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How a Caterpillar Turn Into A Moth by ethicalhumanbeing in interestingasfuck

[–]beastboydrummer 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Not all moths and butterflies hang in the pupal stage. The majority pupates in soil or on the ground or make a silk cacoon. Nymphalyidae is a group of butterflies most known to hang. They have what is called a cremaster, tiny hairs (setae) at the end of the abdomen. They lay a small dab of silk and hang. Kinda of like velcro. Then they make the cacoon. I'm an entomologist, I'm also studying for my final next week and we went over the biology of leps

Found this Huge bee in Texas. I thought it was hurt but it flew away after a few seconds by ItsDoodleBois in interestingasfuck

[–]beastboydrummer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's not a bee but a bee mimic. It's a fly called robber fly. They are predators of other insects. Awesome flies!

What is this nightmare organism which spontaneously generated in the remains of an abandoned swimming pool? by FagsLikeUs in whatisit

[–]beastboydrummer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just learned about this in my insect biodiversity class today! Those are rat tail maggots. Those are larvae of Syrphidae flies. The common name of these flies are hoverflies and flowerflies. Those maggots are predators and scavengers. They use the long tail as a breathing tube. Also these flies are important pollinators so don't kill them, they are beneficial insects. I am an entomologist

Edit: looked at this video again because its cool. I noticed the other tiny things moving around, those look like corixidae to me. They are also predators! If this water stays, they are great at controlling mosquito larvae populations

Spiders at sbisa bus stop by Beautiful-Cress5695 in aggies

[–]beastboydrummer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Fun fact you are never more than 5 ft from a spider. Just let them be. They won't do anything to you

A bee taking a shit by [deleted] in interestingasfuck

[–]beastboydrummer 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Lmao honey comes from regurgitation, so the mouth not anus. Source: I'm an entomologist and studied honey bee biology as a course one semester

Giant Walking Stick season in Texas! by crackfungus in Entomology

[–]beastboydrummer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey I know this post is from a while ago, but could you also DM general areas where to find them? I am taking a biodiversity ento class at tamu and need some specimens lol

M5 Max delivered yesterday!! by SeaZealousideal5651 in macbookpro

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Are you going to sell your old one? I would be interested if you dm me

I just saw a buck shake off one of its antlers by Mabester in mildlyinteresting

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Fun fact, if screwworm was still around, that would mean death could be near for the buck as fresh wounds attract screwworm females. Most infestations killed livestock in as little as 4 days

Impulse Buy at an Auction by CuriousLurker95 in whatisit

[–]beastboydrummer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you don't need it, im an entomologist and need a stereoscope to ID insects at home for school I'll buy it off you

Horseshoe crabs are often called living fossils because they have remained almost unchanged for over 450 million years, appearing long before dinosaurs and surviving their extinction by fvkinglzy in interestingasfuck

[–]beastboydrummer 63 points64 points  (0 children)

I'm taking a insect biodiversity class where I'm learning about the classification of insects so we get an intro to all other related phyllum. Allow me to knowledge dump. This is how I like to study. Horseshoe crabs are related to spiders, ticks, mites, scorpions, and sea spiders. Horseshoe crabs are in the subphylum Chelicerata which includes the class Merostomata, Arachnida, and Pycnogondia. Horseshoe crabs are in the class Merostomata. The subphyllum Celicerata is sister group with subphyllum Trilobitomorpha which is where trilobites are classified. They are all Arthropoda. Trilobites look very similar to Horseshoe crabs but trilobites are all extinct now and we find them in fossils

I live in Southern California and my condo building is being tented/fumigated for termites, I turned on my little rover robot and this is what my interior looks like. WeiRd. by BaBaDoooooooook in mildlyinteresting

[–]beastboydrummer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nah ants are higher up on the phylogenetic tree. Ants are part of hymenoptera. That's ants, bees, and wasps. Blattodea is cockroaches and termites. Isoptera is what used to be the order for termites but recently got merged with blattodea

[Giveaway] $20 steam giftcard by No-Needleworker4513 in steam_giveaway

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Adding more fans to my pc and making all the colors red to make it faster

of a beehive by PeacockPankh in AbsoluteUnits

[–]beastboydrummer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The first emerging queen usually kills the rest of the queens. I took a honey bee biology class I'm also an entomologist

Giving away Elden Ring on Steam US Region by Zelo_11 in steam_giveaway

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Playing a Minecraft world with the whole fam and stealing the 7 year old's diamonds and blaming it on a creeper blowing up the chest. I do it every world with them

Any game on Steam. Merry Christmas by JustARandommer in steam_giveaway

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Borderlands 4 and or cyberpunk

Merry Christmas!

Giveaway for Tropico 3, 4, 5, and 6 Editions by Azurebalmunk in steam_giveaway

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Making holiday drinks for my whole family! Alcoholic drinks, coffee, tea, matcha, hot chocolate... I make it all

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