it is that time of year again where I see lots of banded woolly bear caterpillars crossing footpaths in fields.
these guys (not my pictures):
Judging by the search results being full of clickbait article headlines in the form of "Can thing do this outlandish thing???", there's a myth that you can predict severity of the coming winter by the size of their orange fur region relative to the black regions. More interestingly, they can survive freezing solid in the winter, as their habitat ranges through zones with severely freezing winter conditions. They hatch in the fall or late summer, hibernate through winter, and pupate into rather fetching isabella tiger moths in spring.
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yes they are the same group, only differentiated by how colorful and pretty we think they are
pigeons are also just doves and vice versa
specifically the classic urban city pigeons with the grey body and bars on the wings and rainbowy throats are these: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_dove
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I've always differentiated moths and butterflies by how they hold their wings - butterflies fold them together vertically and moths have them flat.
There are some species that blur the line between moths and butterflies, but in general there are some distinguishing traits (like the fact that moths have mechanically linked wings while on butterflies they're merely overlapping).
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Hey, crane fly. I've been low-key afraid of an electrical fire for the past twelve days. I appreciate that you can't find your way out of my ceiling fan globe, but not a superb time to generate chaotic buzzing noises from my light fixture.
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It's been awhile since I used this forum, just testing if I remember how to compress my photos.
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It ain't like that, we're just letting you know. Native american forumers have asked people not to use the phrase so we're respecting that.
Most people don't know! It's not a mark against you that you didn't.
Also that's a beautiful shot.
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These Mites Rain Down To Save Your Strawberries | Deep Look4:12 https://youtu.be/Q1XFi9r3dIE Two tiny mites duke it out on strawberry plants throughout California. One is a spider mite that sucks the juices out of the delicious crop and destroys it. The other, persimilis, is a crafty predator that growers drop by the thousands from high-tech drones to protect their fields.
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Every time I think of really small organisms, like those teeny tiny wasps, or planktonic life forms, or those mites, or what have you, it always kinda sends me into this weird spiral of like, wonderment at the complexity of it all etc. Like how marvelous to exist in a world with such tiny little creatures as complex as these, how excellent nature is.
Also it makes me a little itchy.
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JedocIn the scupperswith the staggers and jagsRegistered Userregular
That's rad, and I love it. But please, nobody tell my grandma that there are flying robots dropping millions of arachnids from the sky. I'm certain she still owns a shotgun.
That's rad, and I love it. But please, nobody tell my grandma that there are flying robots dropping millions of arachnids from the sky. I'm certain she still owns a shotgun.
Born Pregnant: Aphids Invade with an Onslaught of Clones | Deep Look5:01 https://youtu.be/vrzalLssomg Female aphids are the matriarchs of a successful family operation— taking over your garden. But don’t lose hope; these pests have some serious predators and creepy parasites looking to take them down.
I saw people bringing up aphids as an example of how organic pest control works for years and not once did anybody tell me how interesting they are. Thanks for nothing, middle school science teachers.
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This seemed pretty interesting, it's a short article about a species of planthopper, Issus Coleoptratus, whose nymphs have what are basically exoskeletal gears to sync up the motion of their hind legs when jumping.
This seemed pretty interesting, it's a short article about a species of planthopper, Issus Coleoptratus, whose nymphs have what are basically exoskeletal gears to sync up the motion of their hind legs when jumping.
Article: "Isn't this insect weird?"
Me: It's a planthopper, isn't it?
Planthoppers are just the weirdest bugs. The entire infraorder is like the Platypus of the insect world.
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Whoa what, you have snakes there? I thought St. Patrick drove them all out!
It's not a snake and it's not native to ireland.
It's a legless lizard (Anguis fragilis), aka "Slow worm".
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JedocIn the scupperswith the staggers and jagsRegistered Userregular
THEY SAID IT'S A SLOW WORM
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I don't live in Ireland Pinfeldorf. And yes it's a slow worm, a lady slow worm I do believe. They're a protected species here because they're in decline.
We do have snakes as well though! 2 whole species I think. Grass snake and adder.
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these guys (not my pictures):
Judging by the search results being full of clickbait article headlines in the form of "Can thing do this outlandish thing???", there's a myth that you can predict severity of the coming winter by the size of their orange fur region relative to the black regions. More interestingly, they can survive freezing solid in the winter, as their habitat ranges through zones with severely freezing winter conditions. They hatch in the fall or late summer, hibernate through winter, and pupate into rather fetching isabella tiger moths in spring.
I've heard the same things about doves and pigeons, now that I think of it.
...I should probably ask in the H&A Bug thread
pigeons are also just doves and vice versa
specifically the classic urban city pigeons with the grey body and bars on the wings and rainbowy throats are these: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_dove
-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
E: seems a little big.
-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
Most people don't know! It's not a mark against you that you didn't.
Also that's a beautiful shot.
Totally a Dark Souls boss.
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Two tiny mites duke it out on strawberry plants throughout California. One is a spider mite that sucks the juices out of the delicious crop and destroys it. The other, persimilis, is a crafty predator that growers drop by the thousands from high-tech drones to protect their fields.
This will be here until I receive an apology or Weedlordvegeta get any consequences for being a bully
Also it makes me a little itchy.
Excuse me, I have to buy a shotgun.
Bagheera kiplingi has a most un-spider-like adaptation: a taste for plants.
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Female aphids are the matriarchs of a successful family operation— taking over your garden. But don’t lose hope; these pests have some serious predators and creepy parasites looking to take them down.
Yeap absolutely not terrifying at all
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This seemed pretty interesting, it's a short article about a species of planthopper, Issus Coleoptratus, whose nymphs have what are basically exoskeletal gears to sync up the motion of their hind legs when jumping.
Article: "Isn't this insect weird?"
Me: It's a planthopper, isn't it?
Planthoppers are just the weirdest bugs. The entire infraorder is like the Platypus of the insect world.
-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
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Yes, eat all our slugs my scaley minions!
It's not a snake and it's not native to ireland.
It's a legless lizard (Anguis fragilis), aka "Slow worm".
-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
WHAT
We do have snakes as well though! 2 whole species I think. Grass snake and adder.
And the thing in between a snake and a lizard is a skink. They are just those 3 things.