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minus-squareClay_pidgin@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up78arrow-down1·5 months agoI’ve never heard of insects having a smell, other than like stinkbugs!
minus-squarePerogiBoi@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·5 months agoWait are u telling me bugs don’t smell to you?
minus-squareUnRelatedBurner@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·5 months agoneither to me, I think. Truth is, I never tried sniffing an ant, I’ll sniff them up.
minus-squareKalothar@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoI don’t remember ever smelling a bug either, unless it was a stink bug
minus-squaresheogorath@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoI can smell roaches but that’s it.
minus-squaretamal3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-25 months agoI don’t smell stinkbugs, either… Apparently that’s also genetic. But have you smelled ladybugs? Absolutely foul.
minus-squareClay_pidgin@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoI’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!
I’ve never heard of insects having a smell, other than like stinkbugs!
Wait are u telling me bugs don’t smell to you?
neither to me, I think. Truth is, I never tried sniffing an ant, I’ll sniff them up.
I don’t remember ever smelling a bug either, unless it was a stink bug
I can smell roaches but that’s it.
I don’t smell stinkbugs, either… Apparently that’s also genetic.
But have you smelled ladybugs? Absolutely foul.
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!