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[-] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 79 points 6 months ago

I've never heard of insects having a smell, other than like stinkbugs!

[-] PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca 18 points 6 months ago

Wait are u telling me bugs don’t smell to you?

[-] UnRelatedBurner@sh.itjust.works 21 points 6 months ago

neither to me, I think. Truth is, I never tried sniffing an ant, I'll sniff them up.

[-] Kalothar@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 months ago

I don’t remember ever smelling a bug either, unless it was a stink bug

[-] sheogorath@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

I can smell roaches but that's it.

[-] tamal3@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I don't smell stinkbugs, either... Apparently that's also genetic.

But have you smelled ladybugs? Absolutely foul.

[-] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago

I've never actually smelled a stinkbug, now that I think of it. I catch and release by hand for my house without issue. Never noticed a ladybug smell either. Interesting!

this post was submitted on 28 May 2024
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