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| Posted: 28 June 2009 12:33 PM |
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Does anyone know what sort of bug this is? A knitter friend is trying to identify it. She lives in New Mexico.
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| Posted: 28 June 2009 12:35 PM |
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Aww, it’s cute!
Who’s a pretty stripey beetly-thing? Yes, you are!
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| Posted: 28 June 2009 12:45 PM |
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Well, due to the power of Twitter, the mystery has been solved already.
It’s a 10-lined June beetle.
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| Posted: 28 June 2009 12:56 PM |
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Madmouse - 28 June 2009 12:35 PM Aww, it’s cute!
Who’s a pretty stripey beetly-thing? Yes, you are!
Jesus the maternal instincts are in overdrive.
Someone hide the slow loris before she tries to give it a bath and read it a story.
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| Posted: 28 June 2009 01:01 PM |
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Renquist - 28 June 2009 12:56 PM Jesus the maternal instincts are in overdrive.
Someone hide the slow loris before she tries to give it a bath and read it a story.
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| Posted: 28 June 2009 01:05 PM |
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So, is an entymologist somebody who studies the etymology of entomology? 
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| Posted: 28 June 2009 01:15 PM |
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Don’t make me destroy you.
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| Posted: 28 June 2009 01:17 PM |
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Don’t make me send the giant mutant Japanese beetles and aphids and hornworms after your garden.
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| Posted: 28 June 2009 01:18 PM |
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I think they are already there. I have lettuce at the new place, and something has been eating it.
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| Posted: 28 June 2009 01:39 PM |
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*looks innocent as he picks greens out of his teeth*
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Who cares what it is, squash it!
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I’m with Neo. A good set of hiking boots work wonders.
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