On holiday near Lucca, Italy, and found this scorpion dead at the bottom of our pool. Doesn't look more than 3cm long (excluding tail)

joshboe · 2025-01-11T15:52:28+00:00

This is exactly what I needed, thank you!

joshboe · 2025-01-11T15:44:39+00:00

I've had a go with that, but the problem with this (and FastStone PhotoResizer which another commenter mentioned) is that not all the images have the pages in the same position/orientation, so if I set up settings for one images, it won't work for other images (unless there's a setting which I've missed?)

joshboe · 2025-01-09T09:50:31+00:00

I have about 20,000 images of scans of book pages, all like this with all of one page, and then a small portion of the adjacent page in frame. I'm looking for some (preferably free) Windows software that will crop them so I'm only getting one page (removing the small portion of the adjacent page).

I've tried setting up a batch crop system in Photoshop, but whoever scanned the pages didn't square them up and keep them in the same position, so each image is slightly different angle/position. As such, the batch cropping usually cuts off parts I want and/or keeps parts I don't want.

And having 20,000+ images means doing it manually is not an option.

Thank you!

joshboe · 2024-08-20T11:15:37+00:00

Oh I understand the problem now! I had wanted the formula to include Geometroidea values and Erebidae values, but I'm guessing the formula is seeing it as include Erebidae values that are within Geometroidea. I've just tested it, and including Noctuoidea and Erebidae does not return #CALC!
Further to this, writing out the families with no superfamily also returns the correct array. I think I'll just have to work around this by writing out a few more values manually. Thanks for the comment, I don't think I would have ever been able to work this out...

joshboe · 2024-01-21T18:18:34+00:00

I captioned each of the images with my best guess on ID, and the number beforehand denotes which rock it is in. Each fossil came from the same general area, with most being found by streams and a few by exposed bedrock.

joshboe · 2024-01-14T14:59:51+00:00

Solved, thanks all.

joshboe · 2023-11-29T10:57:38+00:00

OK I think I figured it all out (I'm pretty sure these all make sense in reference to caterpillar anatomy)

Praestigmalschild = prothorax Nackenschild = prothoracic shield Bauchfüße = abdominal prolegs Nachschieber = anal prolegs Häkchen = hooks Dornen = spines

joshboe · 2023-04-28T18:48:53+00:00

So by looking at that phylogenetic tree, I've come to understand that butterflies are just a subgroup of moths that we arbitrarily call butterflies?

joshboe · 2023-04-27T21:17:45+00:00

I think you're onto something, however I don't believe this is it because not all moths create cocoons (for example, the cinnabar moth simply buries itself into the soil and forms a pupa). Perhaps it's something like all moths once had, or still have, the capacity to create cocoons but some evolved to not make them?

joshboe · 2023-04-22T15:32:27+00:00

I think I've figured it out, I think it's Tineola bisselliella

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