[captain-price-returns]

This isn't going to become some anomalous method of arresting people. They will be shocking people like this as a matter of course.

Luckily thick clothing will insulate you from the shock.

[captain-price-returns]

Diversity of right wing thought on display

[milquetoaast]

source

[yanguang]

[i-draws-dinosaurs]

The beautiful and endangered Dumb Gulper Shark

[i-draws-dinosaurs]

[waspdaily]

Today's wasp of the day is Conostigmus quadratogenalis!

Credits*

*there are no images of this species in particular, so this is an unspecified one of its same genus

The most understudied genus within one of the most understudied superfamilies of wasp, the Conostigmus wasps that have been studied (which is only about 11%) are mostly parasitoids of ants. Of course there has to be a weirdo afoot though, as C. quadratogenalis appears to have a far weirder host: Hesperoboreus notoperates, a species of snow scorpionfly. As you may have guessed from the name, snow scorpionflies are fans of cold weather and one of the few insects active during winter. Having a host thats already figured out how to survive winter gives the wasps a cheat on surviving it themselves.

Bonus: here's a female snow scorpionfly!

Credits

[waspdaily]

Wasps are cryptids. Very tiny cryptids

[angels-in-asylums]

Some people in asylums in the 50s were crazy. Some of them were psychotic, screaming at things nobody else could see. Some of them were aggressive, kicking and punching and biting without provocation. Some of them were a danger to themselves. Hell, some of them were a danger to others. And they were people. They were human beings. And all human beings deserve human rights, something those people, by law, didn't have.

Some people in mental hospitals now are crazy. Some of us are psychotic. Some of us are aggressive. Some of us are a danger to ourselves. Some of us are a danger to others. And we are still humans, who deserve human rights, which we legally do not have.

Some of us, a few of the crazy people you talk about, are exactly what you say we are. Psychotic, aggressive, a danger to ourselves and others. That doesnt change the fact that we are human. That doesnt change the fact that every individual human that exists, has ever existed, and will ever exist deserves human rights. That doesnt change the fact that we don't have those human rights in every situation. "Few of us are aggressive," while true as a statement, fails to acknowledge and insist that those of us who are still deserve to be treated with the same dignity and respect as any other person.

[rhapsodyxvi]

man what the fuck ever

[rhapsodyxvi]

like i get it. i get that these are logical names that mean things. but you can't just say "i'm installing numpy" and not expect me to do a double take. poob has it for you

[redlipstickresurrected]

Cameron Bailey (American, b. 1990, New York, NY, USA) - Daybreak, 2025, Woodblock Print with 14 color layers

[alvie-pines]

pro tip for inviting out disabled and chronically ill people who aren't sure they can make it:

instead of "your health comes first, you don't have to come"

try "is there anything we can do to make it easier?"

disabled people want to hang out with our friends. "we don't want you to come if you're sick" is usually reasonable, but when you're ALWAYS sick? it just becomes "we don't want you to come."

asking if you can do anything for them signals that you do want to see your friend, and that you're willing to accommodate their disability, while still giving them the option to tap out if they really need to. it also opens the door for them to ask for support they might have felt too guilty to request.

[the-pyxis-nautica]

hi i really like the mankoski pain scale but the image i previously had saved was mostly white which can be really hard on the eyes for those with light sensitivity

so i inverted the colors

[poetrylesbian]

they should make a pill that makes people in their 20s feel good about where their lives are going

[annabelle--cane]

can i use you as a substitute for forming my own opinions

I would usually caution against this but lucky for you all my opinions have always been correct so it's fine

[waspdaily]

Today's wasp of the day is Encyrtus aurantii!

Credits: photo 1, photo 2

Got scale? No problem! This little wasp is happy to dine on a whole slew of scale species, it's not picky! It's eagerness to curb scale populations has made it a popular choice for gardeners seeking a safe and effective way to battle the plant destroying little scabbers. Even without human intervention, this wasp has been known to somehow invite itself into greenhouses and botanical gardens to thanklessly save the day before the gardeners ever realize they were ever there!

[waspdaily]

A singlular mohawk spike

[herpsandbirds]

American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus), family Ardeidae, order Pelicaniformes, FL, USA

photographs by Deb Powell

[zoesupreme]

imagine wanting your children to be so mediocre they have to have a right wing grift to gain any kind of traction instead of wanting them to win 2 world cups and an Olympic gold medal

[waspdaily]

Today's wasp of the day is Gonatopus lunatus!

Credits: photo 1, photo 2

With the arms of a mantis, the eyes of a pair of binoculars, and the body of an arthritic ant; this wingless wasp is a young leafhopper's personal sleep paralysis demon. She'll use her grabby raptor claws to snatch up a leafhopper nymph and lay an egg right in the pit of their wing. As the nymph grows and molts, the shed will get stuck and accumulate around the cyst in which the growing wasp resides, continuously feeding on the nymph until there's nothing left.

[waspdaily]

If leafhoppers had fairytales this would be their Baba Yaga

[hazerl]

The first half of my Mutillidae mini print set! Dasymutilla sackenii, Dasymutilla klugii (a number one on the Schmidt sting pain index!), and Hoplomutilla spinosa, all digitally illustrated and printed at 3.5" by 2.5". Stay tuned for the second half!