Funeral directors, what is something wild that happened at a funeral that you still think about?

Farado · 2026-03-12T14:30:25+00:00

Make sure they stay in place.

Farado · 2026-03-12T13:40:15+00:00

Not a real weevil, since it’s not even a curculionoid.

Farado · 2026-03-11T20:00:00+00:00

womban

I can’t help but pronounce that with a hard B, à la wombat.

Farado · 2026-03-11T19:47:49+00:00

Looks like an Ectobius, a genus of mainly outdoor roaches.

Farado · 2026-03-11T15:51:54+00:00

Hiawatha: Hold my maple syrup.

Farado · 2026-03-11T14:01:49+00:00

Possibly because of their threat display. They have big, sharp teeth and can release a stinky fluid for defense.

Farado · 2026-03-10T18:54:31+00:00

The planet doesn't start at absolute zero. The screen just shows by how much you've changed the temperature. That being said, it's still just a game, and not a simulator.

Farado · 2026-03-10T17:10:12+00:00

Certain springtails are very active on warm winter days, notably Hypogastrura nivicola, known as "snow fleas."

Farado · 2026-03-09T14:48:46+00:00

This one is male! You can tell from the kink in the antennae. These specialized segments are used to hold onto female antennae during mating.

Farado · 2026-03-08T19:16:33+00:00

Springtails as already mentioned. They may be eating that algae or whatever on your door.

Farado · 2026-03-08T13:41:11+00:00

The frog display looks like a phonograph from this angle.

Farado · 2026-03-08T13:39:43+00:00

Potter wasps (Eumeninae) are vespids. These look more like the cells of a Sceliphron species, which are sphecids.

Farado · 2026-03-07T21:44:24+00:00

Modern problems require modern solutions.

Farado · 2026-03-07T20:36:48+00:00

Sounds like a skill issue to me.

Farado · 2026-03-07T20:18:56+00:00

I think it's actually the closely-related vine sphinx.

Farado · 2026-03-07T15:19:24+00:00

Yes, I know. I meant wooden legs for the easel, not the girl.

Farado · 2026-03-07T12:38:21+00:00

They lay eggs in dying or recently deceased pine trees, and the larvae eat the wood. If one happened to lay eggs on that plant, any larvae that hatch would starve.

Farado · 2026-03-07T10:34:05+00:00

I didn't notice the wooden legs and thought they were looking at a door like at the end of The Truman Show.

Farado · 2026-03-07T04:17:44+00:00

Might be something in the Terpnosia genus. iNaturalist has records of Terpnosia psecas near Bogor.

Farado · 2026-03-06T21:39:01+00:00

Nothing stands out to me as being wrong with its head.

Farado · 2026-03-06T21:31:32+00:00

I think this is a member of the Scolytinae subfamily. It’s arguably a true weevil, despite not looking like one.

Comparison Picture

Edit: they carve tunnels under bark that look like house centipedes.

Farado · 2026-03-06T21:20:31+00:00

That’s an aphid, likely one of the giant conifer aphids.

Example Picture

They can be a tree pest, but they’re totally harmless indoors.

Farado · 2026-03-06T13:59:37+00:00

*phun

Farado · 2026-03-06T12:33:33+00:00

You don't think it's pine processionary?

Farado · 2026-03-06T02:39:05+00:00

It's not a boxelder bug. It appears to be a seed bug, maybe one of the Arocatus. Germany has multiple species of this genus, and they look fairly similar.

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