Comments on: Dinosaur of the Insect World http://www.shelleymunro.com/blog/2008/01/21/dinosaur-of-the-insect-world/ Adventure into Romance Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:46:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Shelley Munro Blog » Blog Archive » Inland Island: Karori Wildlife Sanctuary http://www.shelleymunro.com/blog/2008/01/21/dinosaur-of-the-insect-world/#comment-3811 Shelley Munro Blog » Blog Archive » Inland Island: Karori Wildlife Sanctuary Wed, 20 Feb 2008 07:19:12 +0000 http://www.shelleymunro.com/blog/2008/01/21/dinosaur-of-the-insect-world/#comment-3811 [...] has been released in the pest-free area including brown teal ducks, the little spotted kiwi, giant wetas, tuatara, stitchbird, North Island saddleback, weka, North Island robin and bellbirds to name a [...] [...] has been released in the pest-free area including brown teal ducks, the little spotted kiwi, giant wetas, tuatara, stitchbird, North Island saddleback, weka, North Island robin and bellbirds to name a [...]

]]> By: Shelley Munro http://www.shelleymunro.com/blog/2008/01/21/dinosaur-of-the-insect-world/#comment-3025 Shelley Munro Tue, 22 Jan 2008 09:20:45 +0000 http://www.shelleymunro.com/blog/2008/01/21/dinosaur-of-the-insect-world/#comment-3025 LOL, Jenyfer. You're lucky they didn't give you a horrid nickname because of it! LOL, Jenyfer. You’re lucky they didn’t give you a horrid nickname because of it!

]]> By: Jenyfer Matthews http://www.shelleymunro.com/blog/2008/01/21/dinosaur-of-the-insect-world/#comment-3022 Jenyfer Matthews Tue, 22 Jan 2008 06:31:29 +0000 http://www.shelleymunro.com/blog/2008/01/21/dinosaur-of-the-insect-world/#comment-3022 Not an insect person here. Having grown up in Louisiana where there are giant roaches that can fly, I still jump at dark spots in my peripheral vision. :eek: Funny, if tragic giant insect story. When I was in fifth grade, one of my classmates captured some sort of enormous insect and brought it to school to show us. I have no idea what it was, but as I recall it was black and yellow and looked a bit like a locust - and was probably slightly smaller than the giant weta pictured in your post. After show and tell was over, it was time for lunch so we all lined up to go. When we got outside, my classmate let the creature go in the grass. Everyone was watching it to see where it would go. Me? I was talking to my friends in line. Crunch. I still remember the looks my classmates shot me. Like it wasn't bad enough to have all that bug goo on my shoe. :blush: Not an insect person here. Having grown up in Louisiana where there are giant roaches that can fly, I still jump at dark spots in my peripheral vision.

Funny, if tragic giant insect story.

When I was in fifth grade, one of my classmates captured some sort of enormous insect and brought it to school to show us. I have no idea what it was, but as I recall it was black and yellow and looked a bit like a locust - and was probably slightly smaller than the giant weta pictured in your post.

After show and tell was over, it was time for lunch so we all lined up to go. When we got outside, my classmate let the creature go in the grass. Everyone was watching it to see where it would go. Me? I was talking to my friends in line.

Crunch.

I still remember the looks my classmates shot me. Like it wasn’t bad enough to have all that bug goo on my shoe.

]]> By: Kris http://www.shelleymunro.com/blog/2008/01/21/dinosaur-of-the-insect-world/#comment-3021 Kris Tue, 22 Jan 2008 05:12:59 +0000 http://www.shelleymunro.com/blog/2008/01/21/dinosaur-of-the-insect-world/#comment-3021 Hi Shell! I came by to say hello and to catch up on you! I am really freaked out by ALL bugs, but the pictures are absolutely beautiful! Hi Shell! I came by to say hello and to catch up on you! I am really freaked out by ALL bugs, but the pictures are absolutely beautiful!

]]> By: Shelley Munro http://www.shelleymunro.com/blog/2008/01/21/dinosaur-of-the-insect-world/#comment-3019 Shelley Munro Tue, 22 Jan 2008 02:07:15 +0000 http://www.shelleymunro.com/blog/2008/01/21/dinosaur-of-the-insect-world/#comment-3019 Hey, you guys have bears, snakes, scorpions and big cats. We have to win at something :grin: Hey, you guys have bears, snakes, scorpions and big cats. We have to win at something

]]> By: Christine d'Abo http://www.shelleymunro.com/blog/2008/01/21/dinosaur-of-the-insect-world/#comment-3018 Christine d'Abo Tue, 22 Jan 2008 01:11:38 +0000 http://www.shelleymunro.com/blog/2008/01/21/dinosaur-of-the-insect-world/#comment-3018 :eek: Big...bug... One good thing about the cold of Canada. Though it wouldn't stop me from coming to visit you Shelley. I'd brave the wetas!! :mrgreen:

Big…bug…

One good thing about the cold of Canada. Though it wouldn’t stop me from coming to visit you Shelley. I’d brave the wetas!!

]]> By: Lillian Feisty http://www.shelleymunro.com/blog/2008/01/21/dinosaur-of-the-insect-world/#comment-3017 Lillian Feisty Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:55:34 +0000 http://www.shelleymunro.com/blog/2008/01/21/dinosaur-of-the-insect-world/#comment-3017 I am so not an insect person! :eek: I am so not an insect person!

]]> By: Estella http://www.shelleymunro.com/blog/2008/01/21/dinosaur-of-the-insect-world/#comment-3015 Estella Mon, 21 Jan 2008 22:00:40 +0000 http://www.shelleymunro.com/blog/2008/01/21/dinosaur-of-the-insect-world/#comment-3015 The weta resembles our grasshoppers. I don't have a problem with bugs, but don't think I'd like to encounter a giant weta. The weta resembles our grasshoppers. I don’t have a problem with bugs, but don’t think I’d like to encounter a giant weta.

]]> By: Ciar Cullen http://www.shelleymunro.com/blog/2008/01/21/dinosaur-of-the-insect-world/#comment-3014 Ciar Cullen Mon, 21 Jan 2008 21:30:52 +0000 http://www.shelleymunro.com/blog/2008/01/21/dinosaur-of-the-insect-world/#comment-3014 That thing is just wrong. :eek: That thing is just wrong.

]]> By: Shelley Munro http://www.shelleymunro.com/blog/2008/01/21/dinosaur-of-the-insect-world/#comment-3013 Shelley Munro Mon, 21 Jan 2008 21:14:10 +0000 http://www.shelleymunro.com/blog/2008/01/21/dinosaur-of-the-insect-world/#comment-3013 I've never seen one of the giant wetas. I'm okay with bugs, which is probably just as well since hubby is fascinated with them and is always shoving them under my nose to look at. Mice and rats - not so keen on those! I’ve never seen one of the giant wetas. I’m okay with bugs, which is probably just as well since hubby is fascinated with them and is always shoving them under my nose to look at. Mice and rats - not so keen on those!

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