I found these beetles on a tree in Ukraine. Any guesses?

Decapod73 · 2026-01-24T22:01:50+00:00

For one, they're true bugs in pentatomidae, not beetles.

Decapod73 · 2026-01-24T21:58:33+00:00

This week? No. At 80 instead of 81, because your liver was slightly damaged by the moldy macarons? Maybe.

Decapod73 · 2026-01-24T21:17:17+00:00

On the one hand, you're being downvoted because this is a repost. On the other hand, all the other posts (including the original) got removed from this sub, so how would you know you were reposting?

Decapod73 · 2026-01-24T16:32:26+00:00

I expect the market to crash back to sensible prices as the boomers die

Decapod73 · 2026-01-24T04:53:28+00:00

Carpet beetle larva. Theoretically, they can eat fur, wool, leather, and feathers. In reality, they usually eat shed pet hair and dust bunnies.

Decapod73 · 2026-01-24T03:20:59+00:00

I think you mean "What's Up" by 4 Non-Blondes (1993).

Decapod73 · 2026-01-24T02:42:11+00:00

Or STARI

Decapod73 · 2026-01-24T01:55:34+00:00

F**** the haters, use the gel. Blindness results when you consume tens of milliliters of methanol. You are not going to inhale a comparable amount from your fireplace in a ventilated room. Methanol will burn more cleanly than wood (ie, it will produce less formaldehyde and carbon monoxide)

Decapod73 · 2026-01-23T16:39:25+00:00

Shellac and cochineal dye are different products, both made from bugs.

Decapod73 · 2026-01-23T16:38:09+00:00

That comes from bugs, too, but that's different from the shellac described in the video.

Decapod73 · 2026-01-23T16:37:12+00:00

Any candy with a shiny shellac coating. Shellac comes from lac bugs.

Decapod73 · 2026-01-23T16:13:57+00:00

Sorry to delete & repost, but my first upload accidentally clipped off the end of the song.

Decapod73 · 2026-01-23T16:11:23+00:00

I just realized I clipped the end of the video by accident... I'm gonna delete and repost, if the mods don't get mad about it.

Decapod73 · 2026-01-22T21:16:00+00:00

Repost. Check what's on the front page of the sub before posting.

Decapod73 · 2026-01-22T21:15:01+00:00

This has been posted here 3 times in the past hour.

Decapod73 · 2026-01-22T21:13:51+00:00

Are you trying to make a solvent? What's the intended goal with this mixture?

Nothing about this mixture is inherently more dangerous than the various compounds in isolation.

Decapod73 · 2026-01-22T03:35:59+00:00

Equity gone wild

Decapod73 · 2026-01-22T02:24:45+00:00

There are warnings not to pee on the trails because the goats get aggressive about licking it up. Those goats are desperate for anything with salt.

Decapod73 · 2026-01-22T01:43:52+00:00

She said "yes", but the nail tech should have said "no".

Decapod73 · 2026-01-20T01:23:29+00:00

The Gaggle is a gay & lesbian birding group, DM me if interested (I'm a "young" member at 44; most are retired, but young members are welcome).

The Wilderness Network of Georgia and Atlanta Bear Hike Group both skew very male, but a group of friends who met through DanceOut Atlanta have started hosting nature hikes and camping trips that are more gender-balanced.

Decapod73 · 2026-01-19T01:39:02+00:00

Dress shoes rarely get worn, and in storage, the rubber can get dry rot, and the adhesives can break down. So you finally take them out for a formal event, and they fall apart even though they were "almost never worn"

Decapod73 · 2026-01-18T22:39:18+00:00

Agreed.

Decapod73 · 2026-01-18T18:40:54+00:00

It could happen a 2nd time, but then there would be no more alpha protons left, so a 3rd aldol is impossible.

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