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a spider with an evil smile on its face

A good shower can keep you from mosquitos since they’re attracted to smelly feet, but you will never be able to turn your back on these adorable creatures. There are 10 quintillion (10,000,000,000,000,000,000) insects on Earth at all times and the critters on this list can fight to be named the “Cutest Bug Ever”.

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a green bug sitting on top of a leaf

Phyllium westwoodi Wood-Mason, 1875. Phylliidae family contains the extant true leaf insects or walking leaves, which include some of the most remarkable leaf mimics in the entire animal kingdom. They occur from South Asia through Southeast Asia to Australia. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Phasmatodea Superfamily: Phyllioidea Family: Phylliidae Redtenbacher, 1906

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a small insect on the finger of someone's hand

Or newest "pet" Puppet on my finger. She's a female silkworm moth. My mother who is a teacher grew silkworms in her class, and they all became moths, mated, laid their eggs then died. This one however didn't find a partner, so she came home with us. If they don't mate they live for about 2 weeks, although my mom has had some live for almost a month in the past. If they do mate they die the next day. They don't eat, don't fly.... a rather pitiful living being. They are bred in captivity so…

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three pictures of blue bugs on top of green leaves and bottom shows the same insect

Usually when we talk about bugs or insects, we imagine something repulsive and gross, and even scary. Probably more than one of you even has a phobia and can’t stand those little critters. But it might surprise you that there are some bugs that have such interesting forms and colors that you entirely forget they are related to the cockroach living under your sink in your student dormitory.

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