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[–] communist@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

Wonder how long it was sitting in the entomologists desk before it got described

(If you don't know, in the entomology community there's an old joke that they all have hundreds of beetles sitting in their desks waiting to be described, due to the abundance of beetle species)

[–] burningmatches 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Are we doing the “weevil time” thing here?

[–] dirtmayor@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

weevil time sounds like a fun time 🙂

[–] burningmatches 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)