porygonz
Cleaning Drone
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Post by porygonz on Dec 7, 2021 17:42:45 GMT
did you know that cutiefly is based on a real creature called the bee fly bc I didn't until like 2019!! they're pollinators and theyre also known as humbleflies  |
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Post by BETELGEUSE on Dec 7, 2021 23:02:37 GMT
WHAT
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Post by sadlittledib on Dec 8, 2021 3:39:24 GMT
YES AND I AM OBSESSED WITH THIS FACT
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Post by z1mothy on Dec 8, 2021 19:35:39 GMT
YESSSS and they're so cute
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porygonz
Cleaning Drone
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Post by porygonz on Dec 9, 2021 17:49:54 GMT
hi gamers I'm here quickly to drop off another cool guy before I go elsewhere: The Spittlebug!! They're called that bc the nymphs make a foamy kinda substance for protection and to keep warm (it's kindof their house)and it looks like spit a little (i thought it was bubble liquid or washing liquid when I saw some near my house lol). I've also known people who call it frog-spit. It's made out of air (hence the bubbles) and some liquid from some gland I don't actually know what it is. They eat the sap of plants which is why you'll see this substance on the stems.  |
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Post by Vulture on Dec 12, 2021 22:03:49 GMT
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Post by Vulture on Dec 14, 2021 0:58:07 GMT
I will go to bat for them forever and ever. My special little xenomorphs. |
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Post by Vulture on Dec 14, 2021 1:02:44 GMT
  (Regal Jumping Spider) WHEEEEEEEEE!!!! |
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Post by sadlittledib on Dec 14, 2021 11:43:18 GMT
i LOVE parasitic wasps My beloved
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Post by Vulture on Dec 14, 2021 13:23:33 GMT
i LOVE parasitic wasps My beloved I will go to bat for them forever and ever and maul and maim in their defense. They make our world a better place by existing. I will love them if no one else will. |
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Post by Vulture on Dec 14, 2021 13:25:30 GMT
So, fun fact! Hymenopterans (sawflies, wasps, bees, ants, IRKENS) are probably ancestrally parasitoids who secondarily lost this trait. (Not all of them though, some of them still have it).
Doi for paper => 10.1016/j.cub.2017.01.027
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porygonz
Cleaning Drone
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Post by porygonz on Jan 22, 2022 16:04:16 GMT
woah I haven't been here in a little while so I didn't see the replies n new stuff people added! parasitic wasps so cool indeed. I haven't seen many bugs bc it's still wintery and I haven't been out to wooded places much but I ordered a pocketguide for IDing insects in my area and that's coming in a few days  |
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Dervish
Table-Headed Service Drone
Irken/Umbreon Fictionkin
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Post by Dervish on Jan 22, 2022 18:47:04 GMT
I'll submit the Tarantula Hawk, these things are named because they prey on tarantulas and lay their eggs in them.  There's also a species on Dragon Cave based on them  |
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porygonz
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Post by porygonz on Jan 26, 2022 13:16:52 GMT
WOO!!!!!!  |
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porygonz
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Post by porygonz on Feb 1, 2022 19:08:01 GMT
i got to hold a stick insect a couple days ago specifically "Achrioptera manga"(lol) (stick insect from Madagascar (the place not the film))! the males are confusing the hell out of scientists (who discovered it fairly recently iirc? maybe 8-10 years ago? or at least discerned it from another thats kinda similar don't quote me on that) because they're bright turquoisey cyan for No Evident Reason. this is a colour that makes them very easy to be spotted by predators. the females are a brownish stick colour though, and way bigger. they both have spikes on them and use their little wings (that are too small to fly with) to try and scare predators (apparently this rarely works). funny little guys.
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