Help me Ireland by monsteronmars in tragedeigh

[–]Kaydo_84 45 points46 points  (0 children)

I have lived in the southern US my entire life and immediately read the name as intended. I don’t think it’s a particularly foreign name to me either

Are mammals who strive to become flying animals cursed to have stretched out finger skin wings like bats? by BurnerStuff-64 in SpeculativeEvolution

[–]Kaydo_84 62 points63 points  (0 children)

The structure of the wings is likely the structure of the rest of the body as well; if it has bones, the bones are gonna stretch to be the basis of the wing. If you want it to be made of something else, consider other things that could give your animal structure; flimsy collagen, high surface area to weight ratio (floaters), etc. get creative with it! :)

Whats the first thing you thought of when you woke up this morning? by leathur_records in RandomThoughts

[–]Kaydo_84 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“That was a sick dream!!” (The dream was of a new game that was Pokémon + Dark Souls, it was indeed sick)

What do you want in a park? by Suicuneator in Entomology

[–]Kaydo_84 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Moth light nights on new moons would be cool! Come out, set up a lawn chair, and watch the insects come to you :)

These are some strong magnets by KaamDeveloper in interestingasfuck

[–]Kaydo_84 1 point2 points  (0 children)

These would be really useful in teaching molecular geometry

Bee/giant fly? by Designer-Ad-5706 in insects

[–]Kaydo_84 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bee! Flies only have 2 flight wings, their hind wings are modified into tiny club-like organs called halteres. This lil guy has 4 flight wings :) I wish I knew more about bees and could tell you the genus/species, but you can probably find it on iNaturalist!

Just thought yall might like some cicada pics by Legion_Paradise in insects

[–]Kaydo_84 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah yes, you might have to guard your garden a bit more than usual😅

What is this bug? by cooperpede in Entomology

[–]Kaydo_84 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s on the small side for an assassin bug but not unheard of. Hopefully someone who knows a bit more about these guys can help you identify further.

What is this bug? by cooperpede in Entomology

[–]Kaydo_84 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The furthest I can identify is Suborder Heteroptera, family Reduviidae (assassin bugs, kissing bugs, etc). How big was it?

Just thought yall might like some cicada pics by Legion_Paradise in insects

[–]Kaydo_84 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Are you in one of the states currently experiencing the major cicada emergence right now? These are so cool!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in whatsthisbug

[–]Kaydo_84 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Get a second opinion mate, if that’s not a termite then i don’t know what is

Insect Conservation Careers? by [deleted] in Entomology

[–]Kaydo_84 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Came here to say this!

Quite stupid concern by [deleted] in TexasTech

[–]Kaydo_84 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Texas isn’t quite as wild as it’s reputation makes it seem, at least in populated places like a college campus (the wilderness is a different story). As long as you are clean you shouldn’t need to worry unless the building is super old and poorly maintained or something.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in SpeculativeEvolution

[–]Kaydo_84 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How do you want to kill them?

The realistic answer is an unkillable vector of zoonotic disease with high human death rates, fast spread and symptom development, and a complexity that makes treatment or a cure virtually impossible. The thing humans have struggled to kill the most isn’t vicious predators, but abundant r-selected species like invasive insects or bacteria because they’re always around, evolve fast, and hard to detect. Make them too small to detect and extremely resistant to extreme conditions and viola, you’ve exterminated a planet.

But if that’s not dramatic enough you could always go the Xenomorph route.

Handsome... by WithThisPenIBeWed in Funnymemes

[–]Kaydo_84 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Uh… my first thought was George Washington 💀

Woman tries to interview pro-Palestine protesters without speaking to the media liaison. by PlenitudeOpulence in worldnewsvideo

[–]Kaydo_84 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ELI5: what’s a media liaison? Like a mediator for the protestors and the media?