insect pics

I took 2 really neat pics this summer of a walking stick looking for a mate and then "finding" one. Would it be inappropriate to post the second one? I do not want to offend anyone, but they were almost like two different insects.

I'd say that if you have to ask if something is inappropriate, it probably is. :)

Having said that, there have been other people posting pictures of mating insects before, and it went over well and everyone handled it just fine. I say go ahead and post it (Photos forum) and I'd expect the members will be mature about it.

dave

True, true...Nature's amazing, anyway. :)

Thanks Dave. I really appreciated your comment and will keep that in mind for rest of my life. It was quite an appropriate saying. That said, I will post the two pics. They are not that obscene anyhow, just look like sticks. If anyone objects, you can delete the second one and I won't be offended.

I find nothing wrong with them. How do we learn if we do not see or read? My children were taught a lot by talking about creatures and farm animals when they posed questions about them. It is part of life and creatures do not intend to be obscene.

I totally agree, Brugie. It's kind of a "safe" and less threatening way to introduce them to the subject, isn't it? Makes it easier when the ask questions about themselves later.

This makes me think of how Mom taught us. I grew up on a farm and Mom never did the "shield the kids' eyes and tell 'em they're playing" thing. She wanted us to know all about it because as you said, Brugie, it's a normal natural part of nature. And she didn't want us to think for a minute that it was something to be afraid of. She even sat us down on the log trough when the milk cow was calving and made us watch! I grew up with a healthy load of intelligence about just where things come from. When it came time for "The Talk", I think it was a lot less embarrassing for all of us. Oh, sure, we still hated to ask Mom a question about the birds and the bees. But not because we were embarassed ~ it was because Mom would drag out the charts and books and go on forever to make SURE we knew what was going on! LOL! Thanks to her, I was lucky enough to not be an unwed teenage mother. I LOVE my Mom. :)!! And all that started from watching bugs and cows mate. LOLOL!

Hehehe, Wingnut, once a teacher, always a teacher, huh? She just had to be sure the lesson was learned.

I think one of the funniest photos posted here was of two grasshoppers. It just made me laugh.

Yeppers! And I'm glad of it. Hey, I saw that grasshopper one! I can't remember the caption, but it was something innocent like "ACK! More grasshoppers on the way" or something wasn't it? LOLOL! Cute!

It is all part of Nature's life cycle....without it, species would become extinct, including homo-sapiens!

I once read a joke in Reader's Digest that fits this topic. A father had been contemplating the day his young son would ask him about procreation, and he had been steeling himself to carefully explain the process. Sure enough, one day his son came to him and asked, "Daddy, where do we come from?" His father sat him down and carefully explained the facts of life as honestly as he could. When he was done, his son said, "That's fine, Dad, but Billy's family comes from Michigan. Where do we come from?"

ROTFLMBO!!!!! I LOVE that one, Weez!!!!!