#mechanized

[sandimexicola]

Mechanized

Midjourney prompt: depict, abstract, skepticism, signify ambiguity

[sigrid-of-solstheim]

Fanfiction writers be like:

"here's the immensely time consuming 100K word novel-length passion project I'm working on between my real life job and family! It eats up hundreds of hours of my one and only life, causes me emotional harm, and I gain basically nothing from it! Also I put it on the internet for free so anyone can read if they want. Hope you love it!" :)

[fannishcodex]

revolutionary girl utena

ok listen, Utena literally has an alt mode in the film.

[adobe-outdesign]

the craziest beta 'mon is this guy, who would evolve into a random Pokemon upon evolution

like imagine finding this autism creature fighting for its life out in the wild so you catch it out of pity and two months later it evolves into goddamn Rayquaza

[bronkdoes-stuff]

Me when the story that obviously isn’t going to have a happy ending doesn’t have a happy ending

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Mechanized Mousefolk Artificer

I will keep that but would like an new image. Again a mousefolk artificier for dnd but with the battlesmith specialization who is also taking some things from a ranger. Things to showcase is having a crossbow a mechanical beetle (as per the battlesmith subclass allows) but also have some mechanical traps and tools hanging of the character. An articier that turned his knowledge to making animal companions and traps versus traditional ranger stuff.

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Mechanized Mousefolk Artificer

I will keep that but would like an new image. Again a mousefolk artificier for dnd but with the battlesmith specialization who is also taking some things from a ranger. Things to showcase is having a crossbow a mechanical beetle (as per the battlesmith subclass allows) but also have some mechanical traps and tools hanging of the character. An articier that turned his knowledge to making animal companions and traps versus traditional ranger stuff.

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Mechanized Mousefolk Artificer

I will keep that but would like an new image. Again a mousefolk artificier for dnd but with the battlesmith specialization who is also taking some things from a ranger. Things to showcase is having a crossbow a mechanical beetle (as per the battlesmith subclass allows) but also have some mechanical traps and tools hanging of the character. An articier that turned his knowledge to making animal companions and traps versus traditional ranger stuff.

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Mechanized Mousefolk Artificer

I will keep that but would like an new image. Again a mousefolk artificier for dnd but with the battlesmith specialization who is also taking some things from a ranger. Things to showcase is having a crossbow a mechanical beetle (as per the battlesmith subclass allows) but also have some mechanical traps and tools hanging of the character. An articier that turned his knowledge to making animal companions and traps versus traditional ranger stuff.

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Mechanized Mousefolk Artificer

I will keep that but would like an new image. Again a mousefolk artificier for dnd but with the battlesmith specialization who is also taking some things from a ranger. Things to showcase is having a crossbow a mechanical beetle (as per the battlesmith subclass allows) but also have some mechanical traps and tools hanging of the character. An articier that turned his knowledge to making animal companions and traps versus traditional ranger stuff.

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Mechanized Mousefolk Artificer

I will keep that but would like an new image. Again a mousefolk artificier for dnd but with the battlesmith specialization who is also taking some things from a ranger. Things to showcase is having a crossbow a mechanical beetle (as per the battlesmith subclass allows) but also have some mechanical traps and tools hanging of the character. An articier that turned his knowledge to making animal companions and traps versus traditional ranger stuff.

[alertbrilliant4204]

Basic automation refers to equipment and machines that help workers do basic, repetitive tasks. Examples include conveyor belts that transport goods from one station to another, barcode scanners for tracking inventory, and pick-to-light systems that use lights to direct workers to pick the right items. These are the tools that work together and not on their own but provide speed and accuracy to the manual process. Basic automation relieves human labor, decreases the likelihood of human error, and ensures productivity is maintained without the necessity for an entire redevelopment of warehouse infrastructure or processes.

[roswellsplace]

Dreamers

dreamers in gutters plaster and vox wide starting new worlds in images mechanized. bulking batteries uselessly removing themselves noisy boring or brain-wreck laboring replaced.

[ghosted-jazz]

THE QUEEN!! SHES BACK!!!!!!

[artifacts-and-arthropods]

Yellowjacket-Mimicking Moth: this is just a harmless moth that mimics the appearance and behavior of a yellowjacket/wasp; its disguise is so convincing that it can even fool actual wasps

This species (Myrmecopsis polistes) may be one of the most impressive wasp-mimics in the world. The moth's narrow waist, teardrop-shaped abdomen, black-and-yellow patterning, transparent wings, smooth appearance, and folded wing position all mimic the features of a wasp. Unlike an actual wasp, however, it does not have any mandibles or biting/chewing mouthparts, because it's equipped with a proboscis instead, and it has noticeably "feathery" antennae.

There are many moths that use hymenopteran mimicry (the mimicry of bees, wasps, yellowjackets, hornets, and/or bumblebees, in particular) as a way to deter predators, and those mimics are often incredibly convincing. Myrmecopsis polistes is one of the best examples, but there are several other moths that have also mastered this form of mimicry.

Above: Pseudosphex laticincta, another moth species that mimics a yellowjacket

These disguises often involve more than just a physical resemblance; in many cases, the moths also engage in behavioral and/or acoustic mimicry, meaning that they can mimic the sounds and behaviors of their hymenopteran models. In some cases, the resemblance is so convincing that it even fools actual wasps/yellowjackets.

Above: Pseudosphex laticincta

Such a detailed and intricate disguise is unusual even among mimics. Researchers believe that it developed partly as a way for the moth to trick actual wasps into treating it like one of their own. Wasps frequently prey upon moths, but they are innately non-aggressive toward their own fellow nest-mates, which are identified by sight -- so if the moth can convincingly impersonate one of those nest-mates, then it can avoid being eaten by wasps.

Above: Pseudosphex laticincta

I gave an overview of the moths that mimic bees, wasps, yellowjackets, hornets, and bumblebees in one of my previous posts, but I felt that these two species (Myrmecopsis polistes and Pseudosphex laticincta) deserved to have their own dedicated post, because these are two of the most convincing mimics I have ever seen.

Above: Pseudosphex sp.

I think that moths in general are probably the most talented mimics in the natural world. They have so many intricate, unique disguises, and they often combine visual, behavioral, and acoustic forms of mimicry in order to produce an uncanny resemblance.

Several of these incredible mimics have already been featured on my blog: moths that mimic jumping spiders, a moth that mimics a broken birch twig, a moth caterpillar that can mimic a snake, a moth that disguises itself as two flies feeding on a pile of bird droppings, a moth that mimics a dried-up leaf, a moth that can mimic a cuckoo bee, and a moth that mimics the leaves of a poplar tree.

Moths are just so much more interesting than people generally realize.

Sources & More Info:

Journal of Ecology and Evolution: A Hypothesis to Explain Accuracy of Wasp Resemblances

Entomology Today: In Enemy Garb: A New Explanation for Wasp Mimicry

iNaturalist: Myrmecopsis polistes and Pseudosphex laticincta

Transactions of the Entomological Society of London: A Few Observations on Mimicry