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HAPPY NATIONAL MOTH WEEK! Celebrate with moth art! Moths of North America poster Saturniid Moths of North America poster

Sounds like those wasps are having a fun time!

Like an oil slick, this wasp changes colors at every shift of the light. The sexual dimorphism of this wasp is even color based: males are typically more of a deep blue or green while the females have a red base that shifts from gold and green to even flashes of purple. The rainbow of iridescence varies with each individual and some will even have spots of colors where they're lighter, darker, or less vibrant.

The wasp of many gender

“bits to use in everyday conversations”

Photograph by Ian McAllister

AGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH IM BLEEDING AGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

I think it’s time we all suck it up and say what we mean: fursona.

I've seen daemon and familiar proposed, but to keep in line with the cursedness of the original post, may I suggest: spiritual tamagotchi

5. take it easy, but by god, take it

Photo: Holger müller, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons 

I love very specific cakes

I had to redraw this cake 🍰

Sociable weaver birds (Philetairus socius) are known for making massive multifamily nests, and sometimes they specifically choose to be neighbors with the nests of wasps such as B. lateritia. It's believed the small birds do this because less predators are willing to mess with the stinging wasps around. It's also been theorized that the wasps' nest building instincts also help maintain the birds' nests. For the wasps, they also benefit from the protection of being a part of a larger structure. The flies that are attracted to the birds' waste are also an easy food source for the wasps' young.

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