Some, like the ivy aphid are already in North America, but I’m not sure how much of a dent it actually makes. There’s great precedent for successful introduction of biocontrol agents for other invasive species. There’s also great precedent for catastrophic failures(especially in instances where there’s a native close relative of a target species), so it’s definitely something that needs to be very carefully explored and not to be done haphazardly.

It doesn’t have the same pests and diseases as in Europe to keep it in check.

there seems to be

they must be waiting for a birthday or something.

What’s happening?

tourism to the galaxy leader has started to reach zoomer vloggers.

i watched one of his videos out of curiosity and one of the guys he filmed with apparently went to yemen to check out the galaxy leader lmao. wild seeing this subject covered by this style of channel.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yl3VP6qqH9E

They’re like assassin bugs that go for mammal blood.

While I agree with killing bugs that harm people, there’s a caveat for smashing in particular. Smashing a biting kissing bug will just rub all of its guts and likely Chagas infested feces into the bite. It probably applies to a number of other biting bugs to varying extents depending on how they might spread disease, but kissing bugs and Chagas are the examples I know. Really, I just really think everyone should be aware of Chagas disease and am using this thread as an excuse to mention it.

Especially don’t smash kissing bugs on sight if you’re bitten by one. You’ll probably be fine unless it shits out Chagas disease into the wound. Smashing it basically guarantees you’ll get its fecal matter in the bite, so you’ll have a much higher chance of contracting Chagas disease. Probably applies to some other biting insects.

Fly fishing

Böögg looks like 80099, but the ¨s cancel out the 0s imo, so 899 seconds or 14 minutes and 59 seconds is my guess

While they were most likely introduced by humans, I really want to believe the theories that they were brought over by something like wacky ocean currents or a poor constipated bird.

What are your thoughts on the Jeju island cactus colony?

They’re already on track to join Hezbollah if my dreams mean anything

Overcast for the entire day except the totality and like half of the eclipse before and after. Very nice.

is it just me or is gallup way better than a lot of the other pollsters? like YouGov is absolutely atrocious from most of what i’ve seen.

Apparently PepsiCo just sells unseasoned tortilla chips under the Doritos brand in the UK.

pisstoria reigns unembarrassed on the sea.

I was curious as to what the old Ron Paul is up to these days, and he’s probably doing exactly what you’d expect. Funny seeing him talk about BRICS though.