@stylopidae.bsky.social
Uggggh...I need to write a post for AaE!
January 22, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Uggggh...I need to write a post for AaE!
If we get a shiny new bug introduced to the US, do farmworkers have to expose themselves to more hazardous chemicals in order to bring us food?
#DeepDive
#DeepDive
a penguin holding a spray bottle that says " pest control " on it
ALT: a penguin holding a spray bottle that says " pest control " on it
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December 23, 2024 at 2:05 AM
If we get a shiny new bug introduced to the US, do farmworkers have to expose themselves to more hazardous chemicals in order to bring us food?
#DeepDive
#DeepDive
I am, like, so unforgivably behind on AaE that it's not even funny.
So let's do a thread about pesticides in cherries!
So let's do a thread about pesticides in cherries!
December 23, 2024 at 1:50 AM
I am, like, so unforgivably behind on AaE that it's not even funny.
So let's do a thread about pesticides in cherries!
So let's do a thread about pesticides in cherries!
I think my next recycled post from Twitter is going to be the story of the beetles which age backwards.
December 5, 2024 at 11:20 PM
I think my next recycled post from Twitter is going to be the story of the beetles which age backwards.
I'm going to be reposting stuff from AaE's Twitter over to BlueSky for the next few weeks, starting with our greatest hits.
This was a thread I'm particularly proud of-the story of Rocky Mountian Spotted Fever.
This was a thread I'm particularly proud of-the story of Rocky Mountian Spotted Fever.
When the first white settlers arrived in Montana, the native Salish people warned them to not settle the West side of the Bitterroot River.
Ignoring these warnings, a small group of people colonized that side of the river.
Three quarters-75%-died of a mysterious disease.
#DeepDive
Ignoring these warnings, a small group of people colonized that side of the river.
Three quarters-75%-died of a mysterious disease.
#DeepDive
November 28, 2024 at 8:27 PM
I'm going to be reposting stuff from AaE's Twitter over to BlueSky for the next few weeks, starting with our greatest hits.
This was a thread I'm particularly proud of-the story of Rocky Mountian Spotted Fever.
This was a thread I'm particularly proud of-the story of Rocky Mountian Spotted Fever.
Hey, to all my tens of followers...
I'm reinvigorating AaE here on BlueSky, and want to follow artists and other people who aren't necessarily involved in the entomology community to avoid an information silo.
Who should I follow?
I'm reinvigorating AaE here on BlueSky, and want to follow artists and other people who aren't necessarily involved in the entomology community to avoid an information silo.
Who should I follow?
November 20, 2024 at 6:34 PM
Hey, to all my tens of followers...
I'm reinvigorating AaE here on BlueSky, and want to follow artists and other people who aren't necessarily involved in the entomology community to avoid an information silo.
Who should I follow?
I'm reinvigorating AaE here on BlueSky, and want to follow artists and other people who aren't necessarily involved in the entomology community to avoid an information silo.
Who should I follow?
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Hiya! I'm all in for wasps.
Here's maybe the poster child for Australian mutillids, a Bothriomutilla rugicollis female.
Many velvet-ants parasitize other aculeate wasps, so the heavy sculpturing might be defensive armor protecting her against potential host wasps. 🤘🏼
#WaspLove
#Mutillidae
November 19, 2024 at 3:15 PM
Hiya! I'm all in for wasps.
Here's maybe the poster child for Australian mutillids, a Bothriomutilla rugicollis female.
Many velvet-ants parasitize other aculeate wasps, so the heavy sculpturing might be defensive armor protecting her against potential host wasps. 🤘🏼
#WaspLove
#Mutillidae
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Heya! It is Monday. Again.
Here's a male mutillid from Australia...and they call chrysidids the jewel wasps! Pah.
#WaspLove
#MutillidMonday
#FeelingBlue
November 18, 2024 at 3:28 PM
Heya! It is Monday. Again.
Here's a male mutillid from Australia...and they call chrysidids the jewel wasps! Pah.
#WaspLove
#MutillidMonday
#FeelingBlue
You know, I started #WaspLove with Amy Toth SO LONG AGO on Twitter as a way to celebrate Hymenopteran biology and biodiversity...it's been, what, a decade?
The hashtag made over here on BlueSky, and is still going strong!
The hashtag made over here on BlueSky, and is still going strong!
November 20, 2024 at 5:55 PM
You know, I started #WaspLove with Amy Toth SO LONG AGO on Twitter as a way to celebrate Hymenopteran biology and biodiversity...it's been, what, a decade?
The hashtag made over here on BlueSky, and is still going strong!
The hashtag made over here on BlueSky, and is still going strong!
Yeah, I'll fix my avatar later, I'm sure.
I've always loved Strepsipterans, so they're kind of my online mascot.
I've always loved Strepsipterans, so they're kind of my online mascot.
November 20, 2024 at 1:07 AM
Yeah, I'll fix my avatar later, I'm sure.
I've always loved Strepsipterans, so they're kind of my online mascot.
I've always loved Strepsipterans, so they're kind of my online mascot.
A lot of doctors rightfully complaining about Dr. Oz, Jay Bhattacharya, and RFK. Jr, etc being tapped for important health related positions.
Honest question: What are their lobbying groups actually doing about this?
Honest question: What are their lobbying groups actually doing about this?
November 20, 2024 at 1:04 AM
A lot of doctors rightfully complaining about Dr. Oz, Jay Bhattacharya, and RFK. Jr, etc being tapped for important health related positions.
Honest question: What are their lobbying groups actually doing about this?
Honest question: What are their lobbying groups actually doing about this?
Announcement:
AaE will be moving to BlueSky soon.
AaE will be moving to BlueSky soon.
November 19, 2024 at 1:44 AM
Announcement:
AaE will be moving to BlueSky soon.
AaE will be moving to BlueSky soon.
My first objective: Find a good deck with Shelob, Child of Unogliant as a commander.
Are there any good Shelob decks out there?
Let's find out!
Are there any good Shelob decks out there?
Let's find out!
October 23, 2023 at 1:17 AM
My first objective: Find a good deck with Shelob, Child of Unogliant as a commander.
Are there any good Shelob decks out there?
Let's find out!
Are there any good Shelob decks out there?
Let's find out!
I'm going to start my reviews by discussing how I made my current deck, The Locust God.
It's based off the one in this video, although it has many additions (which I'll discuss soon).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2vi...
It's based off the one in this video, although it has many additions (which I'll discuss soon).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2vi...
The Locust God | EDH Budget Deck Tech $25 | Wheel | Magic the Gathering | Commander
Command your budget! Here at The Commander's Quarters we brew fun and focused $25 EDH decks. On this deck tech we brew with The Locust God as our commander. ...
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October 23, 2023 at 1:01 AM
I'm going to start my reviews by discussing how I made my current deck, The Locust God.
It's based off the one in this video, although it has many additions (which I'll discuss soon).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2vi...
It's based off the one in this video, although it has many additions (which I'll discuss soon).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2vi...
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Must suck to realize that there are some forms of epistemic grounding that you and your pals can't simply purchase and torch to the ground.
October 22, 2023 at 11:31 PM
Must suck to realize that there are some forms of epistemic grounding that you and your pals can't simply purchase and torch to the ground.
So I'm going to start reviewing arthropod-themed Magic: The Gathering decks suggested by YouTubers.
I don't know how often I'm going to be able to do this, because actually playtesting decks is a lot of work.
Methodology to follow.
I don't know how often I'm going to be able to do this, because actually playtesting decks is a lot of work.
Methodology to follow.
October 23, 2023 at 12:42 AM
So I'm going to start reviewing arthropod-themed Magic: The Gathering decks suggested by YouTubers.
I don't know how often I'm going to be able to do this, because actually playtesting decks is a lot of work.
Methodology to follow.
I don't know how often I'm going to be able to do this, because actually playtesting decks is a lot of work.
Methodology to follow.
Is there a place online to ask VERY basic programming questions?
September 15, 2023 at 2:35 AM
Is there a place online to ask VERY basic programming questions?
I really hope BlueSky becomes the next Twitter.
I miss doing the threads I did on AaE, which got millions of impressions.
It's not QUITE time to start in on those again, but once BSky hits 10M, that might be the time.
I miss doing the threads I did on AaE, which got millions of impressions.
It's not QUITE time to start in on those again, but once BSky hits 10M, that might be the time.
The current v1 Bluesky system is designed to scale to 1M users. And today we're going to hit 1M users!
We will, of course, keep pushing things and *try* to smoothly transition to the v2 Bluesky system later this year. It's designed for >10M users.
We just have to finish building the v2 system!
We will, of course, keep pushing things and *try* to smoothly transition to the v2 Bluesky system later this year. It's designed for >10M users.
We just have to finish building the v2 system!
September 12, 2023 at 10:51 PM
I really hope BlueSky becomes the next Twitter.
I miss doing the threads I did on AaE, which got millions of impressions.
It's not QUITE time to start in on those again, but once BSky hits 10M, that might be the time.
I miss doing the threads I did on AaE, which got millions of impressions.
It's not QUITE time to start in on those again, but once BSky hits 10M, that might be the time.
Daily insect fact:
There are probably more insects which genetically modify their hosts, than there are vertebrates.
Microgastrinae alone is estimated at ~50K species, and it's just one of eight groups of wasps which do this.
The entire phylum chordata has just ~80K species
There are probably more insects which genetically modify their hosts, than there are vertebrates.
Microgastrinae alone is estimated at ~50K species, and it's just one of eight groups of wasps which do this.
The entire phylum chordata has just ~80K species
September 4, 2023 at 11:43 PM
Daily insect fact:
There are probably more insects which genetically modify their hosts, than there are vertebrates.
Microgastrinae alone is estimated at ~50K species, and it's just one of eight groups of wasps which do this.
The entire phylum chordata has just ~80K species
There are probably more insects which genetically modify their hosts, than there are vertebrates.
Microgastrinae alone is estimated at ~50K species, and it's just one of eight groups of wasps which do this.
The entire phylum chordata has just ~80K species
Daily bug fact:
There are bees that are immune to DDT.
Only like, two papers on the topic though...so it's a huge mystery as to why.
There are bees that are immune to DDT.
Only like, two papers on the topic though...so it's a huge mystery as to why.
September 1, 2023 at 8:21 PM
Daily bug fact:
There are bees that are immune to DDT.
Only like, two papers on the topic though...so it's a huge mystery as to why.
There are bees that are immune to DDT.
Only like, two papers on the topic though...so it's a huge mystery as to why.
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One of the strangest (harmless) things I regularly see smart people who should know better do on the other site is retweet an account that says it's written by famous scientist Richard Feynman.
One way you can tell it's not actually him is that he died in 1988.
One way you can tell it's not actually him is that he died in 1988.
August 31, 2023 at 2:25 PM
One of the strangest (harmless) things I regularly see smart people who should know better do on the other site is retweet an account that says it's written by famous scientist Richard Feynman.
One way you can tell it's not actually him is that he died in 1988.
One way you can tell it's not actually him is that he died in 1988.
Angelenopsis sp.
Very common around houses, and can be ID'd by their funnel shaped webs.
Very common around houses, and can be ID'd by their funnel shaped webs.
Spider-sky, what species of spider is this? My brother in Colorado asked me and I told him it’s not a fish 🧪
September 1, 2023 at 8:16 PM
Angelenopsis sp.
Very common around houses, and can be ID'd by their funnel shaped webs.
Very common around houses, and can be ID'd by their funnel shaped webs.
Fun fact: There are some plants which most likely see, and they use this ability to mimic other plants.
SEEING. WITHOUT. EYES.
Opsins are fucking everywhere, folks. And not just light/dark, but colors. All the way down the phylogenetic tree to the roots.
🧪
Opsins are fucking everywhere, folks. And not just light/dark, but colors. All the way down the phylogenetic tree to the roots.
🧪
Nbd just fishes that can see the color of their own skin from the inside 🧪🦑😱
August 23, 2023 at 2:28 AM
Fun fact: There are some plants which most likely see, and they use this ability to mimic other plants.
Anyone play Magic: The Gathering?
Would really love advice for a Locust God deck I'm building.
Would really love advice for a Locust God deck I'm building.
August 22, 2023 at 1:07 AM
Anyone play Magic: The Gathering?
Would really love advice for a Locust God deck I'm building.
Would really love advice for a Locust God deck I'm building.
I really need to do stuff like upload a profile pic, LOL.
I'll do that this weekend.
I'll do that this weekend.
August 22, 2023 at 12:59 AM
I really need to do stuff like upload a profile pic, LOL.
I'll do that this weekend.
I'll do that this weekend.