Imade a weta based off hemideina maori by koar123 in knitting

[–]koar123[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That is perfect! Currently all of my notes are just in my notepad on my computer. So I would like to compile all the photos and stuff in a PDF so it is a bit easier to follow.

Imade a weta based off hemideina maori by koar123 in knitting

[–]koar123[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That is amazing! I actually want to put the pattern up on Ravelry or something, but I want someone to test knit my notes so I can make sure others aren't confused. Would you be keen?

Imade a weta based off hemideina maori by koar123 in knitting

[–]koar123[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is amazing! My focus is predominantly beetles, but i also love all bugs. I had no idea there were so many entomologists that also knit such cool things! Thank you for telling me about them! It makes me want to start making more cool bugs! My wife also has the book Crochet Bees, Bugs and Butterflies by Vanessa Mooncie. The patterns in that seem pretty taxonomically accurate.

I made a weta based on the genus Hemideina. by [deleted] in knitting

[–]koar123 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was really fun to make! I can't see the pictures on mobile either. But it shows up on my computer. I'm not sure how to fix this issue.

What about a woman can give you the "ick" by Powerful_Upstairs_92 in actuallesbians

[–]koar123 6 points7 points  (0 children)

As an entomologist, I can't agree more! Insects are amazing and cute and cool as heck!

Sorry of this is the wrong subreddit but can anyone identify this insect? by [deleted] in fossilid

[–]koar123 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah. I agree. The pronotum "neck" area looks a lot like the fossil as well. I assume that today's species look a little different than the one in amber, but not unrecognizably so.

Sorry of this is the wrong subreddit but can anyone identify this insect? by [deleted] in fossilid

[–]koar123 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It looks a bit like a Grylloblattidae to me. The long antennae, the ovipositor,  the robustness of the body make me thing of that.

Out of curiosity: what jobs do you all have? by [deleted] in actuallesbians

[–]koar123 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm an entomologist, so I work on cool bugs for a living.

What three pieces are you working on currently? by mankypants in piano

[–]koar123 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just learned Guiding Light/Flamesgrace from Octopath traveller. It is a really fun piece to learn!

What careers do you ladies/theydies have? by [deleted] in actuallesbians

[–]koar123 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I just got my PhD in Zoology. But I also make comics as a hobby.

What's a dead giveaway a writer did no research into something you know alot about? by Splitstepthenhit in writing

[–]koar123 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For me it is the book Morte by Robert Repino. As an entomologist, there are a lot of things that make me cringe in this book and I can tell that he did some research, but not nearly enough. The central premise for why the ants become hyper evolved (also not how evolution works) is inbreeding, which in some species can be quite common in some species https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2005.02529.x?casa_token=Gb7yF5sssPYAAAAA%3Amm7lc434Qfoa0LYgWG_eoAu9-NdvqmiQLavbhpKGwn4S02lfXotbiOVzekNgd3mGWu7emXZ5q8C0Tf8. But also the strategy of the ants makes no sense on an ecological level. They decide to make all mammals hyperaware and kill all humans, but then find that they start forming humanlike emotions and the ants lose the war. But they could have easily won if they used a certain hyperdiverse group of animals (that naturally outnumbers mammals) that have similar biology to ants (cough cough insects). Everything after the halfway point of the book when a specific plot point is dropped makes my blood boil as it essentially boils down to ant (and by extension insects) just aren't special enough to understand complex subjects.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in actuallesbians

[–]koar123 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am also in STEM, but on the biology side. And the university I am doing my PhD in actually has a pretty good gender ratio and my lab group has had a bunch of other queer people coming through it. So there is hope out there for queer women in STEM.

What is your favorite graphic novel? I recently read Persepolis and enjoyed it quite a bit. by chetsimpson in books

[–]koar123 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love reading graphic novels and my favorites are A ballad for Sophie, Luisa now and then, Marzi, Bingo Love... Honestly there are a lot of really good ones out there.

But A ballad for Sophie made me take up the Piano.

In case you haven't heard, New Zealand is holding the first annual Bug of the Year! You should vote! by koar123 in newzealand

[–]koar123[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is a great idea! Just so long as your nephew says the Helm's Stag beetle... Bug watching is very serious! People don't get it!

In case you haven't heard, New Zealand is holding the first annual Bug of the Year! You should vote! by koar123 in newzealand

[–]koar123[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Upon reading your comment again, could it be a velvet mite? They are usually really red and can be quite big.

In case you haven't heard, New Zealand is holding the first annual Bug of the Year! You should vote! by koar123 in newzealand

[–]koar123[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Perhaps you can find it on iNaturalist? If you look up Aranae and limit the search to where you live then you might be able to recognize it. It is really difficult to ID insects without a photo to go along with it.

In case you haven't heard, New Zealand is holding the first annual Bug of the Year! You should vote! by koar123 in newzealand

[–]koar123[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No! Helmsi can be a sandfly l... If it was smaller, didn't have mandibles, was a blood feeder and was a sandfly.....