30 Oct 2011, 3:38 pm
As you probably noticed I do not suffer from Ailurophobia
Hopefully none of you suffers from Entomophobia nor Arachnophobia
There is a fascinating insect called Mantodea a.k.a the Praying mantis, you never know if it is really looking at you through its eyes or taking a nap.
Mantids have triangular heads with large compound eyes and three simple eyes, they do not have eyeballs or pupils.
I see the Praying Mantis as the most intelligent of all insects.
They are very useful for biological pest control.
I wish I were a Mantid, ... rather be a Female Mantis then a male 
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30 Oct 2011, 3:50 pm
30 Oct 2011, 3:57 pm
But probably I'd end up being a cockroach.
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30 Oct 2011, 5:15 pm
A green ladybug or a Pea bug. 
30 Oct 2011, 5:48 pm
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaZ2v5zS-z8[/youtube]
Many arachnid species are solitary. I like that. I wouldn't want to be a social spider, though. Many of those pack themselves far too close for my comfort...
Like those Daddy Long Legs. I've seen groupings much larger than that, as well.
30 Oct 2011, 8:03 pm
Mine too. They are one of my favorite insects.
31 Oct 2011, 7:20 am
OMG look what I found out about Praying Mantis, they have divine powers!! !! 
The praying mantis is the oldest symbol of God: the African Bushman’s manifestation of God come to Earth, “the voice of the infinite in the small,”* a divine messenger. When one is seen, diviners try to determine the current message. In this culture they are also associated with restoring life into the dead. “Mantis” is the Greek word for “prophet” or “seer,” a being with spiritual or mystical powers.
Meet the eye of a mantis and feel the presence of God. Interspecies communicator Sharon Callahan says, “the I of me, and the I of the creature became one and we rested on the breath of God.” She notes that a praying mantis appears sometimes in person, other times in a dream or even in an object of art, but always with the “shiny conscious eye ~ God looking at me through the eye of the Mantis.”
The praying mantis shows the way. In the Arabic and Turkish cultures a mantis points pilgrims to Mecca, the holiest site in the Islamic world. In Africa it helps find lost sheep and goats. In France, it's believed that if you are lost the mantis points the way home.
