[PHOTOS TAKEN: MARCH 21ST, 2024 | Image IDs: Four photos of a small black bee, potentially one of the genus Ceratina, getting deep into a white and pink, bell-shaped flower to feed from and pollinate the plant /End IDs.]
[PHOTOS TAKEN: MARCH 26TH, 2024 | Image IDs: Six photos of a black, red, and white short-haired leafwalker fly feeding from and pollinating the white, pink, and yellow flowers of an apple tree /End IDs.]
[PHOTO TAKEN: MARCH 29TH, 2024 | Image IDs: Six photos of a red and black fly feeding from and pollinating the white, pink, and yellow flowers of an apple tree /End IDs.]
[PHOTOS TAKEN: APRIL 1ST, 2024 | Image IDs: Three photos of a black and yellow striped sweat bee on a green fig tree leaf, the tree growing from a large pot /End IDs.]
I...tried to make a meme and got carried away and made A Thing that is like partially unfinished because i spent like 3 hours on it and then got tired.
I think this is mostly scientifically accurate but truth be told, there seems to be relatively little research on succession in regards to lawns specifically (as opposed to like, pastures). I am not exaggerating how bad they are for biodiversity though—recent research has referred to them as "ecological deserts."
[VIDEO TAKEN: MARCH 30TH, 2024 | Video ID: A video of a green noctuid caterpillar on a light skinned human hand, attempting to burrow through the gap between two fingers, eventually falling through when provided with a wider gap /End ID.]
The thing about the internet is that any given user might actually be a giant centipede being kept in a terrarium by some guy in Fresno and you could never even tell. This public service announcement was brought to you by a real human social media user. In other news, curious whether Tumblr prefers crickets or mealworms?
[PHOTOS TAKEN: APRIL 1ST, 2024 | Image IDs: Three photos of a black and yellow striped sweat bee on a green fig tree leaf, the tree growing from a large pot /End IDs.]