Some of ya'll struggle with romance. Here are some tips. When you meet her she will probably be curled up. Like you, her response to most new things is to curl up in a ball and wait for it to stop or go away. You are a "new thing." What you need to do is sing her a little song so she knows you are also a pill millipede just like her. Then she'll uncurl.
The sounds are called stridulations made by rubbing parts of the exoskeleton together. "cricricricricri"
Another reminder that as far as I can tell, the wonderful @Buglife are the only UK conservation charity with an active presence on mastodon, and they're great! Give them a follow #insectodon#invertebrates#bugs#bugstodon
For the #SciArtSeptember prompt glowing, it’s my linocut of the #bioluminescent firefly squid! The firefly squid (Watasenia scintillans), also called sparkling enope squid or hotaru-ika in Japan, live at depth (200 to 400 m) and are bioluminescent and emit blue light from photophores. 🧵1/2
Sunburst diving beetle (Thermonectus marmoratus) The behavior of this diving beetle has been compared to a scuba diver, since it carries with it a bubble of air as it dives down into the water.
Today is day 1 of #Invertober, an invertebrate-themed art prompt list. The goal of this list is to encourage everyone to create invertebrate art & learn about these organisms. #invertebrates#insect#insects#beetle
Zum #InsektenSamstag Groß und Klein: Eine Feldwespe (Polistes spp), von einer winzigen Schlupfwespe (vermutlich) umschwirrt. Die letztere entdeckte ich erst bei der Nachbearbeitung des Fotos - sie ist deutlich kleiner als auch nur ein Auge der Feldwespe. Die Vielfalt der Natur bringt mich immer wieder zum Staunen!
Zum #Insektensamstag ein Kleiner Kohlweißling (Pieris rapae) auf Loesels Rauke (Sisymbrium loeselii). Beide Arten stammen aus dem eurasischen Raum, sind also in Nordamerika relative Neulinge.
Hey, bug/insect folks on Mastodon? This post has been going around Tumblr and it's unclear whether this is legit or not. Do any of y'all have any info on this organization?
Writing about hammerhead worms meant looking at the history of their US invasion, which is how I learned that the invasive species Bipalium adventitium was identified in NY in 1947 (and in California in 1943) by zoologist Libbie Hyman.
At a time when there were few women in zoological research, Hyman literally wrote the book on invertebrates, producing a 6-volume treatise ("The Invertebrates") and 90 articles from 1940-1967.
Red velvet ant (Dasymutilla occidentalis)
Day 22 of #invertober#invertober2023
They are actually a species of parasitic wasps. They use their bright colors as a signal to warn predators that they can sting (with a needle-like stinger hidden at the end of their abdomen) and so they should stay away. They display their coloration to indicate that they are not worth attacking. #cowkillerant#velvetants#wasps#wasp#insects#insect#hymenoptera#invertebrates