Kevin Karhan :verified: · @kkarhan
1017 followers · 62589 posts · Server mstdn.social

@ancient_catbus this is why everyone, but espechally Trans and nonbinary people should be allowed to and eligible to open carry...

works like ...

#aposematism #deterrence

Last updated 1 year ago

Bornach · @bornach
113 followers · 988 posts · Server masto.ai
Kevin Karhan :verified: · @kkarhan
746 followers · 35051 posts · Server mstdn.social

@emilygorcenski or do you really expect @TenaciousUnicornRanch and others to just sit idle and wait to get hatecrime'd?

Facists won't obey the laws anyway because they'll get away with literal felonies.

So it's only fair for those targeted by them to choose all the legal options to create a deterrence or at the very least make the odds worse for the attackers.

It's like really...

#aposematism

Last updated 2 years ago

Vincent St. Pierre :mw: · @vsp
516 followers · 1884 posts · Server mastodon.world

More people should be familiar with aposematism.

... maybe then, politicians and arseholes would stop hassling the community...

#lgbtq #smh #aposematism

Last updated 2 years ago

Mikal with a k · @Mikal
425 followers · 937 posts · Server sfba.social

Here is a better phone snap of the velvet ant.


#ant #notant #aposematism #FAFO #coolshityouseeinthedesert

Last updated 2 years ago

Sierra · @eyelashbeetl3
56 followers · 100 posts · Server flipping.rocks

Wednesday’s is…a Locust Borer! I found this robiniae in a field of spp. ( ). on the sidelines of a construction site in Lawrenceville, PA. I am in love with for obvious reasons - but this one is particularly interesting because of their . Lots of insects take on the likeness of wasps and bees because predators associate them with stingers or chemical defenses - neither of which the Locust Borer has. They feed on goldenrod pollen and have the most adorable dense setae.

#InverteFest #Megacyllene #Salidago #Goldenrod #pittsburgh #cerambycidae #aposematism

Last updated 2 years ago

Kevin Karhan :verified: · @kkarhan
350 followers · 6219 posts · Server mstdn.social

@ellenor2000 :thinking_rotate:

I'm not shure unless you want to go full on reactionaries, which is a valid and proven strategy
:exclamation_rainbow: :fs_yay:

#aposematism

Last updated 2 years ago

fx dechaume-moncharmont · @fxdm
428 followers · 442 posts · Server mamot.fr

Sometimes the most beautiful colors are not to be seen : counter-intuitive case of is iridescent .
📄 Kjernsmo et al. (2020) Iridescence as camouflage. Current Biology dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.

#cryptism #beetle #science #biology #entomology #insect #aposematism #predation

Last updated 5 years ago