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kho (kho@shitposter.club)'s status on Thursday, 26-Oct-2023 23:33:47 JST 
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🚨 ARTHROPOD OF THE DAY 🚨
Stink bugs are invasive, six-legged insects. They are almost two centimeters long with a shield-like shape, and a grayish speckled coating. As the name suggests, these insects will produce a stinky odor when you crush them. Other than the unpleasant smell, stink bugs are only dangerous to certain plants.
Originally, the brown marmorated stink bugs are from East Asia. The insects have become more common in the United States. It’s assumed that these invasive insects got to the United States through shipping.
Although harmless, these bugs can be a nuisance. Stink bugs thrive in warm temperatures and will mostly invade your house during the winter. -
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kho (kho@shitposter.club)'s status on Thursday, 26-Oct-2023 01:59:43 JST
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The Masked Hunter is a type of Assassin Bug. This family of insects is known for its ability to inflict painful bites on people thanks to a very strong, fang-like beak. This beak is normally used to rapidly stab an insect to death, but it also a weapon of self-defense if it feels threatened. Nymphs, or juveniles, are small and are covered in sticky hairs. Dust, lint, and dirt sticks to the body and legs of the nymph making it look appear more like an alien rather than an insect. This dusty covering makes the Masked Hunter nymph a curiosity to observers who do not know its true identity.
The Masked Hunter adult has a small head, with moderate length antennae and a short, stout beak. It is dark brown to black and elongate oval in shape. They primarily eat Bed Bugs and are active at night. Sightings of Masked Hunters indoors are usually a result of a bed bug presence inside the home. To eliminate the Masked Hunter, its food source -bed bugs- must be removed. -
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kho (kho@shitposter.club)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Oct-2023 01:23:15 JST
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🚨 ARTHROPOD OF THE DAY 🚨
Yellow garden spiders are large, orb-weaving arachnids, meaning they spin a circular web. Most spiders have two claws on each foot, but orb weavers have an additional claw to help them spin their complex webs. In females, the top side of the abdomen is black with symmetrical patches of bright yellow. The legs are reddish brown at the base and black toward the tips. Males are less striking in appearance—they are smaller with brownish legs and less yellow coloration on their abdomens. Females average 0.75 to 1.1 inches (19 to 28 millimeters) in body length, which is up to three times larger than the males.
These spiders produce venom that is harmless to humans, but helps to immobilize prey like flies, bees, and other flying insects that are caught in the web. The web of the garden spider contains a highly visible zigzagging X-shaped pattern called a stabilimentum. The exact function of the stabilimentum is unknown, but its purpose may be to alert birds to the presence of the web so that they don’t fly through and destroy it by mistake. The spider may eat and respin its web each night.
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kho (kho@shitposter.club)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Oct-2023 00:32:24 JST
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@binkle @creamqueen these are badass. I had one in my garden every summer except this one. I think I didn't grow tall enough plants for her to put webs sadly. Pretty sweet orb weavers. -
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:epstein: Mr. Quackers :duckie: :hoggers: (bigduck@poa.st)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Oct-2023 08:33:07 JST 
:epstein: Mr. Quackers :duckie: :hoggers:
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kho (kho@shitposter.club)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Oct-2023 00:33:04 JST
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The evolution of the name Colorado potato beetle is curious because the beetle is believed to have originated in central Mexico, not Colorado. It had a series of names from 1863 to 1867, including the ten-striped spearman, ten-lined potato beetle potato-bug, and new potato bug. Colorado was not associated with the insect until Walsh (1865) stated that two of his colleagues had seen large numbers of the insect in the territory of Colorado feeding on buffalo-bur.
The life cycle of the Colorado potato beetle starts with the adult as the overwintering stage and can be as short as 30 days. Adults dig into the soil to a depth of several inches and emerge in the spring. They feed on newly sprouted host plants where they mate. Larvae drop from the plants and burrow into the soil where they construct a spherical cell and transform into yellowish pupae. This lasts from five to 10 days. There are one to three generations per year, depending on latitude; however two generations can occur even as far north as Canada.
Potatoes are the preferred host for the Colorado potato beetle, but it may feed and survive on a number of other plants in the family Solanaceae, including belladonna, common nightshade, eggplant, ground cherry, henbane, horse-nettle, pepper (rarely), tobacco, thorn apple, tomato, and, its first recorded host plant, buffalo-bur. -
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kho (kho@shitposter.club)'s status on Monday, 23-Oct-2023 02:50:23 JST
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The American lobster (Homarus americanus) is a species of lobster found on the Atlantic coast of North America, chiefly from Labrador to New Jersey. It is also known as Atlantic lobster, Canadian lobster, true lobster, northern lobster, Canadian Reds, or Maine lobster. It can reach a body length of 64 cm (25 in), and a mass of over 20 kilograms (44 lb), making it not only the heaviest crustacean in the world, but also the heaviest of all living arthropod species. Its closest relative is the European lobster Homarus gammarus, which can be distinguished by its coloration and the lack of spines on the underside of the rostrum. American lobsters are usually bluish green to brown with red spines, but several color variations have been observed.
American lobsters (Homarus americanus) are typically murky brown, green, or light orange. European lobsters (Homarus gammarus) have dark navy blue or purpleish coloring.
Their unique shade is the consequence of a genetic abnormality that results in the overproduction of a certain protein. Because they’re extremely rare, experts put the odds of this coloring anomaly at one in two million. However, these stats are merely guesses.
The odds of finding this two-toned blue lobster are one in 50 million. -
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kho (kho@shitposter.club)'s status on Sunday, 22-Oct-2023 02:08:03 JST
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The giant leopard moth (Hypercompe scribonia) grows from a red-striped "woolly bear"-type caterpillar to a white-spotted moth large enough to fit comfortably in an adult's hand.
As an adult, the moth is noteworthy in its appearance: Its wings are bright white, with a pattern of black and shiny blue dots (some solid and some hollow) sprinkled across them. It has a wingspan of three inches, and when its wings are spread, you can see its colorful abdomen: The top side is iridescent blue with orange markings, while the underside is white with solid black dots. Its legs have black and white bands. Male moths (they have a yellow band along the side of their abdomens) are approximately two inches long, while females grow to slightly more than half that size.
As a caterpillar, the giant leopard moth grows to approximately two inches long and has shiny black bristles covering its body. Unlike some other "hairy" creatures, these caterpillars' bristles are not urticant, which means that they don't break off in predators when touched, causing irritation and discomfort.
The giant leopard moth can be found across fields, meadows, and forest edges of eastern North America and as far south as Colombia in South America. It is nocturnal, flying only at night, and adults can be seen between April and September. When handled or threatened, it may release drops of foul-tasting yellow fluid from its thorax to ward off predators. -
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Furgar (furgar@noagendasocial.com)'s status on Saturday, 21-Oct-2023 03:56:39 JST 
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I am listening to the latest podcast where Adam discusses what the Jews believe about Jesus. I was taught that the Jews teach in the talmud that Jesus was a heretic leading people astray. They also believe he is currently boiling in human excrement in hell.
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kho (kho@shitposter.club)'s status on Saturday, 21-Oct-2023 01:07:29 JST
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Fairyflies are very tiny insects, like most chalcidoid wasps, mostly ranging from 0.5 to 1.0 mm (0.020 to 0.039 in) long. They include the world's smallest known insect, with a body length of only 0.139 mm (0.0055 in), and the smallest known flying insect, only 0.15 mm (0.0059 in) long. They usually have nonmetallic black, brown, or yellow bodies. The antennae of the females are distinctively tipped by club-like segments, while male antennae are thread-like. Their wings are usually slender and possess long bristles, giving them a hairy or feathery appearance, although some species may have greatly reduced stubby wings or lack wings altogether. They can be distinguished from other chalcidoids by the H-shaped pattern of sutures on the front of their heads.
Fairyflies include the smallest known insect, Dicopomorpha echmepterygis from Illinois, whose males are only 0.139 mm (0.0055 in) long. They do not have wings or eyes, their mouths are mere holes, and their antennae are simply spherical blobs.
All known fairyflies are parasitoids of eggs of other insects. These eggs are commonly laid in concealed locations, such as in plant tissues or underground. They do not seem to be species-specific when it comes to choosing hosts.
Adult lifespans of fairyflies are very short. Stethynium adults (males and females) may live only one to two days. In Anagrus, depending on the species, lifespan ranges from three to 11 days. Each fertilized (or parthenogenic) female can lay a maximum of about 100 eggs. Access to food can prolong lifespans and increase fecundity. In Gonatocerus, if hosts are not found females can resorb eggs, retaining energy to live longer and increase the chance of finding a host. -
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kho (kho@shitposter.club)'s status on Friday, 20-Oct-2023 04:01:58 JST
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Yes, a pathetic cross dressing man. -
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kho (kho@shitposter.club)'s status on Friday, 20-Oct-2023 03:54:02 JST
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@BlinkRape do you have a link to the plea deal? -
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kho (kho@shitposter.club)'s status on Thursday, 19-Oct-2023 22:48:42 JST
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The glasswing butterfly can travel up to 12 miles a day and at a speed of 8 miles per hour. The key reason behind its migration is the idea of changing elevations and population density.
To attract females, male glasswinged butterflies will form large gatherings where they compete for available mates. They display themselves in large groups to attract females. They also release pheromones during these gatherings or lekking to attract mates.
Before the males’ butterflies can convert alkaloid compounds to pheromones they use during mating, these compounds are also nauseating to predators. Hence, they can lek without any worries of being prey. -
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Svantovit :bucees: :confederateflag: (svantovit@detroitriotcity.com)'s status on Thursday, 19-Oct-2023 08:46:39 JST 
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ABC News playing Hamas phonecall where they admit it's their missile that hit the hospital. Totally. -
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kho (kho@shitposter.club)'s status on Thursday, 19-Oct-2023 01:56:41 JST
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Madagascan sunset moth, a day-flying species of the Uraniidae family, is indigenous to Madagascar as its name suggests. However, initially, experts regarded Bengal or China to be its place of origin that was ruled out eventually. Described in 1773, entomologist Dru Drury considered it a butterfly and put it in the Papilio genus. Later, in 1823, Jacob Hubner identified it as a moth, placing it in the Chrysiridia genus. Bright and colorful, mostly due to its wings, the moth generates an impressive and appealing appearance.
The larva has a whitish-yellow body spotted in black and also red feet covered with black hairs. The five pairs of prolegs of the caterpillar are fixed to the third, sixth, and tenth abdominal segments. On the other hand, its six real legs remain attached to its thorax. On hatching, they mainly feed on the tissues situated in the middle of the veins of the leaves. Eventually, they start consuming many other things like fruit, tendrils, petioles, young stems, and flowers. They spin silk that is a part of their adaptation strategy, helping them cling on to their host plants’ leaves.
The animal gets its name because of the sunset-colored patches near the bottom of the hindwings. The hindwings are also banded with blue, and there are green bands, dots, and stippling on the forewings.
The iridescent areas of its wings are caused by a trick of light instead of pigment. But its colorful wings aren’t just for the pleasure of human beings. They warn would-be predators that the moth is toxic. The caterpillar exclusively eats the leaves, flowers, and fruit of Omphalea shrubs, which are full of alkaloids.
Though collectors would love to get their hands on one of these pretty moths, the Madagascan Sunset moth isn’t as rare as it might be. This is because of the Malagasy people’s belief that it represents the souls of their ancestors, and to kill it would be a desecration. -
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kho (kho@shitposter.club)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Oct-2023 04:04:44 JST
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The Alpine Black Swallowtail, known scientifically as Papilio maackii, is a beautiful butterfly found mainly in East Asia. With a distinctive black and blue appearance, it’s unique from other swallowtails. Its life begins as an egg, then transforms through caterpillar and chrysalis stages to become an adult butterfly.
These butterflies feed on citrus plants as caterpillars and nectar as adults. They have roles in pollination and also feature in cultural stories. In gardens, they can be both a delight for their beauty and sometimes a concern for citrus growers. Their behavior varies with seasons, often hibernating in cold months and being most active in summer.
The Alpine Black Swallowtail is predominantly found in regions spanning Eastern Asia. These regions include parts of China, Korea, Japan, and even the Russian Far East.
The habitats that the butterfly prefers are typically forested areas, especially those located in mountainous terrains. These green, elevated landscapes offer the butterfly ample resources and protection, making them ideal spots for their lifecycle to unfold. -
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kho (kho@shitposter.club)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Oct-2023 04:04:43 JST
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Idolomantis is a monotypic genus of praying mantises in the family Empusidae. It contains the single species, Idolomantis diabolica, commonly known as the devil's flower mantis or giant devil's flower mantis. It is one of the largest species of praying mantises, and is possibly the largest that mimics flowers.
It is native to Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Somalia, Tanzania, South Sudan, and Uganda. Its threat display is magnificently colored, with red, white, blue, purple, and black.
The head of I. diabolica contains three vital components: compound eyes, antennae, and mandibles. The compound eyes, composed of thousands of individual photoreceptor cells, enable good eyesight. The arrangement of photoreceptor units, for instance, allows the insect to capture a perceptual span of 180°. This allows I. diabolica to identify prey and predators without increasing its vulnerability by spoiling its camouflage. The antennae, a pair of long and thin bristles, serve as the insect's sensory perception. Projecting outwards, the antennae can detect much in the surrounding environment such as chemicals, movement, and odors. -
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kho (kho@shitposter.club)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Oct-2023 04:04:43 JST
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The Rosalia batesi is one of the longicorn beetles. The name Rosalia means a beautiful young woman. The Rosalia batesi's body is a beautiful blue with black spots. When they die, their body turns a rusty red, not leaving a trace of their living beauty.
The Japanese endemic longicorn beetle, R. batesi, is distributed over most of Mainland Japan and has an important function of decomposing dead hardwood in the Japanese forest ecosystem. This species is very popular in Japanese culture, owing to its spectacular appearance and color:
Rosalia batesi was featured as one of the insects in the video game Resident Evil in Insects Puzzle Room on 1st Floor of the Mansion.
Rosalia batesi was also featured as one of the collectable insects in the 2020 video game Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
It also appeared as a beetle saved by Doppio in Episode 26 the 2018 TV anime series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind. -
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kho (kho@shitposter.club)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Oct-2023 02:58:21 JST
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This sums up my day extremely well. Very accurate. -
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kho (kho@shitposter.club)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Oct-2023 00:44:53 JST
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