On Thu, 08 Mar 2007 08:24:51 -0600, Lar wrote:



Well I have never heard one called cute, but have several times had
customers refer to this species as pretty.
http://arrow-pestcontrol.com/100_2192.JPG

That's not the kind I thought were cute. Big ugly legs, and
noticeably wide body.

Lar

Well, if I start with verrrry small, the egg case, I think the egg
cases are very ugly. They remind me of fat mommas dragging them behind
them.

But the smallest size -- isn't that 2 or 3 mm. -- and not the German
ones, the rounded, blacker, maybe shiny ones, with shorter legs, when
there were only one or two of them maybe, I have thought a couple
times were cute. Something about their proportions. I think that was
only because I knew I would win the war and didn't feel threatened by
them.

Back to the larger ones: Did you know that when you step on them to
kill them, and you hear that noise when you crush them, sometimes you
haven't crushed them at all or killed them. They know how to snap
their fingers, to fool people who are stepping on them. It's one of
their survival skills. Pretty clever, huh.

Just kidding, in case anyone took me seriously.