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today's bug thing is the bug carousel at the Bronx Zoo!
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You can transition into bugs btw they let you
I fear i will just pass away if i ever see a bee look this cute again !!!
(Osmia cornuta, male imago, freshly out of the nest, or still in it i guess)
a girl and her watermelon piece
oh i'm happy that people enjoyed looking at this animal with me.. it's fun to be nice to an animal and with bugs it's often more okay to do than with other animals since it's unlikely you will socialize them to humans to their detriment.
Watermelon piece is a good offering towards any adult wasp, but being a mud dauber she is a great wasp to observe, since they are not very aggressive and their sting is not too bad. I waited until she was a little more hydrated and started grooming herself to remove her from the house, since she was visibly quite dusty i knew it would be the next thing she would want to do.
a really funny behavior was that although she was completely content to be observed by humans, she saw an ant on the counter and got visibly upset, which is understandable since an ant wants to eat a weak bug a lot more than humans do. I removed the ant to keep her from getting too stressed out. she was so mad about the ant and even though it makes sense i thought it was pretty funny since wasps can tell who humans are. she knew we were hanging out and that part was fine, but an ant is just too much!! eventually i put her and her fruit outside.
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A herd of common aquatic springtails (Sminthurides aquaticus) in Hertfordshire, UK
by Will Atkins
Vintage Story is truly one of the games of all time and has a level of attention to detail that I aspire to one day reach, and nothing exemplifies that more than the bugs. There are 169 unique butterfly models in the game! They have unique spawning conditions depending on world height and rain frequency and temperature, and a unique pin you can wear for every single one! You don't have to interact with them at all if you don't want to! This is something someone did out of true passion!
And then you turn to the bees (something you need to interact with if you want to make meaningful progression) and their m. Their models are. Their models a
I'm just. Obsessed. Look at these orange klugii.
Armadillidium klugii "orange"
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Did you know that Austroplatypus Incompertus is a species of weevil found in the forests of eastern Australia? These weevils are one of the few known species outside of hymenoptera (bees, ants, wasps, sawflies) and isoptera to display an obligate eusocial behaviour, and have been doing so longer than bees.
These beetles work together to cultivate a garden of fungus that they all eat from. These beetles live for a long time (up to 30 years) so they can really build up these communities in their host tree that's also living.
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“If this card is Special Summoned: You can Special Summon 1 ‘Moult Token’ (Insect/EARTH/Level 3/ATK 0/DEF 0). While the Token Special Summoned by this effect is on the field, you cannot Special Summon monsters from the Extra Deck, except Insect monsters. You can only use this effect of ‘Transcicada’ once per turn.”
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Common Green Lacewings: these tiny insects build loosely-woven cocoons that measure just 3-6mm (about 1/8 to 1/4 inch) in diameter
Each lacewing spends about 5 days maturing inside its cacoon, and then it cuts an opening in the top and emerges as a fully-developed adult.
Above: a common green lacewing emerging from its cocoon
Green lacewing larvae (genus Chrysopidae) are also known as "aphid lions," because they're voracious predators that often feed on aphids. They've also been known to prey upon caterpillars, leafhoppers, planthoppers, thrips, spiders, mites, and insect eggs, which is why they're widely used to help eradicate pests in agricultural contexts.
Once the lacewing nears the end of its larval stage, it builds a small cacoon out of silk and then tucks itself inside, allowing the pupal phase to begin. Its tiny green body is often partially visible through the thin, loosely-woven walls of the cacoon.
Above: a lacewing developing within its cocoon
These breathtaking photos of a lacewing climbing out of its cacoon were taken by a Danish photographer named Frederik Leck Fischer.
Above: the lacewing preparing to emerge
When the insect initially emerges, its wings and antennae are still compactly folded down against its body, and the wings have a dark, shriveled appearance that makes them almost unrecognizable.
Above: the fully-developed lacewing waiting for its wings to expand
The wings then gradually expand until they have reached their full size, which usually takes about an hour or two.
Above: the same lacewing just a few hours later
Fischer's photographs provide a stunning account of the entire process.
Above: close-up of a common green lacewing
This is a rewritten version of a post that I originally published three years ago.
Sources & More Info:
iNaturalist: Common Green Lacewing
University of California: Family Chrysopidae
Texas A&M: The Green Lacewing
Washington State University: Lacewings
Tennessee State University: Insect Predators: Green Lacewings (PDF)
Pacific Pests and Pathogens: Green Lacewings