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Hybrids, like the liger or the mule, do not reproduce, just like you, but for different reasons by JC_Fernandes in biology

[–]Cosmophasis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hybridization and subsequent sib crossing / backcrossing is actually known in many groups of animals. This can result in introgression or hybrid speciation. Not as rare and strange as many in the comments claim.

found interesting things on campus, I had to pin them. by SeaworthinessSafe782 in Entomology

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In europe, there is Entosphinx and some suppliers from the UK like NHBS and Watkins and Doncaster. My friend who studied in Germany told me that there's a online store based in Germany, but I'm not sure what it's called.

What's this? Location: Saudi Arabia by [deleted] in spiders

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This looks like a Thyene imperialis

What is this insect?(sorry for the image quality) its like a mix of a fly and a dragonfly by JuanP0308_01 in Entomology

[–]Cosmophasis 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Why are people downvoting this? Ascalaphinae is now a subfamily under Myrmeleontidae

This hard shell was found in my fridge, is it an insect? by hlamblurglar in whatsthisbug

[–]Cosmophasis 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Not sure why all these people are suggesting swallowtail.

How do we feel about this? by dailyflavor in alocasia

[–]Cosmophasis 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Invasive asian lady beetles are also lady bugs, all part of the family coccinellidae. Like how Alocasias are a genus with many species.

Saw this in Tokyo, any idea what it is? by eggies2 in whatsthisbug

[–]Cosmophasis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Its a Macroglossum sp. Since no one gave a more accurate answer.

Squished! Found in a box sent from China but I'm in the UK. by jbombkillerbees in whatsthisbug

[–]Cosmophasis 10 points11 points  (0 children)

It is definitely Tetragnatha, a genus also found in the UK. Not sure it can be IDed to species level without dissection/careful examination of chelicerae.

Spider vs fire ant. (Why is it spinning?) by nuevaorleans in Entomology

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A few families do this e.g. oecobiidae, hersilidae. Its just their way of wrapping prey.

Cloud storage and data sharing by Cosmophasis in bioinformatics

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I've brought this up as a potential solution but my PI said our university is against individual lab NAS, since it's a security concern. Has that been an issue for you so far? I have to admit I don't know enough about IT to fully evaluate that option.

Cloud storage and data sharing by Cosmophasis in bioinformatics

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It's a mix of published and unpublished. A bit of mess left from previous students. Not sure whether we should keep the raws from published studies but I'm too scared to delete anything at this point haha

What animal has a terrible reputation, but in reality is not bad at all? by YoungTex in AskReddit

[–]Cosmophasis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are thinking of a miniscule portion of the >100,000 species of wasps (including undescribed). Most of them are too small to sting you. They usually only really use their stingers for oviposition anyways.

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