Insex.

May 27, 2009 7:09 PM

Photos of various insects mating.
posted by gman (21 comments total)

I think it's a bloody good design.
posted by nosila at 7:11 PM on May 27

I don't see any spanking. FAIL.

Two rotting bananas do it on a lead.

OK, that makes up for it.
posted by rosebuddy at 7:14 PM on May 27

"Bugfuck" is one of my favorite terms that I rarely utter. Needs the "insex" tag.
posted by not_on_display at 7:16 PM on May 27 [2 favorites]

I'll be in my bunk cocoon.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 7:19 PM on May 27

Makes my ovipositor all tingly.
posted by kuujjuarapik at 7:24 PM on May 27

Where's the NSFW warning? Geez.
posted by five fresh fish at 7:27 PM on May 27

Yep, that was pretty much as advertised.
posted by brain_drain at 7:32 PM on May 27

A grasshopper laying eggs. A photo I took in Texas in between dead armadillos and a prison museum.
posted by Tube at 7:34 PM on May 27 [3 favorites]

Yep, that was pretty much as advertised.

What part threw you off?
posted by gman at 7:37 PM on May 27

Hey, I'll admit it: I've always envied dragonflies for being able to get it on in the air.
posted by EatTheWeak at 7:42 PM on May 27

The female has diversified in color and can come in pale green, violet and pink.

So jealous.
(Oh, that's not a typo?) Nevermind.
posted by heyho at 7:45 PM on May 27 [1 favorite]

I love stuff like this. Particularly, the dragonflies and such; so, so weird. I only have one shot myself but it's of some hawt lady on lady action so it's all good.
posted by Stunt at 9:48 PM on May 27

I enjoyed those, thanks. Bees. Heart shaped dragonfly sex.

Walking back from the stream with buckets of water to my stone and adobe home, I'd stop to catch my breath and watch tiny, iridescent green June bugs mating in the apple orchards where I lived for 4 years. It surprised me what a rush I got from such miniature antics.

Insex, heh.

My favorite insect porn, although actually gastropod mollusks, is the marvelously sensual mating of leopard slugs.
posted by nickyskye at 9:48 PM on May 27 [1 favorite]

In the sixth picture, that was me.

I had no idea that the whole thing was being photographed. Really.

Maybe I made 100 bucks, total, that night. It seemed fun at the time, but now I just feel cheap and dirty about it.
posted by twoleftfeet at 12:38 AM on May 28

Needs more Isabella Rossellini.
posted by Meatbomb at 2:31 AM on May 28 [2 favorites]

Needs more Isabella Rossellini.

Doesn't everything?
posted by Pollomacho at 4:53 AM on May 28

The Lady Bug or as it is known in the UK, the Ladybird should have a worse reputation than the mosquito as it is a voracious killer and devourer of its prey, the greenfly. However, its primary coloring (although red should signify danger even to us!) has given it a much gentler public image than it deserves.

And because greenfly are a pest, and gardeners want rid of them... I don't unsderstand any of why they wrote that up to make it seem like everyone should hate the ladybird(/bug).

It's like saying cats don't deserve the gentle public image they've been given., because really they kill rats.
posted by opsin at 6:32 AM on May 28

I'd swat it.
posted by DU at 7:12 AM on May 28

Bzz chica bzz bzzzzz...!
posted by LordSludge at 7:49 AM on May 28 [1 favorite]

buglove
posted by miss patrish at 6:32 PM on May 28

OMG!!

I just submitted that pic of the mating Golden Backed Snipe Fly pair this morning! *SQUEEE!*
posted by onhazier at 9:10 AM on May 29