Posted on 03/24/2017 3:22:21 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
In two rooms of Charles and Lois O’Brien’s modest home in Tucson, Arizona, more than a million insects – a collection worth an estimated $10m – rest in tombs of glass and homemade shelving. They come from every continent and corner of the world, gathered over almost six decades; a bug story that began as a love story. He remembers the roaches fondly – “I fed them and they helped me eat” “It was sort of an Indiana Jones life for Charley,” Lois said. “It’s been a wonderful life for me
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So around $10 per bug.
$10 million? Darn, I had a bug collection. When I was in the 6th grade. Should’ve kept it up. Don’t know about that whole traveling the world thing, though. I prefer to stay right here in the good old USA! Oh, well...
Obama’s collection of bugs in the White House is more valuable.
“Bugs, Mr. Rico. Zillions of ‘em!”
And that’s just the Terminex appraisal. Imagine if it went under the hammer at Southeby’s.
Excellent link, with a video (1:00)
TY 4 posting.
I killed about 50,000 crickets one day last summer. Imagine the wealth. No don’t, the government will try to tax it.
I remember reading about a guy who advertised to buy millions of roaches. Seems he was moving out of an apartment and the landlord insisted that the place was to be left in the came condition as when he moved in...
LOL!
Stop! Youse are makin’ me hungry!
LOL! That would be my sister’s college apartment. You would go the bathroom, turn on the light, and they’d scatter. Found a huge waterbug in the kettle when boiling for coffee. She and her roomates had a strike sheet on the fridge to tally any fatalities. The landlord never did anything about it.
Nice story. Thanks for posting it.
Can't let this be glossed over but his own collection consists of over a million species of weevils while his wife's collection is comprised of over a quarter million leaf hoppers....
And that doesn't even take into account butterflies, moths, dragonflies, damselflies and the literally millions of other species of bugs alone.
How is it possible that all of these species could have evolved in their own direction from the same primordial soup at the beginning of this planet. Then lets toss birds, animals, fishes and finally man into the mix and ask how was it that only man evolved with intelligence, wisdom and logic?
Couldn't have happened without God
I will still kill some nuisance insects but try to make it quick. I know they are only bugs, but every creature seems to have a fierce will to live, and some higher ones seem to have emotions for people they don't fear. I've been watching some amazing yt videos, the love and memory for human kindness, gorillas, swan, lion, owl, simply amazing the love they expressed and way they expressed it.
Kids now can "collect" them with their cell phone cameras.
I wonder how many of them voted for McCain last election?
I had a hamster that could dance...
He seemed really interested in the Typewriter!
And dressed in a three piece suit...
Well ...smarter than the Big Boss.
I never knew that Dimocraps could be so valuable, multi-million cockroaches!
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