Hymenoptera is a large order of insects, comprising the sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants. Over 150,000 living species of Hymenoptera have been described,23 in addition to over 2,000 extinct ones.4 Many of the species are parasitic. Females typically have a special ovipositor for inserting eggs into hosts or places that are otherwise inaccessible. This ovipositor is often modified into a stinger. The young develop through holometabolism (complete metamorphosis) — that is, they have a wormlike larval stage and an inactive pupal stage before they reach adulthood.
seanfear about 1 month ago
nuclear fusion plant
a sage about 1 month ago
Solar power. They just have to be careful how they use it.
silberdistel about 1 month ago
A sizzling hot day. Or they invented turning sand into glass.
oldthang about 1 month ago
I hadn’t thought of having done that for decades.
pschearer Premium Member about 1 month ago
Oppenheimer meets Hymenoptera.
The dude from FL Premium Member about 1 month ago
Archimetes’ heat ray?
Botulism Bob about 1 month ago
Don’t use that magnifying glass on fire ants. You’ll only make them angry.
littlejohn Premium Member about 1 month ago
Hymenoptera is a large order of insects, comprising the sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants. Over 150,000 living species of Hymenoptera have been described,23 in addition to over 2,000 extinct ones.4 Many of the species are parasitic. Females typically have a special ovipositor for inserting eggs into hosts or places that are otherwise inaccessible. This ovipositor is often modified into a stinger. The young develop through holometabolism (complete metamorphosis) — that is, they have a wormlike larval stage and an inactive pupal stage before they reach adulthood.
hariseldon59 about 1 month ago
WMD
hariseldon59 about 1 month ago
Or maybe WAD. Weapon of ant destruction.
Just_Karl about 1 month ago
Ant-enheimer
Gent about 1 month ago
Death and destruction part of cycles of existence. For sometheeng that cannot dies cannot be born in first place.
wirepunchr about 1 month ago
Are they magnifying the problem?
chris_o42 about 1 month ago
The ants must be studying the Bhagavad Gita, not Oppenheimer (who borrowed the phrase).
rockyridge1977 about 1 month ago
Yep…..just in the right spot and you are “toast”!!!!!!!
sandpiper about 1 month ago
Reminder of the beginning of the Master of the World syndrome.
Ivan the Terrible about 1 month ago
Aint that a gas.
MichaelD Premium Member about 1 month ago
“Don’t be too proud of this technological terror you have created..”
ladykat about 1 month ago
The magnifying glass.
Rise22 about 1 month ago
“Now I am become death”…is that the name Become Death? Otherwise it is extremely poor grammar
ekke about 1 month ago
Good. Now that it’s out there in the sand, have it focus on Ozymandias.
StephenRice about 1 month ago
Whose bright idea was that?
Angry Indeed 30 days ago
“Where are your rebel friends now? " – Sid Phillips from Toy Story (1995)
Norris66 30 days ago
It’s that kid from the Farside.
eddi-TBH 30 days ago
They were too focused on if they could build it. They never stopped to consider if they should build it.
ars731 30 days ago
And Ant Lex Luthor is born.. or Ant Norman Osbourne if you prefer Marvel
JosephShriver 29 days ago
Every time I hear that quote, my mind goes to the video game Baulder’s Gate