Creepy, ghoulish, terrifying, beautiful (some of them are pretty looking, I must give them that), disgusting, annoying and sometimes just plain eerie; insects have become a part of my life. Initially, I used to run out of the room, every time I spotted one, but nowadays I have started a new hobby. I photograph them and give them pet names!
I have recently shifted to the temple town of Tuljapur, Osmanabad district for my Masters and getting used to the insects is one of the things that I have managed to take in my stride.
Meet some of my Crawly Friends
Miss Brown
This gal loves to eat makhees and machars and is quite cunning. She will sit around languidly, all disinterested, but the minute a machar/makhee passes by, she will open her gigantic jaws (gigantic in insect terms, not human) and swallow it whole.
Meet some of my Crawly Friends
Miss Brown
This gal loves to eat makhees and machars and is quite cunning. She will sit around languidly, all disinterested, but the minute a machar/makhee passes by, she will open her gigantic jaws (gigantic in insect terms, not human) and swallow it whole.
Shudh Shakahari
This guy is a pakka vegetarian. Look at him, he looks like a leaf!
The Beauty and the Beauty
Both of them make an awesome couple, no? 🙂
The Oversized Makhee
A monstrous, oversize makhee that Miss Brown will never be able to hunt.
The Disco Dancer
He is a very strange insect, every night I see him crawling peacefully but in the mornings, he is on his back! Trying all psychedelic moves I suppose.
Miss Pattern
I don’t know much about her because we are recent acquaintances but she has a cute pattern oh her back.
P.S. If you know the scientific names of these insects, do let me know in the comments below 🙂
Now that you’ve known my li’ bug friends, I’m sure you’d love to come visit me home.
We remember the day seven years back when were travelling in a Mumbai local trying hard to come up withe a name for our blog when struck us; Khushboo was always called a Jack of all Trades. The name stuck (with a slight modification, of course) and Minni was born. Six years, over 100 collaboration, lakhs of readers and several awards later; our love for blogging continues to grow. We continue to write on an eclectic range of topics from the funniest autorickshaw signs that we have spotted in Mumbai to how to bathe an elephant. We are true blue Munni of all Trades and we hope to continue on this joyride with our fellow Munnies and Munnas.