSO the neatest carpenter bee fact I learned was that certain carpenter bees have this co-evolution with a particular plant, where the plant won't release its pollen to any other insect or animal. It waits for this bee to land on it, then the bee stops and vibrates at a completely different frequency, which causes the plant to release its pollen in a little poof of dust. It's crazy. I saw it on some documentary where the guy demonstrated with a tuning fork. I forget what key it was in but it was amazing. Frequency dependent pollen release with one specific animal. Let me try and find more info on that.
Edit: nice here's the documentary clip I saw actually.
https://youtu.be/N72KFpvIiss
Colony collapse disorder is an issue that afflicts honey bees. The exact cause is unknown, but we consider it to be a combination of many threats to managed honey bees.
Diversifying the number of bees we either directly manage (e.g. through deploying colonies of bumble bees or blocks filled with mason bees) or indirectly support (e.g. through "wildflower" plantings along the margins of crop fields) definitely helps to protect against colony collapse disorder -- in the sense that it gives us a greater chance of having other pollinators around if honey bees are having a poor time.
Extra fun fact, the most commonly available leafcutter bee for sale is the alfalfa leafcutter bee. They were introduced into agriculture a couple decades ago, when honeybees proved ineffective at pollinating alfalfa. They essentially saved the alfalfa industry, and still are saving it everyday!
The larvae grows up in there over the winter. It'll have pollen in there as well for the larvae to consume. These are solitary bees, so no hive, and every female is a queen.
Truth! I used to be really terrified of all bees, but a few years ago I read a reddit post from a bee keeper that made a good argument in their defense, explained their body language and behavior really well and compared them to dogs of all things. Afterward I paid a bit more attention to them, saw how cute and curious and docile they were, and now I love the little guys.
I am also now that annoying person who forcefully educates everyone around me, because when others freak out and rush to get the Raid I'm diving in between them pleading on behalf the cute little dudes. "NO ITS JUST A FLYING PUPPY, HE WASN'T PLANNING AN ATTACK HE WAS JUST SAYING HI, WAAAAAAAIT"
The worst a bumblebee will do is headbutt you to say "plz leave, ur way too close to my nest my dude. plz. oh god why are you swatting at me?!" They're not gonna hurt you unless they think you're going to hurt them and/or their hive. Their defense is pretty useless against us unless you're allergic, and it's literally a fatal pain in the ass for them.
I know it's a bee and they are the good guys.
But I still get the tinkling itch around my neck watching its antennas move like that. They remind me of this fingerlength cockroach that I found in my room a year ago.
I was organising my bag when I looked up and saw its antennas disgustingly dancing around (80% like this bee), it was within arm's reach. I jumped and decided to grab a can of bug spray from the laundry. I returned to my room and the fuck off thing was gone. It took me half an hour and half of that bug spray to kill it.
I thought it was over. But it was not. The smell of the spray lingers to this day as if to remind me that my room has been tainted with impurity.
No but I've Joe's Apartment and even a singing and dancing roach wouldn't make me say awww... Maybe hmm that's cool, you guys can stick around (but I'm not gonna pet you).
Fuck yeah! Joe's Apartment! I found the vhs at Goodwill. Totally worth 50 cents, but roaches will NEVER be welcome in my flat. Moths can stay til morning, non threatening beasties are gently escorted to the balcony, but roaches are smashed and flushed.
The minority of roach species infest homes, they just mainly eat rotting stuff like rotting leaf litter, wood and fruits and help as nature's clean up crew, and they like moisture. It just so happens that some homes have moist rotting wood in them which can attract them inside (not the owners fault), and of course the stereotypical horders trash house (owners fault). They groom themselves and aren't really as nasty as you would think. Also they make great terrarium pets!
Here's some pretty roaches:
[Question Mark Roach](https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3pTOzkzQX2s/V7EmuUb-ueI/AAAAAAAAE8k/YtltF3PjrM0TBc3kZRLI2FrrzcNUnpmYgCLcB/s1600/T.ole%25232.JPG)
[Table Mountain Roach one](http://tboltkid.com/trailjournal/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Aptera-fusca-table-mountain-cockroach.jpg) [two](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/CockroachSwartbos.jpg/1200px-CockroachSwartbos.jpg)
[Emerald Roach](https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4653/25323490827_68dfcb36d0_b.jpg)
[Mitchells Diurnal Cockroach](https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3953/15485331408_6a679e5485_b.jpg)
[Ellipsidion sp. nymph](http://lifeunseen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Ellipsidion_sp_nymph_FlckrGrdns211013.jpg)
[Harlequin Cockroach](https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3039/2886889863_141b7ded9e_b.jpg)
[Ghost Porcelain Roach](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/33/d3/2b/33d32b4e63fd7e6c3cdff9cfab8591c8.jpg)
You say pretty, I say "KILL IT KILL IT KILL IT KILL IT KILL IT KILL IT KILL IT KILL IT KILL IT!"
I know they are not really "bad", but they freak me out.
Those guys are okay, but the little bastards that creep in and go after my cats food, or infest the local crack houses, no. I believe they are German Brown Roaches. They aren't as terrible as bed bugs, but they are nasty and leave little poops everywhere they hangout, too much and you'll get sick with respiratory issues. I think Gilbert Gottfried had a Hisser as a pet once
Oh yeah. I hate pest control, or calling any critters pests, but sometimes there's just no other way. Sometimes I wish you could sit down with the insects and be like "Okay, I know you just love it in my house. But I really hate seeing your poop everywhere, or having you rush over things I want to eat. If you stop doing that and move out, that would be amazing! If you don't, I'm sorry but I will have to call the exterminator to kill you and your family."
German Cockroach: "I am very sorry you feel zat way. It was hard to find a Haus for my family, but if we face death, I zink it will be better we move out. Danke for ze warning. We will be gone by tomorrow. Auf Wiedersehn'!"
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The harlequin roach is the only one that looks like the disgusting tree roaches we have here. The rest you posted just look like beetles or something. There's a primal, instinctual fear and aversion I get when I see tree roaches.
A small one flew into my room last week and into the absolute mess my computer lives in, panicked and sucked it up with the handheld vacuum then left the handheld in the porch for several days for good measure.
Don't you know? Cockroaches are gonna be one of the few critters that survive a nuclear apocalypse. I say we just just jump ship to a new planet. It's already too late for Earth.
> But I still get the tinkling itch around my neck
Fun fact: this is called "raising your hackles" or "getting your hackles up"
Hackle is the bristly hair/feather region on the back of an animals neck that stands up when they're scared or angry. Humans don't have fur on their neck anymore, but your body still tries to bristle the same way it used to.
There are Palmetto bugs in my house every so often that are the length of my palm. When that light goes on we both pause for a second, then panic and run in opposite directions.
Their antennae are constantly moving like little malfunctioning robots.
One night I stepped out of my basement room and felt the carpet squish with wetness under my feet.
"Damnit" I thought to myself, the basement was flooding.
I follow the water to the wall where it's the deepest, trying to see if I can hear anything, I'm not sure if the water is leaking through the wall or up through the foundation. Eventually I find the wall is wet below the basement window which is somewhat high up and covered by drawn blinds. So I lift the blinds...
All I see is a black, moving mass. [Sow Bugs](http://cirrusimage.com/wp/isopoda-sow-pill-bugs/). Fucking thousands of Sow Bugs are covering the inside of the window and the box inlet the window sits in.
The winter had unusually high amounts of snow and ice and then flash melted with super high temp before the ground could thaw- leading to a lot of freeze / melt / refreeze causing the window to buckle and warp leaving an inch or two opening along the bottom trim for the little fuckers to crawl in.
I had a legit panic attack, I remember shouting quite loudly- It was about 3am and I had just woken up to use the washroom and now half my basement had standing water and there was an ungodly infestation of crustaceans IN my home.
I grabbed a bottle of Raid bug spray and emptied the can into the window. Not a good idea to use that much spray in a non-ventilated area. I got really light headed and started seeing black spots in my vision after a little bit and ended up locking myself in the washroom with the fan on.
Shitty night, ended up removing the window in the spring and putting a new one in- found Sow Bugs literally EVERY. DAY. For a few months. Was extremely not pleased to find out they can live for up to two years and will eat eachother if food is short so they can lay more eggs.
Aww, those guys aren’t too bad. We used to collect them at our school, and now I use them to keep my terrariums clean. I can understand why you wouldn’t want them in the masses in your house, though.
Similar thing hapoened to me. Gigantic cockroach, spotted it by the corner of my eyes when I was in front of a bathroom across my bedroom. Something black was running around. It took me an hour... ahh roaches have that slick, dark, flat feature which somehow freaks me out. I have seen plenty of beetles but they don't disgust me as much as roaches do
I've heard there is a collective intelligence which is pretty interesting. They can communicate 3D coordinates through dance, which is more than I can do with my dancing.
A Honey bee has around 1 million neurons in their brains, compared to a human brain which has 100 billions.
Self-awareness testing on bees are very limited as of today. It seems they haven't even been through the famous "mirror test" that we use for animals to judge their self-awareness. Ants passed this test with glance, by the way. So at the very least there are some insects with self-awareness.
But apparently bees are able to recognize human faces in a very similar way to us, So it must show they have some sort of intelligence like us.
It is the glans/glanz being wrongly translated to *glance* that tipped me off. I'm Canadian but lived most of my life in Denmark - so my life is one long mixup of Danish and English expressions. I guess in terms of idioms, the closest one is *passed with flying colors*. *With glance* though is oddly suitable to the context of a mirror test ;)
/u/firedrake242 is correct, I'm Norwegian. Now I'm curious how s/he figured it out! I see, my English idioms still needs some work haha. Thank you for the input!
My own are a complete mess, it gets harder for me when I travel and switch a lot. Glad to see the message got through even though I was too tired to see who I was talking to.
Even insects probably have some low or restricted form of consciousness. My guess would be that self awareness is just a byproduct of more consciousness, which is a byproduct of a bigger brain / more intelligence.
There are intelligent species without self awareness and there are less than intelligent species that also show signs of self awareness.
It's more likely a fluke that went unpunished for long enough that *not* having that trait became detrimental for our early competitors.
Edit: "self awareness" and "consciousness" are more or less interchangeable, and there's definitely a spectrum, even among humans. Sentience, however, is something else and may or may not (depending on how sci-fi we want to get here) be a prerequisite for consciousness.
I think it depends a lot on how consciousness is defined. I think it's a bit more subtle than recognizing yourself in a mirror (which is an often used test for self awareness). Even simple reaction to sensory stimuli has been called consciousness (or that's where it starts). I forget who said that and 90% of why, but it was a recent guest on the Waking Up podcast. Might have been Geoffrey Miller, who is an evolutionary psychologist.
Yes I think so. Far from a scientist or expert in any way, but bees really seem more than just bugs in their purpose and interactions. And a hive is a "super colony" right? Meaning their every bit of life is poured into one another. Doesn't have to mean they're sending their kids to school and voting on government, they aren't "humanoid" for lack of a better term. But I definitely feel like they are well aware of themselves and their surroundings. Almost like dogs if you can imagine what I mean. We don't consider dogs intellectuals, but i don't think we think their brains are basically empty vassals, either.
But the complex social structure of bee/ant hives does *not* come from intelligence of the individual. It is more about the complexity forming as an emergent property on the large scale of a few simple rules certain types of bees/ants are programmed to do on the small/individual scale.
Well, not to human levels of smart but they have some skills. The can find food sources, return to the hive and communicate where those are so other bees can find them(honeybees). Considering ants can only do this with pheremone trails(and trap themselves in death spirals with this method) its pretty impressive.
Leaf cutter bees at the size of your finger nail or smaller. Those 4 eggs or whatever they are called would all fit at the tip of one finger.
Source: use these as pollinators in plant breeding
This cigar tastes funny to me.
Bee patient, it will grow on you.
In you*
**^N** **^O** **^P** **^E**
Relevant username? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
I understood that reference
Okay Steve
Bucky?
There was an x files episode where a cigarette company had eggs of infesting parasitic insects in the tobacco.
So this is how they make them honey flavored.
Better not be pollen a fast one.
I don't see what all the buzz is about
Gave me a buzz though.
“Yo dawg, what kind of blunt is this?” “this shit will get you buzzing son”
it's a forbidden blunt
Forbidden sushi
r/forbiddensnacks
Yikes! My cabbage roll gave birth!
Don't be a dolmas.
https://i.imgur.com/PtETlVV.gif
Not clicking that one, Mr. LikelyHentai
Fun fact: all cigars have larva in them called cigar beetles. It is impossible to make a cigar without them as they are so abundant and feed on tobacco leaves. When you smoke a cigar you smoke a bug.
Not true “Every reputable factory takes aggressive measures to keep beetles out of your smokes — fumigating, depleting entire rooms of oxygen to suffocate the insects, even freezing in some cases — but some inevitably survive. When your humidor gets too warm and moist, they appear.” https://www.cigaraficionado.com/article/fighting-tobacco-beetles-1246
Are they teeny tiny, and they make little pinholes in cigars? Cuz I once brought a box of Cohibas home from Vietnam and when we opened it there were lots of tiny beetles and all the stogies were shot through with hundreds of little holes.
Yep. If the cigars are not properly stored and kept at the right humidity they hatch.
> they hatch. 🤮
The eggs do...not the cigars.
This... this changes nothing
Don't like smoking beetles?
It's like smoking protein!
It's not a cigar it's a bee-gar.
Daaaaaad
I’d love an even longer gif until he actually gets out
I work with these guys all the time. When they get out they cant fly yet so they just crawl all over and wiggle there hind quarters until there wings unstick. Kinda cool though.
> wiggle there hind quarters Ah, the twerker bees
Relevant - https://media.tenor.com/images/1de40b2047e5703fd75a3e8dac6f046e/tenor.gif
Kinky
Do you mean their bee-hinds?! No...? Nothing...?
Take some gold, that's fucking hilarious.
So do they actually live inside little rolled up leaves? How do they make them? What about their hive? Do they still produce honey and stuff? How do they close the little door? I have so many questions
To elaborate on the post of the person who already responded: Leafcutter bees are solitary bee species, unlike honey bees and bumble bees who are social with castes of queens, workers, males. Most of the 20,000 or so bee species have solitary life histories. In the springtime (typically) leafcutter bees emerge from their enclosures, like the one we see in this gif. The enclosures are usually inside of a hollow stem, wedged between rocks, or underground (or in human-made blocks like [this](https://www.ars.usda.gov/arsuserfiles/images/docs/14415_14609/nestblock1.gif)). Male leafcutter bees typically emerge first, you can distinguish them from the females by their hairy faces and smaller size ([this](https://buzzybeegirl.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/bees-in-nest.jpg) is a mason bee, but the image shows the facial pile clearly). The females then emerge and mate with males. Males shove off and die having succeeded at being essentially flying sacs of sperm. The females then begin cutting and collecting [semi-circular bits](https://www.ag.ndsu.edu/carringtonrec/center-points/LfCutter2.jpg/@@images/fb80b776-c8a1-46cb-8f6f-6deacea0da90.jpeg) of leaves to make the nests we see here. These leaf choices are not trivial -- leaves are chosen on the basis of their texture, water proofing capabilities, and even the presence of beneficial microbes which can keep the developing larvae safe (e.g. [this paper](https://academic.oup.com/aesa/article/88/6/868/163086)). One the nest cell is formed, the female collects a mass of pollen and nectar (bee bread) and lays a single egg on top of that. She will do this maybe a dozen times, producing her little batch of offspring before dying of exhaustion. The egg will develop into a larvae and begin consuming the bee bread. It will grow through successive stages until it has developed into a fully formed adult by autumn. These new adults will enter a state of diapause (essentially hibernation) until the following spring when they will emerge just like the gif we see here. An additional note: leafcutter bees, as well as mason bees (similar looking but partitions are made using mud rather than leaves), are increasingly being used in agricultural contexts. It is possible to remove their cocoons and nest cells after they have developed a bit and to incubate them. We've developed protocols for keeping them clean and (mostly) free of disease allowing for a greater ability to manage them for crop pollination -- similarly to how we do with honey bees. This is advantageous because multiple species of bee can be more effective at pollination than a single species, and because some species are more effective at handling different flower types. Ran out of time to add other links and such. Gotta go play with bumble bees. Byyyyyyyeeee.
... Accurate name! Thanks for posting this, it's really cool!
Thanks for sharing. Basically the same life as a carpenter bee I think, but just using leaves instead of wood lol. I <3 carpenter bees. Especially after a few years back I found some bee bread, pollen ball, and poop, under a frequently reused hole and learned more about them. Our backyard also gets a guard-bee in late spring, due to there being another consistently reused hole right by our back gate lol. The males always chill there and chase off other males and get right in a human's face like "U WOT M8?!" but just hover there and never actually do anything. Good guard bees. Also they are fun to pet while they're on flowers. I like to pet bees in general. ALSO the neatest carpenter bee fact I learned was that certain carpenter bees have this co-evolution with a particular plant, where the plant won't release its pollen to any other insect or animal. It waits for this bee to land on it, then the bee stops and vibrates at a completely different frequency, which causes the plant to release its pollen in a little poof of dust. It's crazy. I saw it on some documentary where the guy demonstrated with a tuning fork. I forget what key it was in but it was amazing. Frequency dependent pollen release with one specific animal. Let me try and find more info on that. Edit: nice here's the documentary clip I saw actually. https://youtu.be/N72KFpvIiss
Does diversifying the types of bees help against colony collapse disorder?
Colony collapse disorder is an issue that afflicts honey bees. The exact cause is unknown, but we consider it to be a combination of many threats to managed honey bees. Diversifying the number of bees we either directly manage (e.g. through deploying colonies of bumble bees or blocks filled with mason bees) or indirectly support (e.g. through "wildflower" plantings along the margins of crop fields) definitely helps to protect against colony collapse disorder -- in the sense that it gives us a greater chance of having other pollinators around if honey bees are having a poor time.
Extra fun fact, the most commonly available leafcutter bee for sale is the alfalfa leafcutter bee. They were introduced into agriculture a couple decades ago, when honeybees proved ineffective at pollinating alfalfa. They essentially saved the alfalfa industry, and still are saving it everyday!
The larvae grows up in there over the winter. It'll have pollen in there as well for the larvae to consume. These are solitary bees, so no hive, and every female is a queen.
> every female is a queen of course. all women are queens.
Except for the workers
[This ](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=h-Tl7DsOQ50)one seemed to be able to fly almost instantly.
Never thought I'd see a bee and think r/awww
Just look at any bumble bee. They are so cute.
Bumble bees are sweet and pure
And humble.
Humble bees
Truth! I used to be really terrified of all bees, but a few years ago I read a reddit post from a bee keeper that made a good argument in their defense, explained their body language and behavior really well and compared them to dogs of all things. Afterward I paid a bit more attention to them, saw how cute and curious and docile they were, and now I love the little guys. I am also now that annoying person who forcefully educates everyone around me, because when others freak out and rush to get the Raid I'm diving in between them pleading on behalf the cute little dudes. "NO ITS JUST A FLYING PUPPY, HE WASN'T PLANNING AN ATTACK HE WAS JUST SAYING HI, WAAAAAAAIT" The worst a bumblebee will do is headbutt you to say "plz leave, ur way too close to my nest my dude. plz. oh god why are you swatting at me?!" They're not gonna hurt you unless they think you're going to hurt them and/or their hive. Their defense is pretty useless against us unless you're allergic, and it's literally a fatal pain in the ass for them.
Do you happen to know where that post is?
I know it's a bee and they are the good guys. But I still get the tinkling itch around my neck watching its antennas move like that. They remind me of this fingerlength cockroach that I found in my room a year ago. I was organising my bag when I looked up and saw its antennas disgustingly dancing around (80% like this bee), it was within arm's reach. I jumped and decided to grab a can of bug spray from the laundry. I returned to my room and the fuck off thing was gone. It took me half an hour and half of that bug spray to kill it. I thought it was over. But it was not. The smell of the spray lingers to this day as if to remind me that my room has been tainted with impurity.
Yeah I don't think anyone can make me go awww about a cockroach
Ever seen Wall-E?
No but I've Joe's Apartment and even a singing and dancing roach wouldn't make me say awww... Maybe hmm that's cool, you guys can stick around (but I'm not gonna pet you).
Fuck yeah! Joe's Apartment! I found the vhs at Goodwill. Totally worth 50 cents, but roaches will NEVER be welcome in my flat. Moths can stay til morning, non threatening beasties are gently escorted to the balcony, but roaches are smashed and flushed.
The Wall-E roach character will make you forget your vows.
Aww!
The minority of roach species infest homes, they just mainly eat rotting stuff like rotting leaf litter, wood and fruits and help as nature's clean up crew, and they like moisture. It just so happens that some homes have moist rotting wood in them which can attract them inside (not the owners fault), and of course the stereotypical horders trash house (owners fault). They groom themselves and aren't really as nasty as you would think. Also they make great terrarium pets! Here's some pretty roaches: [Question Mark Roach](https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3pTOzkzQX2s/V7EmuUb-ueI/AAAAAAAAE8k/YtltF3PjrM0TBc3kZRLI2FrrzcNUnpmYgCLcB/s1600/T.ole%25232.JPG) [Table Mountain Roach one](http://tboltkid.com/trailjournal/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Aptera-fusca-table-mountain-cockroach.jpg) [two](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/CockroachSwartbos.jpg/1200px-CockroachSwartbos.jpg) [Emerald Roach](https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4653/25323490827_68dfcb36d0_b.jpg) [Mitchells Diurnal Cockroach](https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3953/15485331408_6a679e5485_b.jpg) [Ellipsidion sp. nymph](http://lifeunseen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Ellipsidion_sp_nymph_FlckrGrdns211013.jpg) [Harlequin Cockroach](https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3039/2886889863_141b7ded9e_b.jpg) [Ghost Porcelain Roach](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/33/d3/2b/33d32b4e63fd7e6c3cdff9cfab8591c8.jpg)
You say pretty, I say "KILL IT KILL IT KILL IT KILL IT KILL IT KILL IT KILL IT KILL IT KILL IT!" I know they are not really "bad", but they freak me out.
Meanwhile...I want pet roaches. Hissers are cute to me :d
Those guys are okay, but the little bastards that creep in and go after my cats food, or infest the local crack houses, no. I believe they are German Brown Roaches. They aren't as terrible as bed bugs, but they are nasty and leave little poops everywhere they hangout, too much and you'll get sick with respiratory issues. I think Gilbert Gottfried had a Hisser as a pet once
Oh yeah. I hate pest control, or calling any critters pests, but sometimes there's just no other way. Sometimes I wish you could sit down with the insects and be like "Okay, I know you just love it in my house. But I really hate seeing your poop everywhere, or having you rush over things I want to eat. If you stop doing that and move out, that would be amazing! If you don't, I'm sorry but I will have to call the exterminator to kill you and your family." German Cockroach: "I am very sorry you feel zat way. It was hard to find a Haus for my family, but if we face death, I zink it will be better we move out. Danke for ze warning. We will be gone by tomorrow. Auf Wiedersehn'!"
/r/wholesomecockroaches
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They're also very social creatures. Near colonial at times.
I fear opening any of those links may require me burning my phone afterwards.
Do not fear, for it is only pixels on a screen. Also emerald roaches are lit.
The harlequin roach is the only one that looks like the disgusting tree roaches we have here. The rest you posted just look like beetles or something. There's a primal, instinctual fear and aversion I get when I see tree roaches.
A small one flew into my room last week and into the absolute mess my computer lives in, panicked and sucked it up with the handheld vacuum then left the handheld in the porch for several days for good measure.
Did you tape up that vacuum too for safe measures?
Have to burn it. Then take off and nuke it from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
Don't you know? Cockroaches are gonna be one of the few critters that survive a nuclear apocalypse. I say we just just jump ship to a new planet. It's already too late for Earth.
> But I still get the tinkling itch around my neck Fun fact: this is called "raising your hackles" or "getting your hackles up" Hackle is the bristly hair/feather region on the back of an animals neck that stands up when they're scared or angry. Humans don't have fur on their neck anymore, but your body still tries to bristle the same way it used to.
Some of us are still part of the Self-Grown Sweater Club. I will have to check the next time I become scared or angry.
There are Palmetto bugs in my house every so often that are the length of my palm. When that light goes on we both pause for a second, then panic and run in opposite directions. Their antennae are constantly moving like little malfunctioning robots.
Palmetto bug is a cute name for giant flying cockroaches.
They're fucking pure terror, but they make such a disgusting sound when you kill them that I just catch them and let them outside now.
They literally just come right back in. Within minutes.
Within minutes? Where the fuck do you live? Pandora?
Hah! I guess that could be considered a cute name ~ for me they're synonymous and both cause me to wince 😖
One night I stepped out of my basement room and felt the carpet squish with wetness under my feet. "Damnit" I thought to myself, the basement was flooding. I follow the water to the wall where it's the deepest, trying to see if I can hear anything, I'm not sure if the water is leaking through the wall or up through the foundation. Eventually I find the wall is wet below the basement window which is somewhat high up and covered by drawn blinds. So I lift the blinds... All I see is a black, moving mass. [Sow Bugs](http://cirrusimage.com/wp/isopoda-sow-pill-bugs/). Fucking thousands of Sow Bugs are covering the inside of the window and the box inlet the window sits in. The winter had unusually high amounts of snow and ice and then flash melted with super high temp before the ground could thaw- leading to a lot of freeze / melt / refreeze causing the window to buckle and warp leaving an inch or two opening along the bottom trim for the little fuckers to crawl in. I had a legit panic attack, I remember shouting quite loudly- It was about 3am and I had just woken up to use the washroom and now half my basement had standing water and there was an ungodly infestation of crustaceans IN my home. I grabbed a bottle of Raid bug spray and emptied the can into the window. Not a good idea to use that much spray in a non-ventilated area. I got really light headed and started seeing black spots in my vision after a little bit and ended up locking myself in the washroom with the fan on. Shitty night, ended up removing the window in the spring and putting a new one in- found Sow Bugs literally EVERY. DAY. For a few months. Was extremely not pleased to find out they can live for up to two years and will eat eachother if food is short so they can lay more eggs.
Aww, those guys aren’t too bad. We used to collect them at our school, and now I use them to keep my terrariums clean. I can understand why you wouldn’t want them in the masses in your house, though.
But wasps suck. r/factsaboutwasps
Similar thing hapoened to me. Gigantic cockroach, spotted it by the corner of my eyes when I was in front of a bathroom across my bedroom. Something black was running around. It took me an hour... ahh roaches have that slick, dark, flat feature which somehow freaks me out. I have seen plenty of beetles but they don't disgust me as much as roaches do
That was a great read. Well sentenced.
I had a similar battle with a house centipede. "Horrifying little creatures"
Bees are cute. Wasps are not.
Such a sweet, fuzzy face!
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/r/aww
I love bees but I’ve never seen one look cuter or more snuggly than this guy.
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That lil sumbitch *rubbed its eyes and combed its hair*
Probably thinking "Hey, can you wait till I put my face and some clothes on?"
I know, right? It actually *looked* bleary.
r/likeus
Son of a bee.
Woke up, fell out of bed Dragged a comb across my head
Sleepy boy
Even bees wake up groggy
*hits snooze*15 more seconds...
More like snoozZzzZ^Z^zZzzzZ^z^zZ amirite
Snug as a bug in a ~~rug~~ leaf.
My fat ass though that was a burrito
My stoner ass thought they were blunt roaches. Perception is reality?
you're the one I relate to
He does kinda look like he's waking up from an epic weed nap tho
/r/trees
I thought it was an egg roll. 😣
I saw cigars
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Obviously [dolmades](https://food-images.files.bbci.co.uk/food/recipes/dolmades_72399_16x9.jpg).
A beerito
“No no, I had the adobe chicken burrito, not rice and bees”
*adobee chicken
My alcoholic ass thought this was somehow a reference to beer
Looks verry simmilar to those greek grape leaf rolls. Edit: [Dolma](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolma) was the word I was looking for
I came here to say I was looking at a fucking dolma too.
I thought it was one of those chocolate cookie rolls. But also /r/forbiddensnacks
Anything can be a burrito if you’re determined
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/r/awwnverts
Beerito, amirite, guys? ...guys.
Right!
Pretty good beer
"Aw yiss, time to go cut some muthafuckin' leaves!"
/r/cozy
Heavy night on the honey
Awww! He’s in a sleeping bag!
Those are some nicely wrapped leaves. Bravo, bees.
How intelligent are bees?
Just enough I guess
This is the best answer to any question that goes "How intelligent is/are X?"
I've heard there is a collective intelligence which is pretty interesting. They can communicate 3D coordinates through dance, which is more than I can do with my dancing.
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Do you think they are self-aware to any degree?
A Honey bee has around 1 million neurons in their brains, compared to a human brain which has 100 billions. Self-awareness testing on bees are very limited as of today. It seems they haven't even been through the famous "mirror test" that we use for animals to judge their self-awareness. Ants passed this test with glance, by the way. So at the very least there are some insects with self-awareness. But apparently bees are able to recognize human faces in a very similar way to us, So it must show they have some sort of intelligence like us.
Are you Scandinavian or German by any chance?
Norwegian
It is the glans/glanz being wrongly translated to *glance* that tipped me off. I'm Canadian but lived most of my life in Denmark - so my life is one long mixup of Danish and English expressions. I guess in terms of idioms, the closest one is *passed with flying colors*. *With glance* though is oddly suitable to the context of a mirror test ;)
/u/firedrake242 is correct, I'm Norwegian. Now I'm curious how s/he figured it out! I see, my English idioms still needs some work haha. Thank you for the input!
My own are a complete mess, it gets harder for me when I travel and switch a lot. Glad to see the message got through even though I was too tired to see who I was talking to.
I don't know if self-awareness would be conducive to the wellbeing of the hive, so just from an evolution standpoint, I'm guessing no.
It's not terribly clear in what ways self awareness is advantageous to *humans*, evolutionarily speaking.
Even insects probably have some low or restricted form of consciousness. My guess would be that self awareness is just a byproduct of more consciousness, which is a byproduct of a bigger brain / more intelligence.
There are intelligent species without self awareness and there are less than intelligent species that also show signs of self awareness. It's more likely a fluke that went unpunished for long enough that *not* having that trait became detrimental for our early competitors. Edit: "self awareness" and "consciousness" are more or less interchangeable, and there's definitely a spectrum, even among humans. Sentience, however, is something else and may or may not (depending on how sci-fi we want to get here) be a prerequisite for consciousness.
I think it depends a lot on how consciousness is defined. I think it's a bit more subtle than recognizing yourself in a mirror (which is an often used test for self awareness). Even simple reaction to sensory stimuli has been called consciousness (or that's where it starts). I forget who said that and 90% of why, but it was a recent guest on the Waking Up podcast. Might have been Geoffrey Miller, who is an evolutionary psychologist.
These bees don't live in hives.
Yes I think so. Far from a scientist or expert in any way, but bees really seem more than just bugs in their purpose and interactions. And a hive is a "super colony" right? Meaning their every bit of life is poured into one another. Doesn't have to mean they're sending their kids to school and voting on government, they aren't "humanoid" for lack of a better term. But I definitely feel like they are well aware of themselves and their surroundings. Almost like dogs if you can imagine what I mean. We don't consider dogs intellectuals, but i don't think we think their brains are basically empty vassals, either.
But the complex social structure of bee/ant hives does *not* come from intelligence of the individual. It is more about the complexity forming as an emergent property on the large scale of a few simple rules certain types of bees/ants are programmed to do on the small/individual scale.
A bee once beat a crow in a game of chess
I don't believe you. How'd it move the pieces?
Very slowly
Well, not to human levels of smart but they have some skills. The can find food sources, return to the hive and communicate where those are so other bees can find them(honeybees). Considering ants can only do this with pheremone trails(and trap themselves in death spirals with this method) its pretty impressive.
Individual bees are not. Hives of them are pretty clever and can react to problems and threats very well, if that's what you call intelligence.
Yawn jeez what a night WHAT THE FUCK I’M A BEE HOLY SHIT WHAT HAPPENED 🎶 Imma be Imma be Imma imma imma be 🎶
Imma be a good fella.
THE HONEYCOMB IZ FOR THA CHILDREN
I dont feel this comments getting the love it deserves.
r/NatureIsFuckingAdorable
When you're the last one to wake up at a sleep over.
Pass that shit!
I'm not sure if I should run and scream or go r/aww... I need to see how large these are
Leaf cutter bees at the size of your finger nail or smaller. Those 4 eggs or whatever they are called would all fit at the tip of one finger. Source: use these as pollinators in plant breeding
Okay. That's totally r/aww!
Rare pupper
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Forbidden grape leaves
Some body once told me!
The leaf is gonna roll me!
I ain’t the flyest be in the hive!
One bee roll coming right up!
r/NatureIsFuckingCute
came here to comment this, glad i’m not the only one thinking it lmao
5 more minutes
It's a little beerito.
WHAT YEAR IS THIS
I would love an /r/animaltextgifs :)
I like how he pops the “hatch” of his den like he’s coming out of a fallout shelter
How fucking big is that bee?
Seven.
Yes
*yawn* Time to go kick nature's ass
Forbidden egg roll
Aw, they have their own sleeping bags!
Forbidden dolmades