Comments on: Ladybug plays with sprinkles http://boingboing.net/2010/12/16/ladybug-plays-with-s.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 09:40:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: pauldrye http://boingboing.net/2010/12/16/ladybug-plays-with-s.html#comment-971018 pauldrye Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-971018 Dude who made this video cheated by using aphid-flavoured sprinkles. I'm just sayin'. Dude who made this video cheated by using aphid-flavoured sprinkles. I’m just sayin’.

]]> By: kpkpkp http://boingboing.net/2010/12/16/ladybug-plays-with-s.html#comment-970771 kpkpkp Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-970771 This video later served to inspire the iRobot Roomba obstacle recovery algorithm (NOT!) This video later served to inspire the iRobot Roomba obstacle recovery algorithm (NOT!)

]]> By: holtt http://boingboing.net/2010/12/16/ladybug-plays-with-s.html#comment-970774 holtt Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-970774 Frankly this presentation of hunter/killer instincts presented as "play" makes me angry. If those had been real aphids, they would be DEAD! Frankly this presentation of hunter/killer instincts presented as “play” makes me angry. If those had been real aphids, they would be DEAD!

]]> By: Tritty http://boingboing.net/2010/12/16/ladybug-plays-with-s.html#comment-971031 Tritty Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-971031 Ambystoma salamander <a href="http://www.vernalpool.org/images/41_ms_ys.jpg">larvae</a> are kinda cute. <a href="http://www.vernalpool.org/images/40_lv_ms.jpg">this</a> ones going to eat some babies Ambystoma salamander larvae are kinda cute. this ones going to eat some babies

]]> By: frankieboy http://boingboing.net/2010/12/16/ladybug-plays-with-s.html#comment-970781 frankieboy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-970781 Easy, holtt! Easy, holtt!

]]> By: oyvinja http://boingboing.net/2010/12/16/ladybug-plays-with-s.html#comment-970784 oyvinja Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-970784 More interestingly, is that a Harlequin ladybug? If so, they are considered a major nuisance around here. To the point that if you are in doubt when trying to identify one, there is a government order to shoot first and identify it later. More interestingly, is that a Harlequin ladybug? If so, they are considered a major nuisance around here. To the point that if you are in doubt when trying to identify one, there is a government order to shoot first and identify it later.

]]> By: EdA http://boingboing.net/2010/12/16/ladybug-plays-with-s.html#comment-970788 EdA Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-970788 That's what's known as a sugar high. That’s what’s known as a sugar high.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/12/16/ladybug-plays-with-s.html#comment-970790 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-970790 Ah, the life of Sisyphus! Ah, the life of Sisyphus!

]]> By: Muse http://boingboing.net/2010/12/16/ladybug-plays-with-s.html#comment-970792 Muse Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-970792 Cute! I find it amusing that the brightly colored elytra (wing case) are most likely evolved to warn predators away, but we humans just find them adorable. The <a href="http://images.thriftyfun.com/images/database/tff96651084.jpg ">larvae</a> are definitely not cute, but I guess most larvae aren't. Cute! I find it amusing that the brightly colored elytra (wing case) are most likely evolved to warn predators away, but we humans just find them adorable.

The larvae are definitely not cute, but I guess most larvae aren’t.

]]> By: daemonsquire http://boingboing.net/2010/12/16/ladybug-plays-with-s.html#comment-970795 daemonsquire Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-970795 The bug's mastery of backspin makes me jealous. And its inability to bite into one of those baubles has me frustrated. Dammit, now I'm angry, <i>too!</i> Angry as if a caiman bit an electric eel! The bug’s mastery of backspin makes me jealous. And its inability to bite into one of those baubles has me frustrated. Dammit, now I’m angry, too! Angry as if a caiman bit an electric eel!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/12/16/ladybug-plays-with-s.html#comment-970797 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-970797 Gooooooaaaaalllll! Gooooooaaaaalllll!

]]> By: donniebnyc http://boingboing.net/2010/12/16/ladybug-plays-with-s.html#comment-970805 donniebnyc Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-970805 Everything is better with Benny Hill. http://bennyhillifier.com/?id=gkr0VYcZ-eY#! Everything is better with Benny Hill.

http://bennyhillifier.com/?id=gkr0VYcZ-eY#!

]]> By: MamaShortstack http://boingboing.net/2010/12/16/ladybug-plays-with-s.html#comment-970816 MamaShortstack Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-970816 Thanks, everything is better with Benny Hill. Thanks, everything is better with Benny Hill.

]]> By: Jackasimov http://boingboing.net/2010/12/16/ladybug-plays-with-s.html#comment-971074 Jackasimov Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-971074 Ladybugs always bite me. It doesn't hurt terribly but it is annoying. Ladybugs always bite me. It doesn’t hurt terribly but it is annoying.

]]> By: holtt http://boingboing.net/2010/12/16/ladybug-plays-with-s.html#comment-970829 holtt Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-970829 In best George Costanza voice... "I am angry my friends! Angry as a cayman who bit an electric eel!" In best George Costanza voice…

“I am angry my friends! Angry as a cayman who bit an electric eel!”

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/12/16/ladybug-plays-with-s.html#comment-971344 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-971344 I have seen Ladybugs do this to canola (rapeseed) I have seen Ladybugs do this to canola (rapeseed)

]]> By: Tonky http://boingboing.net/2010/12/16/ladybug-plays-with-s.html#comment-970841 Tonky Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-970841 Love this video. I think that is actually an Asian Beetle NOT a Lady Beetle (Bug). The orangish Asian Beetle infest buildings and stink. Their having the word "asian" in their name is probably obliquely racist nomenclature. Alternatively, red lady bugs stay outside and are good for gardens. see here: http://www.ca.uky.edu/entomology/entfacts/ef416.asp Love this video.

I think that is actually an Asian Beetle NOT a Lady Beetle (Bug).

The orangish Asian Beetle infest buildings and stink. Their having the word “asian” in their name is probably obliquely racist nomenclature.

Alternatively, red lady bugs stay outside and are good for gardens.

see here:
http://www.ca.uky.edu/entomology/entfacts/ef416.asp

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/12/16/ladybug-plays-with-s.html#comment-970843 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-970843 it's like watching england play football it’s like watching england play football

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/12/16/ladybug-plays-with-s.html#comment-971111 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-971111 Now I'm going to have to eat some aphids just to see if they really are sweet. Now I’m going to have to eat some aphids just to see if they really are sweet.

]]> By: Jonathan Badger http://boingboing.net/2010/12/16/ladybug-plays-with-s.html#comment-970868 Jonathan Badger Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-970868 Or, it may be an actual description, given that these beetles are in fact from Asia and not native to North America. As usual, invasive species do well in a new environment as their predators and prey did not co-evolve with them. Or, it may be an actual description, given that these beetles are in fact from Asia and not native to North America. As usual, invasive species do well in a new environment as their predators and prey did not co-evolve with them.

]]> By: Cunning http://boingboing.net/2010/12/16/ladybug-plays-with-s.html#comment-970869 Cunning Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-970869 It seems to me that those sprinkles are largely dispersed by static electricity as the beetle approaches them. When you're that tiny, static electricity must be a major pain in the abdomen. It seems to me that those sprinkles are largely dispersed by static electricity as the beetle approaches them. When you’re that tiny, static electricity must be a major pain in the abdomen.

]]> By: dia sobin http://boingboing.net/2010/12/16/ladybug-plays-with-s.html#comment-971393 dia sobin Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-971393 Cunning, Ya know, I'm glad you brought this up - I thought I was seeing things. Is it really static electricity, or does this beetle have special psychokinetic powers?! ;-) Cunning, Ya know, I’m glad you brought this up – I thought I was seeing things. Is it really static electricity, or does this beetle have special psychokinetic powers?! ;-)

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/12/16/ladybug-plays-with-s.html#comment-971141 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-971141 "Play" may be a bit of a stretch... but this curious insect is definitely exploring and experimenting. God I love insects!!! And anyone who respects them. “Play” may be a bit of a stretch… but this curious insect is definitely exploring and experimenting.

God I love insects!!! And anyone who respects them.

]]> By: sapere_aude http://boingboing.net/2010/12/16/ladybug-plays-with-s.html#comment-971404 sapere_aude Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-971404 Thank you, Xeni. The original ladybug video was the cutest thing I've seen all day. And thank you, donniebnyc. The Benny Hillified version was the funniest thing I've seen all day. Thank you, Xeni. The original ladybug video was the cutest thing I’ve seen all day.

And thank you, donniebnyc. The Benny Hillified version was the funniest thing I’ve seen all day.

]]> By: bklynchris http://boingboing.net/2010/12/16/ladybug-plays-with-s.html#comment-971406 bklynchris Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-971406 As if you needed a reason to hate something called "beefaroni"? As if you needed a reason to hate something called “beefaroni”?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/12/16/ladybug-plays-with-s.html#comment-971157 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-971157 As far as what exactly it is - a "ladybug" has always described a spectrum of related species; even multiple phyla. Some orange ones bite, some don't, same deal with the red ones. They all stink if crushed, but some can make themselves stink as a defense when handled. The red ones generally contain less funk (particularly after their final instar), but nearly all of these insects and their larvae carry some amount of the same funk in their bodies. IANA entomologist, but I've been a hobbyist for 28-29 years, and an expert since I was 7. As far as what exactly it is – a “ladybug” has always described a spectrum of related species; even multiple phyla. Some orange ones bite, some don’t, same deal with the red ones. They all stink if crushed, but some can make themselves stink as a defense when handled. The red ones generally contain less funk (particularly after their final instar), but nearly all of these insects and their larvae carry some amount of the same funk in their bodies.

IANA entomologist, but I’ve been a hobbyist for 28-29 years, and an expert since I was 7.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/12/16/ladybug-plays-with-s.html#comment-971166 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-971166 I chewed on one of these after it had flown into my beefaroni. It gave the bite an immediate tang. When I dug through the mouthful of pasta I spat in my sink and found a polka dotted shell, my appetite had an anxiety attack. I now hate both ladybugs and beefaroni. I chewed on one of these after it had flown into my beefaroni. It gave the bite an immediate tang. When I dug through the mouthful of pasta I spat in my sink and found a polka dotted shell, my appetite had an anxiety attack. I now hate both ladybugs and beefaroni.

]]> By: MadRat http://boingboing.net/2010/12/16/ladybug-plays-with-s.html#comment-972203 MadRat Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-972203 That is VERY interesting. The lady bug goes after a sprinkle, seems to try to bite it, it rolls away and the lady bug acts like it's vanished. Can the lady bug tell the sprinkles are sugary? Why doesn't the lady bug chase after the sprinkle when it gets a little ways away? Is it because it can't see the sprinkle or because it can see it but doesn't understand that the sprinkle is what it was just chasing? That is VERY interesting. The lady bug goes after a sprinkle, seems to try to bite it, it rolls away and the lady bug acts like it’s vanished. Can the lady bug tell the sprinkles are sugary? Why doesn’t the lady bug chase after the sprinkle when it gets a little ways away? Is it because it can’t see the sprinkle or because it can see it but doesn’t understand that the sprinkle is what it was just chasing?

]]> By: misterjuju http://boingboing.net/2010/12/16/ladybug-plays-with-s.html#comment-970955 misterjuju Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-970955 Be careful, lady! Those sprinkles contain potassium benzoate..... (that's bad) Be careful, lady! Those sprinkles contain potassium benzoate…..

(that’s bad)

]]> By: howaboutthisdangit http://boingboing.net/2010/12/16/ladybug-plays-with-s.html#comment-971212 howaboutthisdangit Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-971212 Last spring I saw some ladybugs trapped on a windowsill along with a couple smaller insects of some sort. Every now and then a ladybug would pick up one of the smaller bugs and flip it around, examining it, before putting it back down again. I guess the smaller buglets' flavor was not up to ladybug standards. Anon #25: something similar happened to me, also last summer. I was eating small candies and popped a ladybug into my mouth. I somehow knew what it was the instant I felt it, so I didn't bite. I spit it out and set it outside - and it did not move the entire time. I think it was even more shocked than I. Last spring I saw some ladybugs trapped on a windowsill along with a couple smaller insects of some sort. Every now and then a ladybug would pick up one of the smaller bugs and flip it around, examining it, before putting it back down again. I guess the smaller buglets’ flavor was not up to ladybug standards.

Anon #25: something similar happened to me, also last summer. I was eating small candies and popped a ladybug into my mouth. I somehow knew what it was the instant I felt it, so I didn’t bite. I spit it out and set it outside – and it did not move the entire time. I think it was even more shocked than I.

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