Mantises
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As far away from the moths as possible. Too chaotic and irrational for me.
I'm already sitting with the bees
Sweet girl kisses, and hope I stay on their good side. Plus they kinda look like flying sports bikes.
I'd be at the oddball table with the roly poly, millipede & dragonfly...
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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!
Truly they're not scary in person. They're very gentle when they crawl on you. They're very good at camouflaging in bushes, so it's a fun activity to look for them.
spiders ๐คค
Fuck, that's a hard choice. I'm either sitting with moth gang or spider gang, but the bees are a great choice too.
Mantids. I just think they're neat!
Bees or moth, chance of dying is significantly smaller compare to the rest of the group.
Where's the lightning bug table?
Spider gang, no doubt
Arachnophilic freak
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.
On the floor
Moths, they're cool and cute.
With the mantids and wondering where the phasmids are.
Moth crew represent!
Bees, beetles and moths are fine (wasps are much less so btw), and spiders catch flies and mosquitoes, so yes them too.
Covered in bees! Hopefully Eddie Izzard will show up and tell some jokes.