Contest: ENTER Misc Av Contest: Quit Bugging Me!

[auntiehill]

This week's contest is devoted to bugs--any type of insect life: spiders, caterpillars, flies, ants, butterflies, moths, bees, ladybugs--you name it. Standard av rules apply: 200 x 200 pixels max, 1 MB max. You have enter up to three. You can also enter different types of the same animal; someone could enter a tarantula and another person could enter a black widow spider, for example. I entered a monarch butterfly; someone else could enter a different type of butterfly.

Since I won last time, I will only enter one. I will put the poll up on the 8th.

Here's mine: the monarch butterfly.

 

[scotpens]

Then I assume you're including arachnids as well as insects?

 

[auntiehill]

Then I assume you're including arachnids as well as insects?

Yes. Spiders, bees, ants---any kind of bug.

 

[Orac]

Are larvae and pupae permitted?

 

[auntiehill]

Sure.

 

[Orac]

Macaroni and Cheese? Nope. Maggots:

A big ol' centipede:

Man tries to catch big ol' spider:

 

[Kai "the spy"]

#1

Ladybug

#2

Cicada

#3

Praying Mantis

 

[auntiehill]

Still time to enter! Kind of surprised that no one entered bees.

 

[rhubarbodendron]

three in one go:
My usual jumping spider eye avatar, a striped bug (it's actually called that, according to Wikipedia) which is a very common insect in Bavaria (and pretty! we have a polka dotted variety as well), and a dragonfly playing peekaboo.

 

[Avro Arrow]

Tried to go with a bit of a spooky month theme here...

Black widow spider

Murder hornet (Asian giant hornet)

Death's-head hawkmoth

 

[auntiehill]

Last call! The poll will go up soon.

 

[auntiehill]

OK, thread closed. The poll will go up shortly.