Comments on: Spam From Japan: Six Legs Good, Eight Legs Bad http://spamfromjapan.com/2009/07/22/six-legs-good-eight-legs-bad/ Live from Tokyo Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:36:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Weird things about Japan – Gakuranman http://spamfromjapan.com/2009/07/22/six-legs-good-eight-legs-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-219 Weird things about Japan – Gakuranman Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:53:25 +0000 http://spamfromjapan.com/?p=55#comment-219 [...] better way to spend your summer than to raise a shiny, black beetle friend? Spam from Japan plays [...] [...] better way to spend your summer than to raise a shiny, black beetle friend? Spam from Japan plays [...]

]]> By: spamfromjapan http://spamfromjapan.com/2009/07/22/six-legs-good-eight-legs-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-142 spamfromjapan Sat, 05 Sep 2009 02:40:26 +0000 http://spamfromjapan.com/?p=55#comment-142 Really? That's good to know. I've never seen them! Really? That’s good to know. I’ve never seen them!

]]> By: Arthur Furrowfield http://spamfromjapan.com/2009/07/22/six-legs-good-eight-legs-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-141 Arthur Furrowfield Fri, 04 Sep 2009 23:30:58 +0000 http://spamfromjapan.com/?p=55#comment-141 we got those in Somerset too we got those in Somerset too

]]> By: spamfromjapan http://spamfromjapan.com/2009/07/22/six-legs-good-eight-legs-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-137 spamfromjapan Tue, 01 Sep 2009 11:15:58 +0000 http://spamfromjapan.com/?p=55#comment-137 Thanks. :) I think they're cute and people were very surprised that I enjoyed holding them. I have some great photos of delighted kids holding them or having beetles crawling all over them, but I'm not okay with posting them online. Thanks. :)

I think they’re cute and people were very surprised that I enjoyed holding them. I have some great photos of delighted kids holding them or having beetles crawling all over them, but I’m not okay with posting them online.

]]> By: JSticksLiz http://spamfromjapan.com/2009/07/22/six-legs-good-eight-legs-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-136 JSticksLiz Tue, 01 Sep 2009 02:03:39 +0000 http://spamfromjapan.com/?p=55#comment-136 I had heard of Japan's beetle-keeping in an entomology class, but I didn't know it was to this extent! They're actually kind of cute, and probably extremely interesting to observe as they develop and go about their daily beetle lives. Great matsuri post! I had heard of Japan’s beetle-keeping in an entomology class, but I didn’t know it was to this extent! They’re actually kind of cute, and probably extremely interesting to observe as they develop and go about their daily beetle lives. Great matsuri post!

]]> By: spamfromjapan http://spamfromjapan.com/2009/07/22/six-legs-good-eight-legs-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-16 spamfromjapan Fri, 24 Jul 2009 09:57:30 +0000 http://spamfromjapan.com/?p=55#comment-16 They're completely harmless. Well, unless left together in the same tank for too long. T then you start to hear this weird metallic scratching sound. I know where Japanese horror movies come from now! They’re completely harmless. Well, unless left together in the same tank for too long. T then you start to hear this weird metallic scratching sound. I know where Japanese horror movies come from now!

]]> By: spamfromjapan http://spamfromjapan.com/2009/07/22/six-legs-good-eight-legs-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-15 spamfromjapan Fri, 24 Jul 2009 09:37:40 +0000 http://spamfromjapan.com/?p=55#comment-15 I heard they die pretty soon after breeding, but we've yet to have a funeral for them. The metallic green ones? I think they are called 'mamekogane', but don't take my word for it. I heard they die pretty soon after breeding, but we’ve yet to have a funeral for them.

The metallic green ones? I think they are called ‘mamekogane’, but don’t take my word for it.

]]> By: reesan http://spamfromjapan.com/2009/07/22/six-legs-good-eight-legs-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-13 reesan Thu, 23 Jul 2009 12:51:02 +0000 http://spamfromjapan.com/?p=55#comment-13 dude, i come from australia so we are pretty used to having the most deadly, venomous creatures on earth or in the sea. but honestly, i'm not sure about these big ar$ed bugs. they look like they should be able to do a lot of harm. are feeding one like a pet in the first piccie. :-) dude, i come from australia so we are pretty used to having the most deadly, venomous creatures on earth or in the sea. but honestly, i’m not sure about these big ar$ed bugs. they look like they should be able to do a lot of harm. are feeding one like a pet in the first piccie. :-)

]]> By: Adele http://spamfromjapan.com/2009/07/22/six-legs-good-eight-legs-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Adele Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:54:24 +0000 http://spamfromjapan.com/?p=55#comment-12 Last year at my school, we had a pair of those huge beetles as our school mascots. The female died shortly after giving birth (we took care of the larvae until they were at the large, gross white stage, then gave one to each of the kids to take home), and the male died of loneliness a month or so later. We held a little funeral for him and buried him behind the school, with the kids in attendance. ^_^ Personally, I think the smaller metalic green- and copper-hued beetles you see around here are gorgeous, and don't mind picking them up to freak out some of my students. XD Last year at my school, we had a pair of those huge beetles as our school mascots. The female died shortly after giving birth (we took care of the larvae until they were at the large, gross white stage, then gave one to each of the kids to take home), and the male died of loneliness a month or so later. We held a little funeral for him and buried him behind the school, with the kids in attendance. ^_^

Personally, I think the smaller metalic green- and copper-hued beetles you see around here are gorgeous, and don’t mind picking them up to freak out some of my students. XD

]]> By: spamfromjapan http://spamfromjapan.com/2009/07/22/six-legs-good-eight-legs-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-11 spamfromjapan Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:46:58 +0000 http://spamfromjapan.com/?p=55#comment-11 The kids tried to scare me by thrusting them up into my face, but I scared them even more by asking to hold them. I came to Japan not very comfortable with bugs, but now the only things I fear are spiders and cockroaches. The kids tried to scare me by thrusting them up into my face, but I scared them even more by asking to hold them. I came to Japan not very comfortable with bugs, but now the only things I fear are spiders and cockroaches.

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