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[–] [email protected] 79 points 3 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

I can smell roaches but that's it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

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

But have you smelled ladybugs? Absolutely foul.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 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!