I'm seeing a lot of comments referring to the 75% figure. That's not from the study. That's from a study from about 8 years ago that found that decline in a region of Germany that u/Snarfums already summarized here. That study got a lot of headlines, but it got extrapolated in the news to being all insects were declining by 75%. In reality is was much more varied when that study spurred more work on the subject. Some insects were just plain understudied, others definitely were decreasing, and some were actually increasing in abundance, but the main issue here is repeating the idea that populations worldwide have declined by 75%. We're definitely concerned about actual declines as entomologists, but that 75% number has led to a lot of misconceptions.
>>301170 That's actually what's happening When I was a kid and sat on the terrace in the countryside I was watching how 1 gorrilion moths and some big beetles were gathering at the lightbulb Nowdays only a few small fry gather
A couple of days ago i was undressing myself and felt a slight itching on my shoulder. Look at it and noticed there's some tiny green snake of a worm variety on it. I wonder how he got there...
>>301214 You get turned on by that? What, do you also like overwatch, valorant, league of legends, e-thots such as delphine (shit monetary driven but financially successful attempt of mimicking lenfried completely missing the point), vtubers (shit monetary korean-model mediocre but financially successful attempt of mimicking seiyuus), tiktok nikonikoni trend and so foward? Are you a fucking troon, a left-wing colored hair fashion type of gay guy? I thereby say you retards are zoomers forever underage, and in case you're a millennial, you're a tripfag carrying the mindset of an underage newfag blogosphere-esque normalfag redditor comic rage wearing shirt cancer (which is now the ahegao hoodie). You and 4chan as of now along with the whole culture have absolutely nothing to do with anons, the absolute opposite. It's sad indeed.
>>301227 yes, insects are keyed and reflect the otaku spirit in that they're objectively completely worthless and insignificant but make something of their little fragile lives regardless. Also because most people think they're gross and a health risk but that's kind of incidental.
>>301246 When those womenses are 40 they will be hitched up to some white boomer ass husband who loves football and beer and eats his steak rare and he will being like "uhhrrrr... babe... what's that tattoo mean?"
duuude I accidentally let something I thought was a fly at first into the house but it turned out to be a flying male ant. Did you know after they put sex onto the queens-to-be they lose their wings and die shortly after? This is kind of like an allegory for women after feminism or something. Ants really understand the life us incels lead.
I smashed a fly in my boss' house and it died pretty immediately and at first I felt a little bit bad and was like "sorry man" and then I saw that there were little beige rice-looking things at the spot where I smashed it and I think those may have been eggs or baby maggots or something and now I feel ultra bad because that's kind of like infanticide if that is indeed what those were. It's also deeply disgusting since I smashed it with my hand
>Bed bugs (Cimex lectularius) reproduce exclusively through a process known as traumatic insemination. Unlike most insects, the male does not introduce sperm into the female's genital tract. Instead, the male uses a sharp, syringe-like copulatory organ (aedeagus) to pierce the female's abdominal wall, injecting sperm directly into her body cavity (hemocoel). The sperm then migrate through the hemolymph (insect blood) to the ovaries. This process causes physical trauma and introduces infection risks, though females possess a specialized immune organ called the ectospermalge to help reduce tissue damage at the puncture site. >Male bed bugs exhibit highly indiscriminate mating behavior and frequently attempt to pierce other males. Because males lack the protective ectospermalge structure found in females, these homosexual traumatic insemination attempts can cause severe, sometimes fatal abdominal injuries. To mitigate this risk, target males frequently release specific alarm pheromones to deter suitors. >Bed bug populations possess an exceptionally high tolerance for inbreeding. Infestations are frequently established by a single fertilized female or a minimal number of closely related individuals. Due to a unique resilience against inbreeding depression, colonies can successfully multiply across successive generations of brother-sister or parent-offspring pairings without suffering genetic collapse or reduced reproductive fitness. Why are they like this?
