The moths. Most likely not to eat me.
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Bees 100%
Moths. AKA goth butterflies.

Team arachnids!
No way. What's their name?
That's a she.
Woooah where did you get your tarantula sexing powers? (Sexing them is a tad difficult) :P This one is indeed a female. Care to suggest a name for her?
Eloise sounds kinda charming.
She's a bit bulkier than a male judging from the photo. Ofc it could also be true for some males but it was a solid guess ngl. She's gorgeous tho.
Nice name suggestion!
As far as I'm aware, males get the lanky look after they reach maturity and molt for the last time, since feeding stops being a priority for them; pedipalps also change and thats an sure sign of a mature male T. I think they are indistinguishable before that?
This one was actually pretty skinny when that pic was taken since she had recently molted . So far all of my mature T's have turned out to be females so... Maybe I don't have keen eyes ti spot the males.
My other T. vagans' ( same species) name is Garambullo, inspired by the very delicious fruit of this cactus. Kinda looks like the species signature red rump.


But this one doesn't have a name... Any suggestions? It's a female but I'm sure she's fine with whatever XD.
I've never seen cactus fruit like that before, initially I thought it was a joke image and someone had taken a cactus and put a blueberry on each needle or something. Wild.
Saguaro
Guy Fieri (she's got those frosted tips)
Bees because bees are usually pretty chill and I like chill. Especially the bumblebees.
Tangent, there is a fun fantasy book series by Adrian Tchaikovsky where all the main characters are humanoids with bug qualities. So basically spiderman, antman, mantisman, etc. It is entertaining when you mix fantasy tropes (dueling for honour!) with mantis arm spikes...
The Insect-kindens! And it is quite a lengthy series, at that, if anyone is looking for something new to get into (not to mention he actually finishes series, unlike another fantasy writer...)
My first thought was Patrick Rothfuss but I think you are referring to Martin. I'm sure the list is long of unfinished fantasy series, whichever book you are waiting for I hope your year is 2026!
I actually only read the first four. Felt like a natural stopping point there. Pretty cool series though :)
I would definitely want to be friends with the mantises in case they go postal one day
Everyone knows that anyone who knows anything about anything would go for the most evolutionary diverse group - spiders.
There is nothing these little guys can't do. Fly over hundreds of kilometres? You got it. Extend their nervous systems several thousand times past their body area using web? Check. Biological hydraulic system? Yup. Jump 10 to 50 times their body lenght? No problem. Live underwater using silk made diving suit? You bet your sweet behind. Paralyze your body after one bite? Easy.
I have a decent relationship with mantids already. I'd sit with them.
I wouldnโt dare to sit here as a human. Iโm too big and would probably squish them all by accident.
But if I got to choose to be one, Iโd go for the spiders. You get:
- two extra legs over the rest
- your own supply of crafting materials
- lots of eyes
- and a cozy place to relax in
Idk, I feel like the colourful ones would group a bit differently.
The popular high-fashion ones (orchid mantis, jumping spider, rosy maple moth) would be at one table, goths (bumblebee, tarantula) at the other, jocks are already together (beetles, tho ladybug prob carries a knife), goodly two-shoes nerds (bees) also, other spiders are obv commuter nerds, ...
Anyway, I would skip lunch bcs this feels like a way too social situation.
The moths table for the vibes, but the seat closest to the spiders to get in on their jokes.
I'm staying out. At that size, many of those are just terrifying, even if they are cool when much smaller than me.
Bees. So long as I stay on their good side they're chill and they'll protect me from the other options that want to eat me.
...Right next to the oil furnace in the basement, trying to figure out how to rig it to blow and burn the place down.
Outside, against the wall, alone. At least that's where I sat in high school. So, maybe with the wasps?
Mantises. I love those things. We like to find them in the garden and sometimes pick them up and let them crawl all over us.
As a person from a sensible country without praying mantis running freely around outside in nature, this has very much changed my opinion on them!
I'd be at the oddball table with the roly poly, millipede & dragonfly...
Dragonflies are likely to be with the mantids at the "we will rip your head off if we like you, you don't want to know what we do to our enemies" table.
Sweet girl kisses, and hope I stay on their good side. Plus they kinda look like flying sports bikes.
As far away from the moths as possible. Too chaotic and irrational for me.
Unless you are a piece of shit, because then the beetles will ragdoll roll you around until you are a nice sphere of shit.
Where's the wasp table!?
Bees or moth, chance of dying is significantly smaller compare to the rest of the group.
Spider gang, no doubt
No spood lovers in here?! I could watch those Darth Maul lookin' mofos all day long.
Also love the joros 'cause they eat that which I despise the most: the brown marmorated stink bug.
Bees, beetles and moths are fine (wasps are much less so btw), and spiders catch flies and mosquitoes, so yes them too.
In the Control Center, making sure to nuke them from space. I know these are all statistically not aggressive, but I just can't shake the instinctive impulse to eradicate them...


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