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One Hundred and Sixty-One Wasps

@diplopodracer.bsky.social

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Amateur wildlife photographer & invert keeper (millipedes, but also some beetles, tarantula, isopods, and Gryllus crickets) Iterested in most invertebrate orders, but especially Diplopoda, Isopoda, and Hymenoptera. My OC photography is CC0 public domain

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One Hundred and Sixty-One Wasps @diplopodracer.bsky.social · 20h

Some event ticketing requires a wallet app to display the ticket is the only reason I ever wanted to use it.

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Jen Cross @jencross.bsky.social · 1d

I was doing yard work today and upon finding a Bald-faced Hornet I did what any normal person would do and got my camera out. She did not appreciate me and flew off into the woods. Bald-faced Hornets are a species of yellowjacket.
(Dolichovespula maculata) PA #inverts

A large wasp with a white head with black patterning, white on the shoulders, and white stripes on the abdomen. She is clinging to vinyl siding and facing right.

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One Hundred and Sixty-One Wasps @diplopodracer.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, I use different profiles for work, stuff like ticketing apps, and one for just normal use. Its great to keep stuff separate, esp the work apps that need device admin, since it isolates it to the profile.

One Hundred and Sixty-One Wasps @diplopodracer.bsky.social · 1d

I've never actually had one release chemical defense before, but they don't release cyanide (though some places online say they do, but I've never detected any with tests or scent)

One Hundred and Sixty-One Wasps @diplopodracer.bsky.social · 1d

I've been using it for the past ~4y and have been pretty happy with it. Only thing that doesn't work (and prob never will) is google wallet, but every other app I've ever used works.

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Colin Purrington @colinpurrington.bsky.social · 2d

Dicyrtomina ornata, a globular springtail. The setae-like structures on the rump are brittle, hollow tubes made of wax. #collembola #springtails #dicyrtomidae #arthropods

Small, six-legged, wingless, yellow-and-burgundy arthropod with a round abdomen that is studded with thin, glass-like projections that make it look like a pincushion.

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 2d

I saw a tragically AI-generated version of this poster, so I have recreated a 100% human-made version for all your protest sign needs.

The Obama Hope poster, but it's a frog and it says "Hop"

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Tom Astle @tjalamont.bsky.social · 2d

A wee native bee tiptoeing on a lupine flower last spring in Montana. Excellent pollen pants. 🐙🌿 #Bugsky

A macro photo of a bee, seen from a front 3/4 angle, standing atop a purple flower petal. The bee is dark brown with orange-yellow hairs, and has a full load of orange pollen on its rear legs.

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Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 2d

US gov accounts are here to harass people, quote direct trouble

blocklists interface can be a little counterintuitive if you're unfamiliar with them, because Subscribe understandably sounds like the opposite of what you'd want to do, but that's where the option is to block all. it's what I'm doing🥷🏼

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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 2d

One way sighted people can determine what to put in alt text: Imagine you sent the post or article to a friend, and the image didn't load. What would someone need to know to get the equivalent experience and context? This will help you identify the important details.

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One Hundred and Sixty-One Wasps @diplopodracer.bsky.social · 2d

I love weevils! I have a small group of rice weevils that I plan to eventually take some pictures of

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One Hundred and Sixty-One Wasps @diplopodracer.bsky.social · 2d

They are pretty ridiculously cute tbh

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 2d

All you have to do is look at the first post of all of these accounts to see THEY ARE HERE TO TROLL. Don’t take the bait.

bsky.app/profile/did:...

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One Hundred and Sixty-One Wasps @diplopodracer.bsky.social · 2d

Lmfao kinda does

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Des Walsh @deswalsh.bsky.social · 3d

Don’t fear ai mock it and know that good chance lot of the compile will be gone or forced to check up prices they will be too expensive for most. The harm done is real and long lasting but we need to outlast them they can’t outlast us.

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Matt Berry @matthewberry.bsky.social · 3d

Inspired by
@birdzandbees.bsky.social to try more in-flight shots of insects.

Here's a Mammoth Wasp (Scolia hirta) shot this morning in Greece 🇬🇷

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Gunnar De Winter @gunnardewinter.bsky.social · 3d

Fungal defense activated!

"... the hindleg organ is covered with fungal hyphae that grow from the pores. Upon oviposition, the females transfer the fungi from the organ to the eggs, where the hyphae physically protect the eggs against wasp parasitism."

#science #biology #zoology #insects

Defensive fungal symbiosis on insect hindlegs

Dinidorid stinkbugs were reported to possess a conspicuous tympanal organ on female hindlegs. In this study, we show that this organ is specialized to retain microbial symbionts rather than to perceiv...

www.science.org

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One Hundred and Sixty-One Wasps @diplopodracer.bsky.social · 3d

This article has some good demonstrations 🙂 www.sciencenews.org/article/arth...

How an arthropod pulls off the world's fastest backflip

While airborne, globular springtails can reach a spin rate of 368 rotations per second, high-speed camera footage shows.

www.sciencenews.org

One Hundred and Sixty-One Wasps @diplopodracer.bsky.social · 3d

I am not able to grab it right now, but there is a great YouTube video that details it.

One Hundred and Sixty-One Wasps @diplopodracer.bsky.social · 3d

Imagine being so wrong about something that you turn an entire platform off of your hack econ podcast.

Lmfao, what a mark

Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 3d

There are basically only two positions in the debate about AI.
1. I’ve barely invested any time in learning how to use it effectively. AI sucks.
2. I’ve invested in learning how to use this tool. Holy cow, it’s transformational.

Position #1 has lower barriers to entry.

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 3d

Administrators at Indiana University baselessly fired the student media director and ordered the student paper to cease its print edition, so it'd sure be a shame if this excellent digital front page were to be widely shared today

issuu.com/idsnews/docs...

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One Hundred and Sixty-One Wasps @diplopodracer.bsky.social · 3d

This species is very fun, very curious

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One Hundred and Sixty-One Wasps @diplopodracer.bsky.social · 3d

A Mozambique Red Fire Millipede (Centrobolus splendidus) is conglobated in a bed of rotting hardwood.

#diplopoda #millipede #invertebrates #invertefest #invertober #m43

A bright red millipede with black spots is curled up into a ball around a shredded leaf. The millipede is medium sized and an adult and is on a pile of rotting hardwood.

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One Hundred and Sixty-One Wasps @diplopodracer.bsky.social · 3d

A young adult Mozambique Red Fire Millipede (Centrobolus splendidus) is snacking on some freeze dried peas.

#diplopoda #millipede #invertebrates #invertefest #invertober #m43

a bright red millipede eats some freeze dried peas. The millipede is medium sized, and has black spots regularly spaced down its back and each side. The millipede has large black simple eyes and distinctly segmented antennae.

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One Hundred and Sixty-One Wasps @diplopodracer.bsky.social · 3d

A young adult Mozambique Red Fire Millipede (Centrobolus splendidus) is snacking on some freeze dried peas.

#diplopoda #millipede #invertebrates #invertefest #invertober #m43

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