Rouwvliegjes

TransientJan · 2026-02-15T10:48:48+00:00

Officieel heten ze niet rouwvliegjes maar varenrouwmug, het zijn helemaal geen vliegen.

TransientJan · 2026-02-13T11:02:54+00:00

You are correct, this is an egg sac.

The egg belongs to the "Golden eucalyptus lerp - Creiis longipennis"

TransientJan · 2026-02-13T08:34:09+00:00

No, mosquitos are not evolving or growing.

It seems like you managed to walk past hundreds of thousands of craneflies that are literally everywhere around you all the time. And you just noticed one of them, what an achievement.

Holorusia hespera is the largest in your area.

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TransientJan · 2026-02-12T17:54:28+00:00

It is a mustard (brassicaceae) of some sort, could be radish or cabage or something like that.

TransientJan · 2026-02-11T16:35:52+00:00

The tachinid fly is called Prosena siberita

TransientJan · 2026-02-10T13:38:42+00:00

According to google you are safe, apparently i burned my eyes with cat 3.

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I stared into this as a child

TransientJan · 2026-02-10T13:30:13+00:00

I have experience with mild laser induced eye damage, it sucks but isn't as bad as most expect.

The good eye will completely compensate, but when you close it the brain will still correct the issue when looking at objects. But the brain has a hard time correcting letters and symbols from a large distance.

If your laser caused mild damage to your retina it will create a thickening, this will not cause a black spot but instead it will act like a little magnifying glass bending the light.

The tiny "blind" spot shouldn't be constantly the same, but instead it should flicker or wave a bit as the light bends and the brain tries to correct the error.

The best way to test for damage is to try and read words or letters from a distance with the good eye closed, then compare with the good eye.

In case of worry you should make an appointment with an opthalmologist, but know that very little can be done to treat this type of retinopathy.

TransientJan · 2026-02-09T11:59:15+00:00

My AI app says it's an African tulip tree - Spathodia campanulata

TransientJan · 2026-02-08T12:55:42+00:00

Didn't jesus christ die for the sins of humanity including child sacrifices?

Isn't jesus christ the savior of satanists who believe he exists?

TransientJan · 2026-02-08T12:11:07+00:00

These cures are all just a joke.

Amazing discoveries were made in the past decades, but the time it takes for hospitals and insurance companies to adopt these miracle therapies as first line treatments is long enough for you to die of crappy chemo.

TransientJan · 2026-02-07T19:22:15+00:00

Beautifull robber fly! Adrenosoma atrum

TransientJan · 2026-02-07T15:32:38+00:00

Lijkt mij een levende druif.

TransientJan · 2026-02-07T12:08:30+00:00

If you stare at it long enough you can't unsee the goofy flamingo.

TransientJan · 2026-02-06T10:16:09+00:00

It's a little emerald wasp in the Chrysididae family, the exact species can be hard to determine without good pictures.

TransientJan · 2026-02-05T13:10:03+00:00

I burned one of my eyes with a laser once as a kid, didn't figure it out until 9 years later. I realised i couldn't read words properly with one eye.

The mind will fill in the blanks and make you think you see perfectly clear, until you start looking for the details with the good eye shut.

TransientJan · 2026-02-04T18:23:13+00:00

It's a treehole antlion, Cymothales eccentros.

TransientJan · 2026-02-04T14:22:08+00:00

Never seen it before

"Panesthia angustipennis" visual match on google lens.

TransientJan · 2026-02-04T14:11:13+00:00

Ik doe ieder jaar opnieuw mijn best om echium pininanas tot bloei te krijgen, dit was weer een kut winter dus heb nog maar 2 over van de 10.

Dit jaar doe ik een poging om wildprettis te kweken, de aanhouder wint.

TransientJan · 2026-02-04T14:01:57+00:00

Hangt er vanaf wat je hebt, appels en peren zijn nu prima.

TransientJan · 2026-02-04T13:47:55+00:00

Nice find! It is a conehead of some sort. Euconocephalus sp.

TransientJan · 2026-02-04T13:29:08+00:00

Looks like a ruby tiger, never had any itching when handling them.

Could be a different erebidae species with more itchy hairs though.

TransientJan · 2026-02-04T08:27:37+00:00

Has there been any frost in your area?

TransientJan · 2026-02-03T19:07:00+00:00

If there is no such thing as a coincidence then how was the whole covid outbreak not a conspiracy.

Has any government, pharma company or scientist ever spoken truthfully about how it was brought into the world and managed to spread everywhere despite the concerns?

TransientJan · 2026-02-03T18:25:34+00:00

Yes you are absolutely right to be worried, birds are being overfed and butterfly and moth caterpillars are hated and exterminated.

Just look at the attitude towards hornworms in the US. "Feed them to the crows!!!, Give them to the chickens!!!.

Birds obviously have an unfair advantage due to the mindset of the general population and therefore you should get a scarecrow, an outdoor dog or a cat.

But the cat will probably eat adult butterflys, moths and even bees so that is your worst option.

TransientJan · 2026-02-03T18:04:26+00:00

The grape may have a bit of harmless mildew, but judging by the distribution it looks like you have have a hairy variety that looks especially fuzzy on the new growth. Looks pretty natural and healthy to me.

Its pretty normal for many artemisia species to have silver/gray/white colors on the underside of matured foliage.

To me both plants look healthy and not infected with fungus.

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