{"id":146,"date":"2015-02-07T23:25:05","date_gmt":"2015-02-07T23:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/melanconfamily.net\/wp\/?p=146"},"modified":"2015-02-07T23:25:05","modified_gmt":"2015-02-07T23:25:05","slug":"a-visit-to-insect-adventure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/melanconfamily.net\/wp\/?p=146","title":{"rendered":"A visit to Insect Adventure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Margaux and I spent a little time this morning at Oklahoma State University&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/http:\/\/insectadventure.okstate.edu\/\">Insect Adventure<\/a>, a sort of petting zoo for insects and arachnids. M was completely taken by the bugs and had a ball with her new entomologist friends Zoe and Xandra. Here are pictures of some of the fun.<\/p>\n<p>This is M with a Madagascar hissing cockroach. You have to get them irritated to hear the hiss, but then it&#8217;s quite audible.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/melanconfamily.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/1-m-w-hissing-roach.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-148\" src=\"http:\/\/melanconfamily.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/1-m-w-hissing-roach-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"1-m-w-hissing-roach\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/melanconfamily.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/1-m-w-hissing-roach-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/melanconfamily.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/1-m-w-hissing-roach.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/melanconfamily.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/2-hissing-roach-closeup.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-149\" src=\"http:\/\/melanconfamily.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/2-hissing-roach-closeup-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"2-hissing-roach-closeup\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/melanconfamily.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/2-hissing-roach-closeup-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/melanconfamily.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/2-hissing-roach-closeup.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This was another giant roach, called a pepper roach:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/melanconfamily.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/4-pepper-cockroaches.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-151\" src=\"http:\/\/melanconfamily.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/4-pepper-cockroaches-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"4-pepper-cockroaches\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/melanconfamily.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/4-pepper-cockroaches-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/melanconfamily.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/4-pepper-cockroaches-624x468.jpg 624w, http:\/\/melanconfamily.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/4-pepper-cockroaches.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/melanconfamily.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/5-pepper-cockroach-closeup.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-152\" src=\"http:\/\/melanconfamily.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/5-pepper-cockroach-closeup-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"5-pepper-cockroach-closeup\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/melanconfamily.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/5-pepper-cockroach-closeup-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/melanconfamily.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/5-pepper-cockroach-closeup-624x468.jpg 624w, http:\/\/melanconfamily.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/5-pepper-cockroach-closeup.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is a mealworm, a larval form of a darkling beetle. Child has serious love for bugs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/melanconfamily.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/3-mealworm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-150\" src=\"http:\/\/melanconfamily.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/3-mealworm-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"3-mealworm\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/melanconfamily.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/3-mealworm-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/melanconfamily.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/3-mealworm.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is a vineagaroon, also called a whip-tailed scorpion, though it&#8217;s not technically a scorpion and doesn&#8217;t have a stinger. Still pretty creepy, though.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/melanconfamily.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/7-vinegaroon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-154\" src=\"http:\/\/melanconfamily.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/7-vinegaroon-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"7-vinegaroon\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/melanconfamily.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/7-vinegaroon-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/melanconfamily.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/7-vinegaroon.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Probably her favorite insect today was something called the Thorny Devil Walking Stick, a kind of super-sized walking stick bug. (Though not the largest they had. That would be the Jungle Nymph, a freakish large green thing. They weren&#8217;t passing around today because it was in a bad mood and they didn&#8217;t want kiddos losing digits.<\/p>\n<p>But the thorny devil was mellow and happy. It clung to M&#8217;s shirt and walked around her shoulders and backpack while she toured the various displays.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/melanconfamily.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/11-thorny-devil.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-158\" src=\"http:\/\/melanconfamily.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/11-thorny-devil-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"11-thorny-devil\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/melanconfamily.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/11-thorny-devil-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/melanconfamily.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/11-thorny-devil.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/melanconfamily.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/8-thorny-devil-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-155\" src=\"http:\/\/melanconfamily.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/8-thorny-devil-1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"8-thorny-devil-1\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/melanconfamily.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/8-thorny-devil-1-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/melanconfamily.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/8-thorny-devil-1.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/melanconfamily.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/10-thorny-devil.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-157\" src=\"http:\/\/melanconfamily.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/10-thorny-devil-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"10-thorny-devil\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/melanconfamily.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/10-thorny-devil-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/melanconfamily.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/10-thorny-devil.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When we got home, all those insects had made us hungry. Margaux asked for insect-themed lunch, so we had tarantula and mealworms (aka avocado with carrot sticks and blueberries and rolls of turkey with blueberries.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/melanconfamily.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/12-lunch.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-159\" src=\"http:\/\/melanconfamily.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/12-lunch-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"12-lunch\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/melanconfamily.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/12-lunch-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/melanconfamily.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/12-lunch.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>M finished lunch with a butter-mint, which she called an &#8220;egg sac.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/melanconfamily.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/13-egg-sack-dessert.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-160\" src=\"http:\/\/melanconfamily.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/13-egg-sack-dessert-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"13-egg-sack-dessert\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/melanconfamily.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/13-egg-sack-dessert-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/melanconfamily.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/13-egg-sack-dessert.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Margaux and I spent a little time this morning at Oklahoma State University&#8217;s Insect Adventure, a sort of petting zoo for insects and arachnids. M was completely taken by the bugs and had a ball with her new entomologist friends Zoe and Xandra. Here are pictures of some of the fun. This is M with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/melanconfamily.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/melanconfamily.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/melanconfamily.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/melanconfamily.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/melanconfamily.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=146"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/melanconfamily.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":161,"href":"http:\/\/melanconfamily.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146\/revisions\/161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/melanconfamily.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/melanconfamily.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/melanconfamily.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}