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Re: Name the Insect or Spider
Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2021 6:11 pm
by Richprins
Re: Name the Insect or Spider
Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2021 6:21 pm
by Klipspringer
ExFmem wrote: ↑Thu Jan 07, 2021 5:59 pmQueen bee?
No, queens do work hard!
But close

Re: Name the Insect or Spider
Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2021 1:40 am
by ExFmem
Male drone bee?

Re: Name the Insect or Spider
Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2021 10:17 am
by Richprins
Termite queen?

Re: Name the Insect or Spider
Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2021 11:46 am
by Klipspringer
Re: Name the Insect or Spider
Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2021 4:09 pm
by Richprins
What a life!

Re: Name the Insect or Spider
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2021 10:19 am
by Klipspringer
Hi there
I am a rather special member of my subfamily and I am now very cute and fluffy.
But I'll tell you the story of my childhood: My mother took the risk and went out at night despite the dangerous owls, cape foxes and jackals and found a nice midden of springbok pellets. That is where I was laid in my egghood. I managed to hatch and grabbed a small piece of dung for food and took it with me underground - I had to crawl out at night several times then to get new food, but after a while I was ready to pupate in my cosy chamber and made it to adulthood while most of my sibblings fell prey to hungry mongooses and meerkats. These days I still hide underground during the day, but I have thick cloths and can go out during the cold nights and visit the camps and entertain the tourists who absolutely adore me. It's in the camps where I find the most tasty leaves and I need good nutrition to make lots of eggs now. I wonder when ExFmem will be back and make some more portraits of me.
Re: Name the Insect or Spider
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2021 12:30 pm
by Lisbeth
One of the jumping spiders?
Re: Name the Insect or Spider
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2021 1:02 pm
by Klipspringer
Lisbeth wrote: ↑Fri Mar 05, 2021 12:30 pm
One of the jumping spiders?
They are equally cute but they do not pupate - quite a different childhood story

Re: Name the Insect or Spider
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2021 1:04 pm
by Lisbeth
It was just a guess of the moment
