Artificial Pollinator - Japan

[crabbypatty]

@Mantis_M I live right next to a wilderness park, the rain has made everything green and created waterfalls in there too. The weather is warm, I've been trying to find time for a good hike, but work makes it hard to coordinate with people I want to go with. I know what you mean about traveling, I want to see everything. I went to Japan and Dubai last year, it was awesome. I saw chance to go and I took it. Hoping to go to Thailand this year, perhaps go mantis hunting, haha. 

 

[Mantis_M]

@crabbypatty

That sounds like the good life! You're in the place to be right now haha! Throw some boots on every once in a while and go out with a gopher (hand held grab claw)  

I have yet to see more than one wild mantis! And I was deathly afraid of them at the time, for whatever reason!!! I hardly run into many mantis / bug people as it is so I haven't heard of any Florida spots. Maybe I'm not looking thoroughly enough .

I do occasionally see unrecognizable insects but I leave them be.

Next up - robotic praying mantis pets !

 

[crabbypatty]

@Mantis_M If you're searching outside you might run into Florida Man, haha, that guy and his shenanigans. I was afraid of bugs in general too before keeping my first mantis. I haven't met any mantis people in real life either, would be nice to have someone close by to trade. I'll be going to an insect show in April, maybe I'll meet some there. 

 

[Mantis_M]

@Mantis_M If you're searching outside you might run into Florida Man, haha, that guy and his shenanigans. I was afraid of bugs in general too before keeping my first mantis. I haven't met any mantis people in real life either, would be nice to have someone close by to trade. I'll be going to an insect show in April, maybe I'll meet some there. 

Awesomeee which show is going to be in town??! Youre going to have one heck of a time!!

Replicon is in Tampa this weekend. Sometimes there's an insect booth there. Usually the bugs are under represented!

 

[crabbypatty]

@Mantis_M it's called the Riverside insect fair. I've never been to one, so I'm not sure what to expect. It's only their third year doing it, I'm hoping to at least see local mantis species since their logo is a mantis, haha. I'm excited!

 

[Mantis_M]

@Mantis_M it's called the Riverside insect fair. I've never been to one, so I'm not sure what to expect. It's only their third year doing it, I'm hoping to at least see local mantis species since their logo is a mantis, haha. I'm excited!

Now that's something to look forward to!

 

[Ranitomeya]

Apparently, Bumble-bees are an anomaly, since their wings are theoretically too small for them to fly - I didn't know that until recently. Life seems to always have curveballs haha!

The reason they thought that bumblebees are unable to fly was because they incorrectly assumed their wings are rigid. They did not take into account that insect wings bend and twist differently on down-strokes and up-strokes and can twist and be angled. It's like trying to assume a bird can fly without ever bending its wings during their wing beats.

People have tried to create tiny drones based off of bees with two tiny wings and they, too forgot to account for how wings can both bend and twist.

 

[Mantis_M]

The reason they thought that bumblebees are unable to fly was because they incorrectly assumed their wings are rigid. They did not take into account that insect wings bend and twist differently on down-strokes and up-strokes and can twist and be angled. It's like trying to assume a bird can fly without ever bending its wings during their wing beats.

People have tried to create tiny drones based off of bees with two tiny wings and they, too forgot to account for how wings can both bend and twist.

That's really darn interesting! I cant even imagine trying to throw together a robot, let alone trying to replicate a perfect "imperfect" creature! There are so many misconceptions about bumblebees! Especially the one where they are super friendly, lol . How can you not love them though, and the world probably cant go on without them!

I'm glad people found this topic interesting!