“Helps remove”? “Violently injured” is more accurate.
07.03.2026 05:15
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“Helps remove”? “Violently injured” is more accurate.
Hummingbird gathering anemone fluff in Eugene Oregon today
Demanding answers isn't enough. Demand resignation.
Party that. But note that they are neat pollinators, carrying pollen for their own consumption in leg baskets. Native bees are super messy and carry pollen on body hairs, more easily brushed off by stigmas. Gross oversimplification but usually holds
Also don’t forget that honeybees are relatively poor pollinators compared with many native species.
Indeed!
I notice that a handful of my recent blue sky followers are entomologists or other bug enthusiasts. Yay! If you are interested in the activities of my “lab” you are welcome to join my lab’s discord server. Just reply here or message me and I will send an invitation link.
What a story!
As my dad paraphrased, “a penny tossed is a penny lost”
Video raises questions??? No, it answers the questions.
Not too far from my birthplace! (Brownsville)
I once gave a talk at a conference in Prague hosted by the Santa Fe institute. Now I know where that money came from. Barf.
Actually, the first two are probably the same...
maybe place the trap inside a coffin?
here is the little featherwing
Cool! Do you use any bait?
By the way, our two beloved cats are buried about 50m away
Is the family really associated with graveyards?
A graveyard of trees. RIP 2020
Perhaps this is a hotspot? I encounter them reasonably frequently.
*salpingid (hippopotamus beetles)
Results after a little over 24 hours:
33 Scolytines at least 2 species
12 nitidulids
6 thrips
6 salpigids
4 staphylinids, at least 4 species
3 monotomids at least 2 species
2 sciarids
1 Ptiliid
1 Miroid bug
1 elaterid
1 chironomid
1 ceratopogonid
Baeus?
If the body breaks off, will the tail regenerate a new one?
Pure AI, cutting out the human oversight
My first homemade Lindgren funnel, made from used peanut butter tubs. The only purchased items were black spray paint and ethanol. Within 2 hours I caught about a dozen beetles. On a warm winter day.
