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Buggin' Out: Are These Real or Fake Insect Names (Part 1)
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Kristina's bringing the game! Oh, how the tables have turned! Kristina brings insect names she invented and real, super weird bug names. How do you think you'll fare?
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Introduction to 'Laughing with Gingers'
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Christina. Thank you everyone for tuning into Laughing with Gingers. The podcasts were two feisty redheads with loud laughs, shared crazy stories, play games, and spread silliness and joy.
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That little LA ray of sunshine today is stuck in her closet and coming at you from, you know,
Return After Hiatus
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no.
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No micsville. My partner in crime, Christina Curry. And that is Sarah Allefin calling a girl out, aka Frankster Monk, and my co-hosts of Laughing with Ginger. We have not recorded, I think we were just tracking this since November. And it is March 19.
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Yeah, well, y'all, I was sick for a good month-ish. Probably a month and a few days, if I'm being honest. I could not get my shit together. It was fun. And good.
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We alternated travel plans too, so there was bad. Travel and sickness has kept us away, but no more. We are here. And our episode today is going to be so much fun. This time, I am quizzing Sarah, so it's on me now.
Real vs. Fake Bug Names Quiz
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I'm closing Sarah on funny bug names and whether or not the bug name is real or fake and like one that I made up. Listen, I suffered through a lot of gross bug images while doing this research, so I want you to know my pain.
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And then also, Sarah has a story time with Sarah of a red animal.
Finch Nesting Story
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Yes. So I am at war with one of the red finches in our yard.
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Oh, God. Okay. Pause for a second. We all know that we get dive-bombed. We've said this on a few episodes, but Sarah and I get dive-bombed by birds more often than the normal person. I know. It's seriously all the time. I don't know why.
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It's like, yeah, it is a really bizarre thing that have I've not ever been shot on, but I've definitely been dive bombs towards my head. I mean, probably like five or six times maybe I don't even know. Yeah, I have been shot on but only once.
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right into my tea that I was carrying. Oh, no. Not a good situation. No, that's not good. Okay, so this has this bird been like tormenting you and like, yes. Okay, so we all know red. I mean, of course, this is stereotypical, but I absolutely identify as this being true. So redheads, we are stubborn. And these
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two finches have decided that they would really like to build their nest above the door, like right outside of our back door, like on our second floor. So right outside of our window, right above the door we used to come in and out of the house because that's where our, it's our back door where we use it as our front door. So in addition to the dive bombing, it is not a safe location because last year when the morning dove nested there,
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The second that it left for like an eighth of a like breath, the crows came and ate its eggs, like, right? It was so sad. So we've like put up all this stuff to prevent it from getting there, including like grill grates and vent covers from like the interior vents.
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Oh my God. And they keep finding ways in. They aren't determined. Oh my God. So, Christina, we might be talking about how, because as soon as they lay eggs, you can't disrupt them anymore, in my opinion. Yeah. But they haven't built the nest yet. They just keep bringing the stuff, and then I keep finding how they're getting in.
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I'm blocking them and cleaning the stuff out that they're putting in. They're fucking determined. They're so determined.
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It might be a really long summer of being dive-bombed in the head. Oh my God. A red bird. Oh no. You just need a sign that says, do not park here. No, no bird parking. Oh God. Okay. Are you ready to play? I am. I am. Let's do it.
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Okay, so again, you have to say, you have to let me know, is this a real bug or a fake bug name that I made up or had the internet help me make up? Or Angie might have helped me make it up too. Multiple things were involved in the making up of these bug names. Okay, bug number one, the assassin bug.
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I'm gonna go with fake.
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It's true! Okay, true to their name, assassin bugs are predatory insects that are highly proficient at offing other anthropods. Some of their common victims include bees, flies, caterpillars, and more. And there are a variety of different species of assassin bugs, and some take their murderous tendencies a step further by indulging in the blood of their victims.
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I know, assassin bugs measure about an inch long and are often black, gray, or brown.
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That is brutal. Yeah, I know. They're not okay. Assassin's bugs are not okay. In general, bugs are just like, not okay for me, but I appreciate the role they play in society.
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OK, number two, hitchhiking vampire bug. I'm going fake. Yeah, you're right, you're right. So we I did like a generator in a bug name thing and they they were like thing that exists.
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Yeah, it does. It'll generate like funny fake names. And they said that the hitchhiking vampire bug is a mosquito. Oh god. All right. Number three. I hope everyone at home is playing along with this and keeping track. Let us know if you beat Sarah's score.
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Okay, Nefertiti's Birdwing Moth. I'm gonna go with real on that one. It's fake!
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Okay, so it's actually a spin off of Queen Alexandria's bird wing. So it was not far off. We just like, you know, I just changed the name a little bit.
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Okay, so you got that one wrong. I should have gotten some paper and pens so I can keep track. You need me to keep score for myself. Yeah, probably. I'm in a closet. There's no paper and pen in this closet. It's really weird. Do people normally have paper and pen in their closets? No, I'm being facetious. I might actually.
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Oh, oh, that's weird. Maybe. Do I? No, I definitely don't. I definitely don't. It's clothes and dirty clothes and hangers. I feel like I have bags in there that probably have paper and pen. Oh, yeah. I can see that. I can see that for sure. OK. Two wrong, one correct. There's still time. There's still time to bring it back.
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OK, here's another one. Buffalo treehopper bug. I'm going to go real. It is real. Yay. OK, so these unique little bugs get their name due to their large, oddly shaped heads that resemble the face of a buffalo. They are typically light to dark green in color and have an interesting humpback shape.
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Buffalo treehoppers, it's so funny, consumes a variety of plants, including vegetables, flowers, fruits, and trees. Using their wings, these garden pests tree hop from one plant to another in order to feed and lay their eggs.
Long Hair Struggles
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They are most active in the summer and fall prior to entering a hibernation state during the winter. That sounds like it was written by someone who
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Passive aggressively hates the buffalo tree. These garden pests. I know. I know. That was a little uncalled for. Haters. Haters gonna hate. How can you hate on a bug that looks like a buffalo? I think it sounds cute. It does sound cute.
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Although I also every time I think of any of these bugs, I'm like this would get stuck in my hair.
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Oh God, I know it's so true. Oh man. Yeah, this wild and wooly hair, when I had it really long, I would leave bobby pins in it and other things or find like twigs and I'd be like shampooing and I'm like, what the heck is this? Pulling things out of my hair. It's easier to maintain no things in hair when it's shorter.
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That's probably accurate. When I met Christina, her hair was like to her waistband. Yeah, it was really, really long. Yeah, now it's like a cute shortcut. And I have a haircut in a couple weeks, so it's about to get shorter. I know, we'll see. You know how when you go to get your haircut short and the stylist is like hesitant to actually cut it short?
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We'll see if she's like, OK, I'll cut it short because sometimes I think you don't want it short. Yeah, I think it's you can't go backward from it. Yeah, I totally get it. Totally get that. Yeah, you have to wait it out for a long time. Yeah. God, I feel like that's a hard job to do because if someone's upset, it's like you can't really give them more hair back.
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Yeah. And I think that's why they hesitate to cut your hair short. Cause like they can't undo what they, there's no command Z. It's a scary job. I'd have so much anxiety. That's why I never went to beauty school. Meanwhile, everyone that cuts my hair wants to cut it shorter. They're always like, can I just like take a few extra inches off? Can you just trust me?
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and you're like, nope, nope, negative. It has to tie up. Yeah, I get that. On day number 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 when you're not washing it, you need to pull it back. Yeah, I need it up for diving because otherwise it's getting all in my face and like.
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Catching things in the water that are not supposed to come up out of the water. Fish. Can you imagine if a fish swam into your hair and got stuck? That's the ultimate. We've unlocked a new irrational fear.
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I know! Or like, God forbid a jellyfish and their tentacles get all wrapped up in your hair. Good God, that would be awful. Yeah. That would be so bad. That would be so bad. Oh, God. At least that couldn't fight me. Like, if it was something else that was a strong fish.
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It could fight you. Or like a fish with teeth that's just like biting your ear and can't get anywhere else. There are fish with teeth that do that. Oh my god. I don't know if this is real, but in my brain, I feel like I googled fish with teeth one time and it looked like human teeth. The fish had human teeth. Isn't that a real fish? Yes. Okay. Okay. I have those like image in my head. Those are the ones that'll like poke you in the back of the head. They'll like
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nip at you sometimes. Oh my god. Do they get cavities? Do they brush? They use the kelp to floss. Just seeing cavities. Oh god. All right. Well, we went left field.
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All right, you're bringing it back. Number five. Number five. Is this a real bug or fake? Predacious twisty nail. Oh, not nail. Snail. Forgot the S in front of snail. I'm going to go with fake. Yes, fake. There is a predation diving beetle. That's real. That would get stuck in your hair. Oh, my God.
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oh like the flying cockroaches oh those are the worst oh i know it's just so gross i'm so gross i'm just envisioning one flying at you and sticking into your hair oh god uh all right so yes you got that correct predacious twisty snail it's not
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Neither is the nail. And neither is the nail. Oh, my God. OK. All right. Next one. Number six. Vapornetics beetle. I'm going to go with real, but I'm against my gut, though. All right. Well, you're wrong. So you should have gone with your gut.
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I don't even know where that one came from, but it's not real. Oh, God. It could totally be real, though. It could, right? It kind of sounds like Vapornetics. That sounds like a real type of bug. It sounds, I don't know. It sounds fake, but fake enough that it would be real.
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Yeah. Fake real. Yeah, like the cicadas and their life cycles. How that sounds so fake. Yeah, like seven years on the ground. Really? 17 for. Oh yeah, 17. That's right. Yeah. That just doesn't seem real.
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They're coming with, there's a 17 and a 13 year brood that both hatch at the same time this year. I would not recommend bringing your boss over here. Oh my God. Are you kidding? What time is it? Summer time? Yeah. I'm going to have a lot of cicadas in my hair. Oh my God. It's going to be an epidemic. Yeah. It's like, it feels like a plague when they hatch. This is the first time in like over a hundred years that these two have hatched at the same time.
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Oh, shit. It is. The apocalypse is coming. Isn't this one of the apocalypse signs? One of the seven flags, I think. Yeah. The locusts. The locusts are coming for us. Oh, God. Choose wisely, everyone. All right. Number seven is a dragon moth.
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Real. It's false. So this shit is crazy, right? OK, there is a it's called a Spotted Apatolologist. That word is like really hard to say. It looks like a tiny dragon, though, if you Google like tiny dragon moth, it's it looks like a tiny dragon. It's adorbs adorbs. I don't say that about bugs often.
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Oh gosh. All right. Number eight is a Harlequin bug. I feel like that's fake, but you've packed now too many fake ones in a row. I'm still going to go with fake though, because I just feel like that has to be fake.
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It's true. It's funny you say that because I was like, Angie, I got to do these in random orders because the last time I did a quiz for Sarah, she sniffed out a pattern that I set up. I still sniffed it out. I was like, I can't do it in a pattern or she'll sniff it out.
00:20:49
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Yeah, so the harlequin bug is real. So with bodies shaped like a shield and red and orange and black patterns dappled across their shells, these interesting bugs look like a cross between stink bug and a lady bug. And the harlequin bug can be found across the US and are known for being garden pests that have a particular taste for cruciferous vegetables. Yeah, yeah, so there we go.
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Why did they name it that? I have no idea. I was literally just thinking that I'm like, Oh, maybe it's Harlequin, like the, like her makeup and maybe the pattern on this, like a red, orange and black pattern. So maybe it looks like her makeup on the back of the bug. Maybe. Yeah. Like on their shell. I saw the picture, but like, honestly, I was perusing fast through the images because they grossed me out.
00:21:45
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It's like, I don't need to see these. OK. Number nine. OK, wait. Let me look. How many more do we have? We have 15. So we're on number nine. We're moving along. We're moving along. OK. Number nine is the enema pan beetle. Fake. It's real.
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Who named that? I don't know why they named it. So the enema pan is the type of rhinoceros beetle found in Mexico. Oh, in Central America and South America. Number 10. Are you ready for this bug name, Sarah? I don't know. I am not doing great in this game.
00:22:46
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I think it's because you don't have wine in front of you. That's definitely possible. I think what needs to happen is we'll do a part two and on the part two you bring some wine and I think you'll be able to sniff out my bullshit better.
00:23:01
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OK, well, maybe we can make it a drinking game. Yeah, there you go. Perfect. And everyone at home can play along, but don't be driving and drinking. Pull over and do it at a bar or something. We want to be safe here. All right, number 10 is the Hercules beetle.
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I'm going to go real. It is real. Yeah. OK, so it's also known as the rhinoceros beetle. Rhinoceros? Yeah, which I almost did that one. But I flipped them. Anyway. Are you sure it's not rhinoceros? How do you spell rhinoceros? Smell rhinoceros?
00:23:59
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I am not going to spell Rhinoceros right now. But it has an H as the second letter. Oh my God. I think maybe this is the French version. I mean the Spanish version. Or is it the one that has Sarah in it because you're talking to Sarah?
00:24:29
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Yeah, that is definitely what's happening here. Okay, so they're possibly the strongest insect in the world. Oh my god. Well, I guess that's why they're called Hercules.
00:24:50
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They're capable of lifting an astounding weight with proportion to themselves. On average, this weight comes to roughly 850 times their own weight. That's insane. That is roughly the equivalent of an adult human lifting nine adult male elephants. I was just going to say a car, but it's more than a car. It is way more than a car. That's nuts. That's just nuts.
Conclusion and Listener Engagement
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You go, Hercules Beetle or Rhinoceros Beetle. Look at you, Rhinoceros. Rhinoceros Beetle. Do you know there is a beetle named after you, Sarah? Oh, no. Oh, God.
00:25:46
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I'd like to say it's been a long day, but it kind of hasn't been a long day. I'm just an idiot. I guess on that note, how did you do for at least part one of our funny bugging quiz? You got six Sarah's. I got four rhinos. Oh, you got to make a comeback on part two.
00:26:15
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How did you guys do out there? How did y'all do? Did you beat Sarah? I hope so. I hope so too. Oh my god, I'm at Rhino Sarah's note. Thank you everyone for joining us on this episode of Labbing Witch Insurance.
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