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My child is terrified of bugs. Doesn't matter what kind of bug -- ants, flies, mosquitoes, midges, or those creepy hairy-legged things in the corner of the bathtub -- she freaks out if she so much as THINKS one is in her vicinity. The other day, on the way home from day camp, a fairly large moth got in the car as we were getting in, and I could not get it to fly back out when I opened my window. No matter how many times I told Charlotte that the moth wouldn't hurt her, she shrieked every time it flew into the backseat area as though she were being attacked by Mothra.
After the moth finally got sucked out the window, we had a long talk about the harmlessness of moths and butterflies as compared to bees and mosquitoes, but I don't think it will really change anything. This morning she came screaming to me about a bee in her room, which turned out to be a dead midge blown from the window fan onto her bed. Oh, well.
So I am not ever telling her about this website, which ranks the relative painfulness of insect bites and stings and which puts the very common paper wasps and honeybees right near the top. On the upside, though, I don't see any moth species listed.
Not that 'C' would like this, but I saw the COOLEST thing on the way to work this morning.
Two small finches were by the side of the road. As I stopped at the stop sign, I was watching them flying up from the ground erratically and then back down and then another finch would dart out from the house across the street and do this odd flying pattern. When i got closer I realised they were trying to cherry pick this moth right out of the air and you know how erratically moths and butterflies fly? It was hilarious. I wonder who won in the end.
Posted by Anonymous Coward [URL] at 07/12/07
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