From our stacks: Illustration by Paul A. Broste, from Research - Design in Nature. Field Museum of Natural History, School of the Art Institute. Chicago 1924-25. Chicago: John Gilbert Wilkins, 1926. Printed by Field Museum Press.
Finding a vandalized Wikipedia article while doing homework feels like winning the lottery with the ticket you found on the street
“Mandarin is Valeria’s favorite fruit, if I could I would give her a hundred mandarins to prove my love for her, I love her so much fr, I wanna raise a hamster with her”
This man created a Wallace and Gromit style dinner delivery system for a fucking tiktok and all you animals can comment on his his ability to slurp full bowls of soup and deepthroat full eclairs? Well i for one applaud this man for his genius brain and would like to meet him in person in a hotel room, for definitely machine related enquiries and nothing else
Pleasing fungus beetles of the family Erotylidae (Coleoptera) are easily recognized by their usually red, orange, yellow or purple bright color combined with black, forming patterns of stripes, spots or rings.
Their common name is because these beetles are mycophagous, which means that they eat fungus, and the fruiting bodies of mushrooms provide the only food for both larvae and adults. In fact, Erotylidae is a very important part of the mycophagous fauna in the tropics, and are largely responsible for recycling the nutrients, which are absorbed by fungi during decomposition of organic matter, and dispersing them through out the food chain.
The beetles copulate on or near the host-fungus. Fertilized female lay eggs into the hymenophore or directly on the fructification, and larvae feed on or inside the fungus, devouring all its available parts.
This one purple Pleasing Fungus Beetle in the photos could be Erotylus or Gibbifer.
As an intuitive eater i know its ok to honor my hunger by eating an entire 5 oz bag of welch’s fruit snacks almost every day this week but as a human being who wants to live forever i think its important to walk a half a mile to the 7-11 to purchase said bag each and every time i want to devour one
