Sometimes I think about how our species just so happens to exist in the same era as one of the most dramatic radiations of animals, and how lucky we are that they’re (often) hyper specialists who go after what eats our food.

You can’t argue against parasitoids being the best bug, it’s objective😎

This was a good morning read! Though it’s a shame, if taxonomy had more funding we might have already known if Synopeas is one of the groups that are specialized enough to be safe to use as biocontrol.

--species are parasitoids of beetle, bee, or wasp larvae. Others seek out spider egg sacs, or hop aboard female spiders with the intent to parasitize the egg sacs when the spiders construct them. Mantispid larvae then chew through the silk and live inside, eating spider eggs. #inverts #insects

Best way I can think of putting it:
You know the start to Stand by Me? www.youtube.com/watch?v=einn...

🎶"When the night has come
And the land is dark
And the moon is the only light we'll see"🎶

That's kinda the vibes here. Pretty fitting, "moon mili" was always there, just waiting for us to find!❤️

Dang, A+ name! 🤩

Extra context (as they are underselling it):
A 霽月/Jìyuè moon, as in the idiom 光風霽月, has this great sense of tranquility & hope to it, a sign that the intense storm is finally gone & the night is calm again, where you let out that breath you didn't know you were holding in.
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Hell yeah, bless us, moon millipede.