Today's wasp of the day is the blue-eyed ensign wasp (Evania appendigaster)!
Credits: photo 1, photo 2
This parasitoid wasp lays a single egg inside a cockroach egg case so that her baby gets both a hearty baby roach meal and the protection of the leathery egg case! The whole process is very meticulous and take upwards to 30 minutes (which is a lot in wasp time)
hi, new post. i'm the restless dream system & i support myself & my partner & our two cats on a part time librarian paycheck and it is not going well!! i am trying to find a new job, but it's difficult. i really need help with rent & health insurance specifically.
i am going to set a goal of $400 to cover insurance & part of rent. if you can help, my CA/Vnmo are transdankovsky
my parents finally mentioned my weight today. i didn't think it would bother me. i'm and adult, and i dont need their approval.
it was just they way they did it. off-handedly calling me "overweight" in the context of criticizing their friend who is super fat. they have such a weird, passive-aggressive way about things that truly drives me insane.
i'd like to go a single day without having to hear about weight loss. i'm so incredibly tired of the constant fatphobia. flush your glp-1 down the drain now.
So many people reach out to us in Gaza and tell us, "Stay patient."
We have tried. We truly have. But the truth is that we have almost no strength or patience left.
The unbearable heat, the insects, the lack of money, and the soaring cost of living have exhausted us both physically and emotionally.
That is why so many families in Gaza have turned to fundraising. It is not a choice or a luxury—it has become the only way for us to keep going, survive, and hold on through these impossible circumstances.
If you are unable to donate, please consider sharing a fundraiser. A single share can reach someone who is able to help and make a real difference in a family's life.
Thank you to everyone who continues to stand with us, support us, and help keep hope alive. 🤍
Hello, I am Charlie K, the person raising the money to give t… Charlie Kuetzweil needs your support for Save Ratiba and her family from w
"Imagine being the sole provider for your entire family, yet completely helpless in the face of your mother's pain..."
I’ve always worked hard to carry my family so they never have to ask for help. But today, my mother is in the hospital hurting, and I am standing here empty-handed. 💔
All she needs for her treatment and recovery is just $200.
It only takes 8 kind hearts: If just 8 people donate $25 each, we can secure her treatment and ease her pain.
Who will be one of these 8 and receive my mother’s blessings from her hospital bed?
if you can't donate please share
Only $358 left… Please don’t let my mother’s hope end here 💔
We’ve fought so hard to get this far, and now only $358 stands between my mother and the urgent heart procedure she needs 😔
If just 14 kind people donate $25, my mother can finally get one step closer to the urgent heart procedure she needs
I keep refreshing the fundraiser, hoping to see another donation, but nothing changes. Meanwhile, I return to the hospital and see my mother still waiting, still in pain, still asking me with her eyes for hope that I struggle to give.💔😔
I’m begging you with all my heart , Please… don’t tell yourself, “Someone else will donate.” What if everyone thinks the same way?
Be one of those 14 people. Your $25 may feel small to you, but to me, it could mean one step closer to hearing the words, “Your mother can finally have her procedure.”
Please don’t let our hope fade when we are so close. If you can’t donate, please share our story. Every act of kindness brings my mother closer to the treatment she desperately needs. 💔🙏
Please… be the reason I can tell my mother, “You’re finally going to get your operation.” 💔
Several wildfires are forcing members of a number of First Nations to flee their homes in northern Ontario.
“I had time to run home and pack a bag and get to the beach where the boats were waiting,” said a member of Namaygoosisagagun First Nation (Collins). “We literally had minutes to get on the boats and flee before it took our town.
“Once we left my house finally after packing what I could in a pack sack, the fire was right behind our place. We had to run to the beach and once we got there, it was only moments before the fire had jumped over the (train) track and was coming for us.”
it has since been confirmed that namaygoosisagagun first nation has completely burnt to the ground. if you would like to help the community navigate an ongoing crisis, i urge you to donate to the anishinabek nation 7th generation, a registered charity seeking to improve the lives of first nations people. donations are going directly to members of namaygoosisagagun first nation.
if you're canadian, you can e-transfer [email protected]. if you're outside canada, they accept paypal as well. see more information HERE
i think maybe my new favorite category of roman intaglio art is "insects doing human things" because it's so indicative of the human need for whimsy. now take a look at this 1st century BC/AD intaglio of a grasshopper in a chariot pulled by butterflies
We no longer have the strength to endure what is happening to us.
This is one of the worst tragedies in history.
Please speak up for us. Share, comment, and let the world know that two million people are suffering every day.
I’m not only trying to survive…
My father is sick, and I can’t afford his treatment. Watching him get worse while I can do nothing is breaking me.
I just need to buy medicine and food for my family.
📌📌📌Fundraiser vetted (#167 by el-shab-hussein & nabulsi), But we created a new GoFundMe page because GoFundMe suspended the beneficiary’s account on the platform, which put us in a very difficult situation.
I've tried so hard to make my fundraising campaign succeed so I can provide even a few of my children's basic needs, but despite all my efforts, I haven't been able to raise enough support.
Today, I'm asking for something simple: if you can't donate, please help by sharing this post with as many people as you can. A single reblog or share could reach someone willing to help.
My daughter is preparing to start university, and we are struggling to afford her essential university supplies. Your support—whether through a donation or by spreading our story—could make a real difference for our family.
Thank you to everyone who stands with us, believes in us, and helps keep hope alive. ❤️
Hello, I am Charlie K, the person raising the money to give t… Charlie Kuetzweil needs your support for Save Ratiba and her family from w
I don’t know how many more times I can come here and ask for help. Every post I write comes with tears, because my mother’s life is all I can think about.
Yesterday, her condition became much worse , I can’t stop replaying those terrifying moments in my mind. Standing beside her hospital bed, watching her struggle, feeling completely powerless… it’s a pain I can’t put into words. The doctors told us she urgently needs this heart procedure, but we’re still waiting because we don’t have the money.😔
We’re only $600 away from the urgent heart procedure she needs. Such a small number to some people, yet for us it feels like the distance between hope and despair.💔
If your mother were the one in that hospital bed, you wouldn’t stop fighting for her not for a second. That’s exactly what I’m doing now.💔😔
If you’re reading this, please don’t close this post and move on. Be the reason I can finally look my mother in the eyes and tell her, “Mom, we’re going to make it.”
Please… don’t be another person who says, “Someone else will donate.” You could be the reason we reach our goal today. You could be the reason my mother gets the chance to receive the treatment she urgently needs. Even the smallest donation could change everything for us.
Please help us reach the last $600. Every donation brings me one step closer to saying those words to her. 💔🙏
Your silence is hurting us more than the bombs. My friends, I've been away because my phone was damaged.💔🙏💔💔
1,000 days of genocide.
1,000 days deprived of the most basic rights of life.
1,000 days of displacement, living in the streets and in tents.
My friends, without your support over the past 2 years and 9 months, we would not have survived. We could have lost our lives because of the lack of food and medicine.
The war is still ongoing. We have no income and very little support left.
My grandmother has been seriously ill and has been in the hospital for the past 5 days.
My mother is still suffering from severe spasms because I have been unable to afford the surgery she desperately needs. I have been pleading for help for months.
My child is suffering from anemia and nutritional deficiencies. Because donations have nearly stopped, I haven't been able to buy the supplements he needs—or even enough food.
Please speak up for us. Why have you forgotten us💔😭😭🙏🙏🙏
🟢Multiple vetted
Please, before you keep scrolling, give me just one minute of your time.
My name is Enas Hajjo. I am 30 years old, from Gaza. I am a wife, and the mother of a little girl.
Our beautiful home،،the place where we dreamed, laughed, and built our lives،،was destroyed during the war. Nothing is left. Every memory we had was buried beneath the rubble.
Since then, we have been trying to survive in circumstances no family should ever have to face.
Then another nightmare began.
In the middle of the war, my husband, Ahmed, became seriously ill. After many tests, the doctors told us the heartbreaking truth, he has lung cancer.
Today, Ahmed is lying in a hospital bed, fighting for his life. The doctors say he must travel outside Gaza as soon as possible to receive treatment. Without it, we could lose him at any moment.
The cost of his treatment is far beyond anything we could ever afford.
At the same time, I am suffering from severe malnutrition because of the famine. Our bodies are growing weaker every day.
Now we live inside a small tent beneath the burning sun.
Every night, I watch my little daughter fall asleep, and my heart breaks. Rats and insects crawl over her tiny body while she sleeps. I try to protect her, but I cannot protect her from everything.
Can you imagine watching your child live like this?
Can you imagine not knowing whether your husband will still be alive tomorrow?
My daughter is too young to understand cancer.
She only knows that she doesn't want to lose her daddy.
And I don't want to lose my husband.
Please... pause your day for just one minute and look at us with compassion.
If you cannot donate, please don't underestimate the power of a reblog. Sharing our story may help it reach someone who can save my husband's life.
Please reblog our post.
Every reblog gives us another chance to be seen.
Every share brings hope.
Every kind heart brings us one step closer to saving Ahmed.
From the bottom of my heart, thank you for reading, for caring, and for standing with my family.
With love and hope,
Enas Hajjo from Gaza ❤️
✅Vetted by @gazavetters, my number verified on the list is (#425)✅
My name is Ahmed Al-Nabeeh. I am 33 years old, a husband and a father t… Amanda Marsh needs your support for Help Ahmad, Enas, and Their Bab
Until this moment, I have not received a single donation in more than a month.
Please, don't leave us alone. You are our only hope. Please don't scroll past our story.
My husband is battling cancer, and his condition is getting worse every day. Our little daughter cries constantly because she is terrified of losing her father. As a mother and a wife, watching them suffer is breaking my heart.
We are desperately asking for a chance to save his life. If you are unable to donate, please share our story. A single share could help us reach someone who can.
Please don't ignore our plea. Every share, every kind word, and every act of support gives us hope.
From the bottom of my heart, thank you to everyone who stands with us during this incredibly difficult time.🥹🙏
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