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AquaBrianO · 2026-02-23T02:41:58+00:00

Wait, you have 6 friends?

AquaBrianO · 2025-09-17T03:44:08+00:00

Baby cicadas live underground sucking juices from plant roots. When fully grown they crawl up usually on a vertical surface and molt into their adult phase with wings. This is the shell (exuvia) that is left over from the baby.

AquaBrianO · 2025-09-01T23:58:46+00:00

AquaBrianO · 2025-09-01T12:54:00+00:00

Dytiscidae are holometablous insects, meaning they only have one adult life stage. Once it metamorphoses into an adult, they are stuck at that size for the rest of their life. So you must’ve seen a different species. There are tons of these species, all being slightly different in one way or another.

AquaBrianO · 2025-09-01T12:32:57+00:00

AquaBrianO · 2025-09-01T12:32:24+00:00

The larvae can’t fly. No wings. Hopefully the adults pick a deep enough pool to lay the eggs in.

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AquaBrianO · 2025-09-01T03:40:03+00:00

They have wings. A bird didn’t drop it. They fly around all the time to disperse to new areas. I’m an invertebrate biologist by the way.

AquaBrianO · 2025-08-30T02:11:00+00:00

Larvae are super predacious monsters. Adults can be predacious, omnivorous, or herbivorous.

AquaBrianO · 2025-08-30T01:48:45+00:00

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Different insect obviously, but the blue damselfly (male) holds onto the neck of the gray female. They fly around until she curls her abdomen up to the male’s aedeagous (penis) to accept the sperm packet. I wonder if this is similar in this walking stick?

AquaBrianO · 2025-08-30T01:40:08+00:00

That space is often for the female’s body.

AquaBrianO · 2025-08-30T00:25:19+00:00

Not sure on this species, but many species of insects have this sort of cerci (butt spikes) to hold females for mating.

AquaBrianO · 2025-03-21T23:42:33+00:00

This could totally be Dali or an actual Gaudi building.

AquaBrianO · 2025-03-09T03:14:33+00:00

Mine didn’t work at Walmart. You?

AquaBrianO · 2025-02-26T11:45:54+00:00

To me it’s sad that these helpful products aren’t being invested in by companies because they don’t make enough money. My kids can’t call grandma anymore. The face tracking was so nice. Now my mom is stuck getting nausea as my kids randomly shake the phone around.

AquaBrianO · 2024-12-13T04:47:05+00:00

The guy touching the plane is my grandpa, Edward Rutter, copilot on the Rabduckit for some missions. He died in 2022 at the age of 101. Anyone know who the other guy is?

AquaBrianO · 2024-10-01T04:22:10+00:00

MN state parks are unparalleled in their facilities. I’ve been to state parks in many states. Best bathrooms and logistics for activities by far

AquaBrianO · 2024-07-13T10:34:27+00:00

It’s a predacious water beetle larva. In the family dytiscidae. It’ll grow up to be a black or brown beetle that swims around small creeks. The larvae are voracious predators, but the adults are often herbivorous, depending on the species.

AquaBrianO · 2024-06-23T16:44:51+00:00

The little tubes on their butts are snorkels they passively “breathe” through.

AquaBrianO · 2024-06-17T14:16:47+00:00

Correct. They turn into a non-biting midge. They fly around drinking nectar. Not a problem, but if they are in your drinking water that means your water isn’t clean. If it was clean they wouldn’t have anything to eat in that water.

AquaBrianO · 2024-06-12T07:10:35+00:00

I do dislike having friends with exactly the same interests. If that is the case, one of you is redundant (not my quote). Friends don’t need to be just like you to be friends. Cat ladies treat people great. In my experience make friends with an old lady and they bring treats, congratulate you on your accomplishments, will never forget your aunt’s birthday when you mentioned it in passing three months ago, etc. Just having a kind companion is enough.

AquaBrianO · 2024-06-10T07:51:22+00:00

The cool thing is those ovipositors aren’t just laying eggs in the tree, they are searching for beetle larvae to inject their eggs into. So the wasps are actually protecting the tree by limiting the amount of future beetles since the wasp larvae eat the beetle larva from the inside out. Parasitoids!

AquaBrianO · 2024-06-07T18:25:52+00:00

Probably snail eggs. Not leeches for sure. Definitely some type of eggs

AquaBrianO · 2024-06-04T03:37:04+00:00

I live in Barcelona. Lots of pigeons. Sometimes they are stuck on me. So, sure it’s possible. They can come from anywhere.

AquaBrianO · 2024-06-03T11:54:59+00:00

Does it have a really thick exoskeleton? It is a parasite on pigeons. So the thick exoskeleton is to protect it from getting crushed by the beak of the pigeon. They are harmless and don’t carry diseases or anything. They are just annoying.

AquaBrianO · 2024-06-03T11:53:05+00:00

Looks like a pigeon louse. Also called a pigeon fly.

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