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addicted2wasps · 3 months

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Drawing of the day: Megarhyssa greenei. Bonus mini collage of my favourite non-cartoon wasp drawings. I plan on adding more as I go along. For now, this is only a sample. Drawing wasps is keeping me sane during these dark times. Which one is your favourite?

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rattyexplores · 1 year

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Native Stingless bees with pollen pants

These bees sure are busy!

They appear to be nesting inside an old plastic fountain. I’ve also seen them nest in walls, cracked concrete, really anywhere that’s good for them.

The bees are also carrying big balls of pollen. Because of the position of the pollen on their legs, it looks like they’re wearing puffy pants ❤

Unidentified, Tribe Meliponini

02/01/23

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cnestus · 1 year

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i almost never go actively insect collecting anymore since i feel increasingly conflicted about it as i get older, but the nature of my research--trapping for forest/agricultural pests--typically results in a lot of by-catch which i feel duty bound to preserve and curate as best i can. especially the bees because they're cute as hell.

#hymenoptera #apoidea #bees #dead bugs #apidae #megachilidae #halictidae #diadasia #anthidiellum #megachile #nomia

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usgsbiml · 1 year

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A male Ceratina species from Bee Gardens in San Francisco that are surveyed for bees by Jaime Palawek. This crisp litte bee is less than the size of a grain of rice (white, long grain) and glitters with smooth metallic blueish green colors. Glinty enough to be problematic when photographing.

#ceratina #bees #bee #apoidea #hymenoptera #aculeate

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aegann · 2 years

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Genus Megachile

#aeg's ecology tag #bees #apoidea #anthophila #leafcutter bee #ecology #nature photography #this genus has so many species and subgenera lmaooo like I'd like to get a species ID but like. damn.#bug cw #insect

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amazingsuper42 · 1 year

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bee 🐝

(I don't actually know if this was a bee or something similar)

#bee #insects #my photos #apoidea

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blaznthekid · 1 year

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Newgrounds has an event called Robot Day, and although I missed the deadline, I did make a short animation with bug themed heroes (and villains).

The three heroes are Hornet, Bee, and Wasp, all based on real bugs. The short was finished and rushed but I think I learned a lot from it and I do enjoy the characters.

Link for the animation if anyone’s interested:

https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/865236

#digital art #digital illustration #digital drawing #artists on tumblr #art #superhero #robots #bug robots #apoidea #newgrounds #OC #oc art #original art #original character #clip studio paint #my art

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leisure-photo-by-barb · 8 months

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#newpost

#new post #weekend #honeybee #perovskia #insectphotography #newpost #apoidea #summer #violet #czechia

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treephotograph · 2 years

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A beautiful bee (Apoidea) plastered with pollen whilst sitting on a Tithonia tubaeformis.

I thought she had a cute butt.

#insect #invertebrate #bug #bee #flower #yellow #photography #Insects with cute butts #green #entomology #Tithonia tubaeformis #apoidea

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dissentersrising · 7 months

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hmm

sornieth technology.

all dragon technology runs off magic. at the very base of it, all dragon technology is just automated spellcasting. you carve a spell into an object, feed it magic, and let it run. that’s it.

dragon technology can be further divided into two categories:

essentially, battery-fed technology is powered by another object charged with magic. magic-fed technology is powered by a draconic operator who channels their own magic into the appliance.

btw ignore the fact most of the examples on this post are of firearms, i just want to give the dragons a goddamn rifle sometimes.

the basic principle applies to all pieces of dragon technology. the main difference is what spell is being cast, whether it’s a Shoot A Motherfucker spell or a Refrigerate Yo Veggies spell or even a complex multifaceted knot of programmed magic for use in a computer’s processor.

this technology was originally developed because, well—

sometimes dragons want to cast magic outside their element. for example: all flights have a need for fire on demand. all flights have a need for refrigeration on demand. by automating these spells, all flights are able to have conveniences such as stoves. and fridges. etcetera.

this tech also lets dragons cast spells that are too complicated or tiring for them.

let’s not forget that this is still all magic. high level magic, sure, but magic is an innate part of any dragon, so with enough practice, particularly skilled dragons are able to replicate the spells used in firearms, for example:

but for the dragons without the skill (or maybe without the energy, too) to do such a thing— well, it’s still available to them, just with a little outside help.

dragons have also developed spells that straightup will kill the user (remember the gaolers’ ice storm?). by drawing power from a battery, instead, no one has to die and you can still have yourself a nice blizzard if you want.

this tech also led to the development of computers, which run on a web of spells that are just straight-up too complicated for a dragon to cast themselves. like, sure, you COULD run sornieth windows on yourself. but do you want to? it’d probably be running at zero processing power and even lower FPS. just get a laptop, man, it’s designed to cast all these spells for you

#flight rising #/etc/art time #/etc/lore time #/dragon/doc #/dragon/apoidea #time to start fucking LOREDUMPING #expect more of these things soon!! i have so much worldbuilding to yell about

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addicted2wasps · 3 months

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What to do when anxious? Draw a male Sphex latreillei, of course! Probably my favourite Sphecid wasp. Native to Chile. Drawn with coloured pencils and white paint marker for the wing highlights. I'm off to sleep, goodnight!

#hymenoptera #entomology #insect #wasp #wasps #apocrita #aculeata #Sphecidae #Sphex #Sphexlatreillei #TraditionalArt #Illustration #Apoidea

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rattyexplores · 1 year

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