The Hive: The Malthus Bug Thread

[garbon]

Usually you want to let spiders be because they eat insects

But I guess if they are giant sex spiders things might change

A bug that eats other bus is still a bug

[viper37]

Usually you want to let spiders be because they eat insects

But I guess if they are giant sex spiders things might change

A bug that eats other bus is still a bug

spiders aren't bugs
Anyway, at that size, they'll run out of insects soon enough:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhoPtDprVU8

[HisMajestyBOB]

Told ya it was time for these fuckers to run amok. They should be back to hiding in about a month or so. Disgusting SOBs.

Thought this was the thread o Trump supporters for a second.

[Tamas]

First sighting a GHS in this flat. The fucker managed to hide between kitchen furniture before I could kill it too. Unnerving.

[crazy canuck]

Usually you want to let spiders be because they eat insects

But I guess if they are giant sex spiders things might change

A bug that eats other bus is still a bug

spiders aren't bugs
Anyway, at that size, they'll run out of insects soon enough:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhoPtDprVU8

On the other hand a bug that can eat a bus is a real nuisance.

[Tonitrus]

Good thing they're all in Brest-Litovsk.

[jimmy olsen]

Super interesting, especially since this is one of the most well studied insect there is. Just goes to show, we don't know a lot about them.

Decent length, so click here to read.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2020/11/leaf-cutter-ants-have-strong-mineral-armor/

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A new study shows that one Central American leaf-cutter ant species has natural armor that covers its exoskeleton. This shield-like coating is made of calcite with high levels of magnesium, a type found only in one other biological structure: sea urchin teeth, which can grind limestone.

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[Syt]

Bee evacuation! https://twitter.com/nori_reed/status/1370582209921482754

[Malthus]

Bee evacuation! https://twitter.com/nori_reed/status/1370582209921482754

I know making smoke calms bees, but I still find it hard to understand how someone can be so free from worry that they scoop up wild bees with their bare hands!

[viper37]

They smoked the ceremonial pipe before she moved them

[garbon]

I briefly looked at the spiders escaping the Australian floods but then had to quickly look away before I became a quivering mess.

[Malthus]

I briefly looked at the spiders escaping the Australian floods but then had to quickly look away before I became a quivering mess.

I would be too - those poor spiders!

[Tamas]

I briefly looked at the spiders escaping the Australian floods but then had to quickly look away before I became a quivering mess.

How do you manage with all the big-ass spiders in this country?

[Malthus]

I briefly looked at the spiders escaping the Australian floods but then had to quickly look away before I became a quivering mess.

How do you manage with all the big-ass spiders in this country?

The thought of spiders with big asses is indeed particularly horrifying. 

[garbon]

I briefly looked at the spiders escaping the Australian floods but then had to quickly look away before I became a quivering mess.

How do you manage with all the big-ass spiders in this country?

Knock on endless wood but so far I've not dealt with many. Only ones I recall creeping in legs first under my front door, well I was drunk at the time and smashed it with an empty wine bottle and dealt with it when I woke up the next day.