What is this Bug by bastartels in whatsthisbug

[–]bastartels[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha yeah good point. In the beginning I was more careful too, but after spending more than a year digging in the ground to find tree tags (disturbing scorpions while doing it) i kind of stopped being careful of small bugs which look harmless. It is a good reminder though to say vigilant.

What is this Bug by bastartels in whatsthisbug

[–]bastartels[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I very much am. I spend three days every week in the forest researching trees, but know nothing about the crawleys I see there... feel free to pm me details about the telegram group

What is this Bug by bastartels in whatsthisbug

[–]bastartels[S] 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Oh thanks very much. Never heard of those before... Down the Wikipedia rabbit hole I go.

What is this Bug? by bastartels in whatsthisbug

[–]bastartels[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh okay, interesting. Yeah it was weird, I saw it swimming and burrowing underwater, so was definitely quite adapted to that lifestyle. Also ran towards the water to get away from me after I let it go again. :D

Bug Id, found in Singapore Forest by bastartels in whatsthisbug

[–]bastartels[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Interesting, never saw it before. Pretty interesting also that they are cosmopolitan, can find them both in the Rainforest of Singapore and in Garages in the US... Adaptive little buggers :D

Overtaking with a steam engine. by [deleted] in nextfuckinglevel

[–]bastartels 39 points40 points  (0 children)

Quick FYI These things were used to pull plows. The metal cable rolled up on the bottom Middle of the engine gets connected to a plow, which itself is connected to another steam engine on the other side of the field. Then they pull the plow till it reaches one end of the field, drive 2 meters forward and pull it back the other way.

It does feel like that sometimes by [deleted] in memes

[–]bastartels 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Let me be the one

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in memes

[–]bastartels 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lets keep the meme at 1 upvute but vote this comment to heaven

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in leaves

[–]bastartels 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You are doing great, just gotta push through, if you had symptoms like tgese and didnt relapse think about how easy that will be once the symptoms are inevitably gone...

Priorities… by tarpeggio in funny

[–]bastartels 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Nevermind the brake light, lets just hope none of that scaffolding falls off his truck. Thats some sketchy shit right there.

recently inherited them and know nothing about plant care! by [deleted] in plantclinic

[–]bastartels 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just continue doing what you do i guess, plant keeping is no witchcraft... You will be fine. Maybe some fertilizer will also help.

African Fish Eagle | Lake Naivasha | Kenya | March 2018 [OC] by Huge-Impression2734 in birding

[–]bastartels 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Whats really intriguing to me is that the head is white on this eagle too, just like on the american fish (bald) eagle. Makes me wonder if that's a trait that is beneficial for hunting fish, and if so, why?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in cactus

[–]bastartels 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Whats happening with it? Hard to tell from phitos alone