The Whining and Bitching Thread

[Carpe Mortem]

Very low maintenance, is a huge draw. And most people in this hobby view these creatures more as specimens or wards than pets, we tend to have a medium to large size collection referred to by scientific names. That doesn't make it any less troublesome if one dies or escapes though.

This particular subspecies scolopendra polymorpha is possibly the most docile of the large centipedes. Still haven't found him.

 

[CiG]

Had an ant farm when I was a kid, that thing was really fucking cool.

 

[no country for old wainds]

i kept stick insects for a long time, and ofc lepidoptery is one of my hobbies.

 

[Carpe Mortem]

Do you actually keep live specimens or do you pin the dead?

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

SNUGGLES

he looks so cuddly.

 

[no country for old wainds]

Do you actually keep live specimens or do you pin the dead?

neither, i just catch them overnight, identify them and let them go for the most part. although i do have a dead death’s head hawkmoth (or sphinx i think they’re called in the US) specimen, and in the past i have ‘raised’ an elephant hawkmoth caterpillar til it pupated and emerged into an adult.

 

[Blurry_Dreams]

*multifuckheadism

I took him off ignore because people keep responding to him for some reason and I’m sick of reading posts that don’t make sense

 

[Satanstoenail]

Die.

 

[Carpe Mortem]

neither, i just catch them overnight, identify them and let them go for the most part. although i do have a dead death’s head hawkmoth (or sphinx i think they’re called in the US) specimen, and in the past i have ‘raised’ an elephant hawkmoth caterpillar til it pupated and emerged into an adult.

I have a pinned deaths head, never had the pleasure of seeing them alive. Fuckin huge though! My one attempt at raising was a tobacco hornworm too big for my lizard to eat, he unfortunately didn't make it. Wings came out all fucked up.

 

[no country for old wainds]

i've never seen a live one either, they're ultra rare immigrants here. here's some of the biggest moths i have seen (not my photos unfortunately, i've lost most of mine):

Spoiler

poplar hawk-moth (wingspan up to 90mm) - garden regular

french red underwing (wingspan up to 80mm) - just one, noticed it perched on the wall while playing ping pong in france

eyed hawk-moth (wingspan up to 80mm) - caught in a friend's garden

oak eggar (wingspan up to 75mm) - in a campsite restroom in france

old lady (wingspan up to 65mm) - garden regular

swallowtail moth (wingspan up to 50mm) - garden regular

and as a bonus, here's a few monsters we do get here which i've never seen but always wanted to:

death's head hawk-moth (wingspan up to 120mm) - had to start with this motherfucker, which aside from looking terrifying also a) squeaks and b) when it raids bee nests for honey the bees part for it like it's some kind of insect god

convolvulus hawk-moth (wingspan up to 120mm)

privet hawk-moth (wingspan up to 120mm)

oleander hawk-moth (wingspan up to 130mm)

 

[Carpe Mortem]

That oleander especially is badass hope you get to see one some day

 

[no country for old wainds]

god it's so bizarre looking. they're actually suuuuuuper rare here, even rarer than the death's head i think, so i'm probably more likely to see one abroad somewhere.

 

[Blurry_Dreams]

Die.

not today

 

[Blurry_Dreams]

missed A-Kon and Animefest

 

[Blurry_Dreams]

*multifuckheadism

I took him off ignore because people keep responding to him for some reason and I’m sick of reading posts that don’t make sense

still laughing
this is actually hilarious to me

 

[Blurry_Dreams]

sleep-dep-psychosis happened for several hours last night
annoying and scary at the same time

 

[PrincessHades]

Got kicked out of class today for "cheating" and being rude, my teacher is a fucking prick. Basically I was working on a worksheet he told me to work on, but because everyone else had already done it he had the answer key on the board. If he didn't want me to do that he should have politely asked me to step out before hand.

 

[Onder]

Silly situation at work. It's kinda kinda clear that I need to start looking for something else but I just dontd like giving up.

 

[Carpe Mortem]

My mother done fucked my shit up. She's suing the dentist we've all used for like 20 years so now I have to cancel an appointment I had set for this weekend plus look for a new dentist. I'm sure her concerns are legitimate - I guess he capped a tooth that had decay in it and of course that made it worse and she's looking at a very expensive fix. And she's spent a shit ton with this guy, she had a lot of over the top cosmetic work done and has a hell of a smile, which is why she's extra pissed. Would be real awkward for me to continue seeing him and inadvisable overall given legal proceedings.

I'm still just annoyed at the inconvenience though lol like damn I just wanted a checkup why you gotta play my mom like that? Now we're done, son.

 

[PrincessHades]

Had a fucking cult meeting at school today. No, I am not exaggerating. There's this honors society for kids with good grades and shit like that, and today we had the assembly for it. Basically juniors and seniors got called into the auditorium. When we walked in, the lights were dimmed and there was a table with unlit candles on it. The kids in the honors society thing were all sitting in front of us. They did some lame speeches and shit, then some teachers took turns tapping the new members with some sort of wand/staff. After that they did some more speeches and lit the candles. After that we all lost it laughing because they started passing this "light of knowledge" thingy which was actually an electric candle from the dollar store. The worst part was the fact that I left my bag in there and had to walk all the way back to get it.

Yes that was all a true story, fucking crazy...