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vayda (vayda@clubcyberia.co)'s status on Friday, 08-Nov-2024 06:50:10 JST 
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Meranoplus bicolor, is a species of ant of the subfamily Myrmicinae. It is found in many Asian countries, where its habitats range from open grasslands to open-canopy forests. They nest in soil, usually at the base of plants. The nest opening is a simple hole, but it can sometimes have multiple openings. Workers forage on the ground as well as on plants, where they exploit extrafloral nectaries and tend to aphids. -
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The teddy bear crab is also referred to as the hairy crab thanks to its coating of long, silky hairs (“setae“) all over its carapace and legs. These hairs protect against predators, camouflaging the crab against the rocky reef background and breaking up the outline of its body. The setae also act as a net, trapping dirt, mud particles, and other bits of detritus, which further enhances its disguise.
The crabs predominantly appear along low intertidal reefs, rocky and pebble shorelines, and Sargassum-covered areas. They can be found across the Red Sea, Indo-Pacific, Australia, and Japan.
Teddy bear crabs feed mostly on larger pieces of algae during the low tide. They are highly fecund. Female teddy bear crabs carry 300–800 eggs at a time and breed continuously between March and December to ensure juvenile recruitment in their home range. -
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The Giant Huntsman Spider, holding the record for the largest leg span of any spider, is a source of fear for many. Its leg span can reach up to 30 cm, akin to a dinner plate.
Found primarily in caves in Laos, this spider’s size is not the only intimidating factor; its speed and agility make it a proficient hunter.
Despite its frightening appearance and hunting prowess, the Giant Huntsman Spider is generally harmless to humans, with its bite causing little more than mild discomfort. -
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The species Arkys lancearius, is commonly known as the Triangular Spider or Common Triangular Spider, named from the distinctive triangular or heart-shaped abdomen. A brightly colored and patterned spider they are found along the east coast of Australia, from Queensland, down through New South Wales, Victoria, parts of South Australia, south-eastern parts of Western Australia and Tasmania.
The body length of the males is about 5.5 mm, with the females being larger at around 8 mm. The front two pairs of legs are large, perfect for grabbing small insects, whilst the rear pairs of legs are smaller. The body color can vary from yellow, orange, red and with pale jewel-like markings on the triangular shaped abdomen.
The Triangular Spider is an ambush hunter, often found resting on leaves and ferns or just hanging from a few threads of silk. -
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vayda (vayda@clubcyberia.co)'s status on Friday, 08-Nov-2024 06:50:07 JST
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Tan, light brown, and dark brown coloring is specific to The Slim Mexican Mantis (Bistanta mexicana).
Native to Mexico, this species is also present in Southern areas of Texas.
Its largest recorded size of 5 inches is atypical as these Praying Mantids measure an average of 2-3 inches.
A brown base color and a thread-like body make this bug resemble sticks. -
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The Calcarifera ordinata is a moth of the family Limacodidae. It is widespread in northern Australia, south to Geraldton, Alice Springs and Brisbane.
The wingspan is about 30 mm. Adults are creamy brown with lines of dots on the forewings. The hind wings are pale brown.
Its larvae is known as the Wattle Cup Caterpillar. The caterpillar is bright yellow with blue green and orange colours. There are a number of tubercles around its body. They have reduced legs and move using a slug-like movement of the underside of the body. It has an extremely potent sting, described as being "worse than three wasp stings". -
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Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp - This species of Sphecid wasps (Sceliphron caementarium) are larger than other common North American species. It grows to a full size between 24 and 28mm.
A mostly black body with yellow species is specific to the appearance of the species. Yellow legs with a few small black sections are distinguished on the wasp.
These wasps are known for building mud nests for their offspring.
They capture spiders which are laid in individual mud nests for the emerging larvae to feed on. -
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vayda (vayda@clubcyberia.co)'s status on Friday, 08-Nov-2024 06:50:05 JST
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The Tubuca longidigitum is a species of fiddler crab also known as the Long-fingerd Fiddler Crab and the Grey-clawed Fiddler Crab.
They are very small, with an average specimen having a carapace reaching only about 1.65cm.
These crabs are found off the coast of Australia (Queensland). -
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The Australian steel-blue sawfly Perga affinis are often known as 'spitfires'. Sawfly larvae can grow to 7cm long and forage nocturnally in Australian Eucalyptus trees, forming large groups that can strip all of the leaves from a tree in a few days.
Sawfly societies operate democratically, with leaders and followers co-operating to decide on group movements. Sawflies live in social groups that can have hundreds of individuals and they stay together for their seven-month larval stage. -
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vayda (vayda@clubcyberia.co)'s status on Wednesday, 30-Oct-2024 09:26:29 JST
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@Inginsub 2 years in a row will be funny. I think depending on how his trial goes idk. Bossman was just so entertaining all year lol for me it's a hard decision -
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vayda (vayda@clubcyberia.co)'s status on Wednesday, 30-Oct-2024 05:59:50 JST
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Bossman or Rekieta for lolcow of the year do you think? -
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vayda (vayda@clubcyberia.co)'s status on Friday, 25-Oct-2024 01:12:25 JST
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fig wasp, (family Agaonidae), any of about 900 species of tiny, solitary wasps responsible for pollinating the world’s 900 species of figs (see Ficus). Each species of fig wasp pollinates only one species of fig, and each fig species has its own wasp species to pollinate it. This extraordinary diversity of coevolution between figs and wasps has become so profound that neither organism can exist without the other.
Wasps mature from eggs deposited inside the flowering structure of the fig, called the syconium, which looks very much like a fruit. Inside the completely enclosed syconium are the tiny, individual flowers themselves. When a wasp egg is deposited in one of the female flowers, that flower develops a gall-like structure instead of a seed. The blind, wingless male wasps emerge from the galls and search out one or more galls containing a female, and upon finding one, he chews a hole in the gall and mates with her before she has even hatched. -
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vayda (vayda@clubcyberia.co)'s status on Friday, 25-Oct-2024 01:12:25 JST
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The Golden Ladybug, also known as the gold lady beetle, is a fascinating and beneficial insect commonly found in gardens and natural surroundings. These brightly colored beetles are not only visually striking, but they also play a crucial role in maintaining the balance of ecosystems by feeding on various pests, such as aphids.
The color of golden lady beetles varies between species, but they typically exhibit a gold or metallic hue that may include shades of red, yellow, and orange. Their elytra, or wing covers, display black spots which further differentiate them from other lady beetles. The following characteristics can be observed:
- Metallic gold hue, sometimes with red, yellow or orange shades
- Black spots on their elytra
- Shiny and iridescent appearance -
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vayda (vayda@clubcyberia.co)'s status on Friday, 25-Oct-2024 01:12:24 JST
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The Wandering Violin Mantis is one of the most amazing looking mantis species. It is a large mantis with amazing camouflage. It’s body has a lot of appendages that look like dried leaves and its body is long and thin to resemble a wooden stick. The Latin name of the Wandering Violin mantis is Gongylus gongylodes.
Gongylus gongylodes natural habitat is in India and Sri Lanka.
The Wandering Violin Mantis got its name because the adults look a bit like a violin. Their body would resemble the soundboard of a violin, the head would be the top of the violin and the long and thin midsection of the mantis would be the neck of the violin.
Gongylus gongylodes comes in different color variants ranging from light brown to dark brown. Its body has all kinds of appendages that resemble dried leaves. -
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Like other warm water lobsters (and contrary to their cold water equivalents), the Caribbean spiny lobster lacks claws.
Caribbean spiny lobsters get their name from forward-pointing spines that cover their bodies to help protect them from predators.
They have a reddish brown shell, marked with occasional dark spots and two large, cream-colored spots on the top of the second segment of the tail.
They have long, horn-like antennae over their eyes that they wave to scare off predators, and smaller antennae-like “antennules” that sense movement and detect chemicals in the water. -
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vayda (vayda@clubcyberia.co)'s status on Monday, 21-Oct-2024 11:16:54 JST
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The malachite butterfly is one of the most stunning green butterflies found in Central and Northern South America. It has a 3-4 inch wingspan and lives in subtropical forests with mango, citrus, and avocado trees. Adult butterflies eat rotting fruits, bird droppings, and even dead animals found in the forest.
The wings of malachite butterflies are dark brown to black with whitish green patches. They also come in two forms, distinguished by the color of their undersides. The dry season form is larger than the wet season form and has black marks instead of silver on its underside. -
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vayda (vayda@clubcyberia.co)'s status on Monday, 21-Oct-2024 11:16:54 JST
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Sand fleas are commonly known as beach fleas, sand hoppers, or beach hoppers. Despite their common name, sand fleas are not actually fleas. In fact, they aren’t even insects. Sand fleas are very small crustaceans, in the Amphipod order. Sand fleas jump like fleas and are difficult to capture which may be how they got their common name, not because they actually bite people.
Sand fleas are very small, and are usually anywhere from a quarter of an inch up to an inch in length. They live on sandy beaches near the high-tide mark. They are most active at night, when they’ll emerge to forage for food. During the day, they’ll stay buried in the sand.
Most of the time, sand fleas bite your toes and feet because they come in contact with humans walking around the beach. Male sand fleas feed on a host, mate with female fleas, then die.
Female sand fleas are much more dangerous. After mating, they burrow into your skin and latch onto a blood supply to continue feeding. When burrowing, they leave the caudal tip of their abdomen exposed outside of your skin so they can defecate and drop eggs. You may be able to spot them on your feet if you see this small brown tip sticking out, so be sure to examine your skin after a trip to the beach.
While sitting just under the skin, female sand fleas begin filling with hundreds of eggs. It’s usually during this time that people notice pain, discomfort, and itching as the flea grows in size. -
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vayda (vayda@clubcyberia.co)'s status on Monday, 21-Oct-2024 11:16:53 JST
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It’s not only bears that hibernate in winter. Cluster flies (Pollenia spp.) do too, seeking warm, dark places, like inside the walls of your home, to sleep away the cold months before reemerging in spring. Also called “attic flies,” they are known disease carriers and are capable of crawling inside the smallest of spaces.
Cluster flies, or Pollenia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, are a commonly observed genus of true flies (Diptera: Polleniidae), readily distinguished by their dull-coloured bodies with golden setae on the thorax. They are often disregarded beyond their role as house pests, and a quick search of their common name would produce endless results instructing how to rid your home of them.
Several hundred flies may gather in any one cluster, and in early spring, hundreds of flies may die in homes before they are able to find their way back outside. -
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vayda (vayda@clubcyberia.co)'s status on Monday, 21-Oct-2024 11:16:52 JST
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Sycamore Tussock Moths can be found on sycamore trees and London plane trees. They are pale brown with alternating bands of tan and brown across the forewings. The hairy thorax has lines of white, blue, and yellow hairs running down the center.
The larvae is an unusual looking white furry and fluffy caterpillar due to 2 hair pencils protruding from each end. A pair of white and a pair of orange long spikes stick out from furry yellowish-white spines. The sides of the larvae have fine white trailing setae (bristly hairs).
As with many types of fuzzy caterpillars, the bristles of Sycamore Tussock are irritating and may cause hives. These are not a stinging caterpillar species and are certainly not a deadly caterpillar variety. -
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The spotted cucumber beetle, a member of the leaf beetle family, is a major agricultural pest in North America. The distinct 12 spots on its forewings that is their prominent distinguishable feature, have also resulted in their name.
Its body is yellowish-green, with twelve characteristic black spots on each of their elytra. The antennae, head, and legs are black. Their antenna appears long and slender, measuring 1.6 mm long.
Damage caused by these beetles can be identified from holes in the leaves they chewed through and the scars caused by feeding on the host plant, primarily the stems, crowns, and fruits.
Larvae can cause more significant damage to young plants by attacking their roots, preventing their development.
They can be found in North America, ranging from southern Canada, the continental USA, and parts of the central highlands of Mexico.
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