<![CDATA[If you think "I can't study nature where I live.]]>If you think "I can't study nature where I live. There is no nature here." there is another way to look at this.

First you are wrong. There is nature everywhere.

But you can think of your anthropocene environment as "easy mode" you won't be overwhelmed with species, you just need to start by learning the big players.

Just last week @twizzt told me about Evania appendigaster which is a wasp that lays it's eggs in the eggs of roaches. I spot it by the rail-road overpass the next day!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/4039bdbb-ae01-401a-8a13-22bc8f2dcfc4/if-you-think-i-can-t-study-nature-where-i-live.RSS for NodeSun, 31 May 2026 12:34:18 GMTSat, 16 May 2026 09:34:57 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to If you think "I can't study nature where I live. on Sat, 16 May 2026 23:50:35 GMT]]>> jeSuisatire, have I told you about @futurebird?

Not that I'm aware of @utopiarte.

Ohh lokk, there she is!

Thanks for integrating her into our quantum realm.

@twizzt

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.tchncs.de/users/jesuisatire/statuses/116586934156489914https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.tchncs.de/users/jesuisatire/statuses/116586934156489914Sat, 16 May 2026 23:50:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If you think "I can't study nature where I live. on Sat, 16 May 2026 23:08:33 GMT]]>@twizzt

The general political climate has been bringing out my mean streak. I'm normally not this... "The Joker" like. I promise. But, as of late I've just been... a little more ... evil.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sauropods.win/users/futurebird/statuses/116586768880977386https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sauropods.win/users/futurebird/statuses/116586768880977386Sat, 16 May 2026 23:08:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If you think "I can't study nature where I live. on Sat, 16 May 2026 22:56:14 GMT]]>myrmepropagandist wrote:

Just last week @twizzt told me about Evania appendigaster
..
I spot it .. the next day!

@jesuisatire, have I told you abot @futurebird?

@twizzt

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tupambae.org/objects/0ac89072-156a-08f6-0eb3-260118338949https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tupambae.org/objects/0ac89072-156a-08f6-0eb3-260118338949Sat, 16 May 2026 22:56:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If you think "I can't study nature where I live. on Sat, 16 May 2026 22:25:32 GMT]]>@loathsome_dongeater @futurebird I recommend iNaturalist. Submitting photos through the web or app really helps.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/outer/statuses/116586599697490114https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/outer/statuses/116586599697490114Sat, 16 May 2026 22:25:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If you think "I can't study nature where I live. on Sat, 16 May 2026 22:18:50 GMT]]>@futurebird @twizzt

💯, even💯💯

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/PaulWermer/statuses/116586573360364340https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/PaulWermer/statuses/116586573360364340Sat, 16 May 2026 22:18:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If you think "I can't study nature where I live. on Sat, 16 May 2026 22:13:58 GMT]]>@SeanPLynch @twizzt

"It's not just a bag, it's a CLUTCH (of eggs)"

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sauropods.win/users/futurebird/statuses/116586554258573865https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sauropods.win/users/futurebird/statuses/116586554258573865Sat, 16 May 2026 22:13:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If you think "I can't study nature where I live. on Sat, 16 May 2026 22:12:59 GMT]]>@futurebird @twizzt

I can hear the ad campaign now (B-52's):

"Egg Sack, baby, Egg Sack!

That's where it's at! The Egg Sack.

Stand right there in the middle of the room
All eyes on you with your Egg Sack, baby!"

Montage of fiendishly, beautifully, hip people walking around quirky neighborhoods with their egg sacs.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/SeanPLynch/statuses/116586550367475675https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/SeanPLynch/statuses/116586550367475675Sat, 16 May 2026 22:12:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If you think "I can't study nature where I live. on Sat, 16 May 2026 22:12:24 GMT]]>@PaulWermer @twizzt

It could work! Do you see the vision?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sauropods.win/users/futurebird/statuses/116586548072150186https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sauropods.win/users/futurebird/statuses/116586548072150186Sat, 16 May 2026 22:12:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If you think "I can't study nature where I live. on Sat, 16 May 2026 22:11:40 GMT]]>@futurebird @twizzt they had roaches farther down.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/PaulWermer/statuses/116586545164056027https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/PaulWermer/statuses/116586545164056027Sat, 16 May 2026 22:11:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If you think "I can't study nature where I live. on Sat, 16 May 2026 22:08:58 GMT]]>@PaulWermer @twizzt

That image is one for praying mantis... I don't think it'd work as a fashion item.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sauropods.win/users/futurebird/statuses/116586534551171491https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sauropods.win/users/futurebird/statuses/116586534551171491Sat, 16 May 2026 22:08:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If you think "I can't study nature where I live. on Sat, 16 May 2026 22:07:21 GMT]]>@futurebird @twizzt
So I just had to look it up, you know, a new word for me.

Link Preview Image
Ootheca - Wikipedia

favicon

(en.wikipedia.org)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/PaulWermer/statuses/116586528185810286https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/PaulWermer/statuses/116586528185810286Sat, 16 May 2026 22:07:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If you think "I can't study nature where I live. on Sat, 16 May 2026 21:51:05 GMT]]>@twizzt

I have this running fantasy of somehow injecting myself into the high end purse design industry, and making a purse that costs like 5k and getting all the right people to be seen with it but it looks *exactly* like a roach ootheca.

Kind of long game for a joke... but it would be SO worth it to see celebrities carrying giant egg sacs on the red carpet!

Who will help me? We deserve this.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sauropods.win/users/futurebird/statuses/116586464239935819https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sauropods.win/users/futurebird/statuses/116586464239935819Sat, 16 May 2026 21:51:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If you think "I can't study nature where I live. on Sat, 16 May 2026 21:16:06 GMT]]>@GavinChait @futurebird @twizzt Ever watch the show about his family? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Durrells

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/frappe/statuses/116586326681331843https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/frappe/statuses/116586326681331843Sat, 16 May 2026 21:16:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If you think "I can't study nature where I live. on Sat, 16 May 2026 21:14:49 GMT]]>@twizzt @futurebird if you contact the author they will often send you the “preprint” version of the article for free. They own it, don’t make money (the publisher does), and they just want to do science and get read

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/scm/statuses/116586321627542605https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/scm/statuses/116586321627542605Sat, 16 May 2026 21:14:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If you think "I can't study nature where I live. on Sat, 16 May 2026 21:11:56 GMT]]>@michaelgemar @twizzt

The big hymenopteran innovation is the ovipositor, which is also a stinger in some cases.

What makes it powerful is the precision that wasps, bees and ants have with their sting or eggs.

The thin flexible waist makes this possible.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sauropods.win/users/futurebird/statuses/116586310335574270https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sauropods.win/users/futurebird/statuses/116586310335574270Sat, 16 May 2026 21:11:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If you think "I can't study nature where I live. on Sat, 16 May 2026 21:09:56 GMT]]>@futurebird @twizzt Tangential question: why do wasps have such narrow waists? (Or do they?)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/ap/users/116274777763908831/statuses/116586302413421537https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/ap/users/116274777763908831/statuses/116586302413421537Sat, 16 May 2026 21:09:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If you think "I can't study nature where I live. on Sat, 16 May 2026 20:57:33 GMT]]>@twizzt

I have learned that some roaches *do* just leave their ootheca laying around. And these wasps can find them? How? Can they smell them? That seems like a trick worth learning if you wanted to do low impact pest control...

In fact, the roaches that carry them around do so *because of these wasps*

It's an arms race!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sauropods.win/users/futurebird/statuses/116586253726351288https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sauropods.win/users/futurebird/statuses/116586253726351288Sat, 16 May 2026 20:57:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If you think "I can't study nature where I live. on Sat, 16 May 2026 16:35:34 GMT]]>@ubi @futurebird I just threw one in the trash as it was smashed. I seen not to have a single observation on iNat. Very odd. I see them regularly

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sauropods.win/users/twizzt/statuses/116585223585203432https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sauropods.win/users/twizzt/statuses/116585223585203432Sat, 16 May 2026 16:35:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If you think "I can't study nature where I live. on Sat, 16 May 2026 16:31:42 GMT]]>@twizzt @futurebird I've never seen a black eyed evanid, that must be a good character to differentiate species.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ecoevo.social/users/ubi/statuses/116585208348756731https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ecoevo.social/users/ubi/statuses/116585208348756731Sat, 16 May 2026 16:31:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If you think "I can't study nature where I live. on Sat, 16 May 2026 16:21:21 GMT]]>@ubi @futurebird in Sri Lanka, they are just black. Unfortunate

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sauropods.win/users/twizzt/statuses/116585167691864994https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sauropods.win/users/twizzt/statuses/116585167691864994Sat, 16 May 2026 16:21:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If you think "I can't study nature where I live. on Sat, 16 May 2026 15:52:25 GMT]]>@twizzt @futurebird I am in good company. Evanid wasps have some of the most beautiful blue eyes on any animal.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ecoevo.social/users/ubi/statuses/116585053924828483https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ecoevo.social/users/ubi/statuses/116585053924828483Sat, 16 May 2026 15:52:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If you think "I can't study nature where I live. on Sat, 16 May 2026 15:51:34 GMT]]>@futurebird also, read never home alone. It's a great book and eye opening. The nature inside your own domicile is vast and abundant!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sauropods.win/users/twizzt/statuses/116585050561822111https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sauropods.win/users/twizzt/statuses/116585050561822111Sat, 16 May 2026 15:51:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If you think "I can't study nature where I live. on Sat, 16 May 2026 15:47:00 GMT]]>@futurebird I love one of it's common names too. The ensign wasp. It's like a flag girl. Their search flights and mannerisms are very interesting and unique too. Jet black, dazzling blue eyes... Such an important and beautiful creature.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sauropods.win/users/twizzt/statuses/116585032620597202https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sauropods.win/users/twizzt/statuses/116585032620597202Sat, 16 May 2026 15:47:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If you think "I can't study nature where I live. on Sat, 16 May 2026 15:44:04 GMT]]>@futurebird I was actually trying to find info on this the other day. The only tool I had at hand was Google so I came up empty. These walls are huge for egg parasitoids too so do they eat most of all the eggs?

Being in a country that doesn't care about copyright, I have a hard time not just stealing papers so I can read about these things.

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