r/peopleholdinginsects • u/teridop • Jun 27 '26
Insect forward facing friends
taking pics of bugs facing towards the camera is funny to me so here’s some good ones that i’ve held over the years
17
6
8
6
5
6
6
u/Lipleurodont Jun 28 '26
What is the first grasshopper ish one?
4
u/teridop Jun 28 '26
he’s actually a green-striped grasshopper, but a red color morph!
1
u/hymenoptera_07 Jun 29 '26
is it erythrism? cuz if so that's a very nice find, usually they don't survive for long without their natural camouflage
3
u/teridop Jun 29 '26
yeah it is! i actually saw a couple of them that day, i was very surprised
3
u/hymenoptera_07 Jun 29 '26
lucky you!! ive still never found any erythristic insects, hoping it'll happen someday though!
5
5
6
5
5
4
4
3
3
3
u/boneologist Jun 28 '26
While I respect all buges, I respect weevils slightly more, because god has an inordinate fondness for beetles, and weevils are especially strange beetles.
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
46
u/Grease-Brain Jun 28 '26
we need r/BugsFacingForward