bug jobs
from fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz on 25 Jul 15:04
https://mander.xyz/post/34656015

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5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 25 Jul 15:16 next collapse

Ecosystem service

danc4498@lemmy.world on 25 Jul 15:37 next collapse

Calling a custodian a “funny little creature” is harsh.

Gullible@sh.itjust.works on 25 Jul 16:01 next collapse

Every bug has a job! Fruit flies consume the yeast on rotting fruit and their larvae consume the fruit itself, broadening the distribution of plant matter. Dragonflies voraciously consume all flying insects, but particularly slow flying ones like mosquitos, while their nymphs do the same in the water, controlling populations to avoid collapse. Scorpions sit inside your shoes and sting you to remind you to check your shoes for scorpions.

virku@lemmy.world on 25 Jul 16:40 collapse

I’m Norwegian. We have dragonflies. They are dope. But we don’t have any of those horrifying insects and eight legged ones that kill you. So I don’t resonate with the paranoia of checking your shoes, like at all. I am not sure if I would survive a week in Australia.

lagoon8622@sh.itjust.works on 25 Jul 19:07 collapse

I would die instantly the second I stepped off the plane. One of those jellyfish would jump out of the water and smoke me on the spot

xylol@leminal.space on 25 Jul 20:34 next collapse

Just like shorty Meeks in scary movie 2

WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world on 26 Jul 01:58 collapse

I would die instantly the second I stepped off the plane.

You’d fall into the sky.

AlternatePersonMan@lemmy.world on 25 Jul 17:57 next collapse

<img alt="" src="https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/35ab5044-d3b5-4900-a70f-3b05622b0fc4.png">

halvar@lemy.lol on 25 Jul 23:56 collapse

This very much reminds me of a traditional joke from my country, which is quite inappropriate and so it won’t be shared here.

shalafi@lemmy.world on 25 Jul 18:18 next collapse

Looking at one in my tank right now! Yeah, they just cruise around eating dead shit.

halvar@lemy.lol on 25 Jul 23:56 next collapse

“extra legs are for extra hugs” freaks me out for some reason

nothingcorporate@lemmy.world on 26 Jul 02:35 collapse

And they do their jobs without a profit motive… What!!!