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15 and 43 for the ask game

First of all, thank you for the ask!! I'm buzzing!!

15: "most underrated bug?"

I don't exactly know how underrated these guys are but I'm going to go with snow scorpion flies (of the family Boreidae), tbh order Mecoptera in general is pretty underrated and I too am just learning more about it. I like these guys, they are closely related to fleas, are super adapted to a very specific enviroment (the boundary layer between snow and atmosphere, and are active during winter and cold moths) being directly dependent on the Sun's radiation for heat, the surrounding environment doesn't factor in much (unless, as the wiki states, put them in your hand and they'll die from your own heat, they can gain it, but not loose it easily). They are living on the edge huh. PLUS, they eat moss which is always great for no other reason than moss is great, love to see the cool organism interact AND I'm generally a big fan of insects that can survive in the cold!

>long lengs so they don't touch the snow surface and loose the precious heat!

>Males have wings that aren't used for flying but for mating, females have... almost nothing for wings, vestigial as they get!

(Boreus westwoodi) I had to show how the wings worked, yeah.

Also since I'm on the topic of Mecoptera, I want to mention that female hangingflies (family Bittacidae) choose to mate or not to mate with a male depending on the quality of the prey the male brings her, isn't that a cool mating ritual! (so do scorpion flies, with their "nuptial gift" being saliva with yummy prey, the better the salive and more, the more time the mating lasts)

A reality TV show concept: "Will she take my prey? Will I take her [EGGS]?" (it's actually bareable because insects are cool)

43: which bugs do you think have the silliest faces?

Ok this one was super hard because there's wayyy too many and also I forgot 99% of all the insects I've ever know (cuz I do that when I'm asked lol), but here's a few funny photos from the interweb! Tbh, these lean towards cute more than silly (when in doubt tho, look at treehoppers)

Silly Number 1 (no order, except order Coleoptera!), Great-Diving Beetle! (Dytiscus marginalis)

"sir, that's a dog"

Silly Number 2, Some caddisfly larva (Stenopsyche sp.)

"sir, that's a ceetah"

Silly Number 3. Any Stinkbug ever (family Pentatomidae)

SIR THAT'S A-

Silly Number 4, this moss bug (Oiophysa distincta)

Couldn't find a photo of this lass facing the front, but I know, I know she's got potential.

OK, thank you for coming and thank you for the patience. That's all the bugs for now, but I'll be bugging ya'll soon with the other asks and the usual flood of typose and incoherence.

-signed a fishy chip

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