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Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Worms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Worms</span></a> form living towers in nature to hitch rides to new habitats <a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-06-worms-towers-nature-hitch-habitats.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2025-06-worms-to</span><span class="invisible">wers-nature-hitch-habitats.html</span></a></p><p>Towering behavior and collective dispersal in <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Caenorhabditis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Caenorhabditis</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/nematodes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nematodes</span></a>: Daniela Perez et al. <a href="https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(25)00601-3" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cell.com/current-biology/fullt</span><span class="invisible">ext/S0960-9822(25)00601-3</span></a></p><p>"If food runs out and competition turns fierce, they slither towards their numerous kin. They climb onto each other and over one another until their bodies forge a living tower that twists skyward where they might hitch a ride on a passing animal to greener and roomier pastures."</p>
Albert Cardona<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@SciMag" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>SciMag</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@scimag/news-from-science-dgvs7ea7z" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>news-from-science-SciMag</span></a></span> </p><p>Original paper is open access and will show you the movies:</p><p>"Towering behavior and collective dispersal in Caenorhabditis nematodes", Perez et al. 2025<br><a href="https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(25)00601-3" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cell.com/current-biology/fullt</span><span class="invisible">ext/S0960-9822(25)00601-3</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/nematodes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nematodes</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Celegans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Celegans</span></a></p>
Pollinators<p>May 23, 2025. We have trouble in the garlic bed, send help. A dozen consecutive plants are twisted and discolored. They were not visibly ill yesterday. The next rows are healthy at this time. The soil temperature is 55 F, 13 C. Nematodes and thrips are suspected. We sprayed three rows with neem oil this afternoon. We have a four year crop rotation. <a href="https://epicure.social/tags/gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gardening</span></a>, <a href="https://epicure.social/tags/garlic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>garlic</span></a>, <a href="https://epicure.social/tags/minnesota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>minnesota</span></a>, <a href="https://epicure.social/tags/nodig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nodig</span></a>, <a href="https://epicure.social/tags/nematodes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nematodes</span></a>, <a href="https://epicure.social/tags/thrips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>thrips</span></a>.</p>
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@eugeneparnell" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>eugeneparnell</span></a></span> </p><p>(2/2)</p><p>... surface ca. 2 hrs. after watering --the pots are too high. </p><p>Don't know how else to calibrate water 💦, as the plants are so high now and there is rarely enough rain.</p><p>As Lionel <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://expressional.social/@lionelb" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>lionelb</span></a></span> had pointed out, and as I've found quite some leaves with bite damages, I've ordered <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nematodes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nematodes</span></a> against the weevil, which arrive this week.</p><p><a href="https://expressional.social/@lionelb/114471578326823077" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">expressional.social/@lionelb/1</span><span class="invisible">14471578326823077</span></a></p><p>Hopefully, they are the root cause: there are quite some more yellow(ish) leaves now! </p><p>//</p>
Pollinators<p>Wednesday April 30, 2025. Drama in the compost! The compost pile haa warmed up to 55 F (13 C). This will be the first flip of the pile since the material was covered with the fall 2024 leaves. <a href="https://epicure.social/tags/gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gardening</span></a>, <a href="https://epicure.social/tags/compost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>compost</span></a>, <a href="https://epicure.social/tags/minnesota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>minnesota</span></a>, <a href="https://epicure.social/tags/zone4b" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>zone4b</span></a>, <a href="https://epicure.social/tags/growyourown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>growyourown</span></a>, <a href="https://epicure.social/tags/sowbug" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sowbug</span></a>, <a href="https://epicure.social/tags/centipedes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>centipedes</span></a>, <a href="https://epicure.social/tags/Earthworms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Earthworms</span></a>, <a href="https://epicure.social/tags/nematodes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nematodes</span></a>, <a href="https://epicure.social/tags/nodig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nodig</span></a>, <a href="https://epicure.social/tags/allotment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>allotment</span></a>.</p>
Chuckling Duck<p>Nematodes!! In a gall!! Waving a you!!<br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Nematodes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nematodes</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/gall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gall</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://lone.earth/w/9TDgAzgNVVwjWbZjuKM3Ef" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lone.earth/w/9TDgAzgNVVwjWbZju</span><span class="invisible">KM3Ef</span></a></p>
Scott Miller 🇺🇦 🇺🇸<p>TIL: "Naturally infected animals do not show any clinical signs of disease [Trichinellosis], except in rare instances, even though they can reportedly harbor 1,000 parasite larvae per gram of muscle tissue."</p><p><a href="https://www.merckvetmanual.com/generalized-conditions/trichinellosis/trichinellosis-in-animals" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">merckvetmanual.com/generalized</span><span class="invisible">-conditions/trichinellosis/trichinellosis-in-animals</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Trichinellosis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trichinellosis</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Trichinosis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trichinosis</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/nematodes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nematodes</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ThingILearnedToday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThingILearnedToday</span></a></p>
CellBioNews<p>Scientists discover how cyst <a href="https://scientificnetwork.de/tags/nematodes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nematodes</span></a> attack <a href="https://scientificnetwork.de/tags/sugar_beet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sugar_beet</span></a> <a href="https://scientificnetwork.de/tags/crops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crops</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://scientificnetwork.de/tags/roots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>roots</span></a> <a href="https://scientificnetwork.de/tags/agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>agriculture</span></a> <a href="https://scientificnetwork.de/tags/parasites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>parasites</span></a> <a href="https://scientificnetwork.de/tags/pathology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pathology</span></a> <a href="https://scientificnetwork.de/tags/HD_ZIP_III" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HD_ZIP_III</span></a> <a href="https://scientificnetwork.de/tags/transcription_factor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transcription_factor</span></a></p><p> <a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-02-scientists-cyst-nematodes-sugar-beet.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2025-02-scientis</span><span class="invisible">ts-cyst-nematodes-sugar-beet.html</span></a></p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>Mapping <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Antarctica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Antarctica</span></a>'s hidden ice-free lands: A blueprint for conservation <a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-01-antarctica-hidden-ice-free-blueprint.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2025-01-antarcti</span><span class="invisible">ca-hidden-ice-free-blueprint.html</span></a> paper: <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-025-04424-y" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/s41597-025</span><span class="invisible">-04424-y</span></a></p><p>"The ice-free lands are home to uniquely adapted flora including micro-forests of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/lichens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lichens</span></a>, <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/moss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>moss</span></a>, and two flowering plants, Antarctic hairgrass and pearlwort. They also sustain a variety of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/mites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mites</span></a>, <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/springtails" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>springtails</span></a>, <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/tardigrades" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tardigrades</span></a>, <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/nematodes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nematodes</span></a>, <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/algae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>algae</span></a>, and <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/microbes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microbes</span></a>. <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Seabirds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Seabirds</span></a> have established breeding colonies in these areas too."</p>
Teresita Porter 🙋🏻‍♀️<p>Developing and testing a new Ecological Quality Status index based on marine nematode metabarcoding: A proof of concept</p><p><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S004565352402900X" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sciencedirect.com/science/arti</span><span class="invisible">cle/pii/S004565352402900X</span></a></p><p><a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/biomonitoring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biomonitoring</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/metabarcoding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>metabarcoding</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/nematodes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nematodes</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/marine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>marine</span></a></p>
JIPB<p>It's🍅<a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/TomatoTuesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TomatoTuesday</span></a> and today we're talking <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/pathogens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pathogens</span></a>--like the🍅<a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/root" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>root</span></a>-knot <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/nematodes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nematodes</span></a>. <br>A new study by Sun et al.🍅explores the <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/molecular" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>molecular</span></a> mechanism🍅behind the regulation of <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/sugar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sugar</span></a> allocation in roots under RKN stress. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.13794" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">doi.org/10.1111/jipb.13794</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <br>@wileyplantsci<br> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/JIPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JIPB</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/PlantSci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PlantSci</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/botany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>botany</span></a></p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>Bacteria &amp; Fungi Come Together in Endosymbiosis Study <a href="https://www.labroots.com/trending/cell-and-molecular-biology/27876/bacteria-fungi-endosymbiosis-study" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">labroots.com/trending/cell-and</span><span class="invisible">-molecular-biology/27876/bacteria-fungi-endosymbiosis-study</span></a> </p><p>Inducing novel <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/endosymbioses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>endosymbioses</span></a> by implanting bacteria in fungi <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08010-x" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/s41586-024</span><span class="invisible">-08010-x</span></a></p><p>"After several generations, the health of the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/fungi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fungi</span></a> began to improve. They were changing and adapting to their new resident <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/bacteria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bacteria</span></a>. The bacteria also changed. Both bacterial and fungal cells were found to produce molecules that helped the fungi collect nutrients and battle predators like <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/amoebae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>amoebae</span></a> or <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/nematodes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nematodes</span></a>."</p>
Mandy Watson<p>Avoid grubs in your apples - now's the time to use nematodes to prevent codling moth infestation. Here's how...</p><p><a href="https://beekeeping.ninja/tags/gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gardening</span></a> <a href="https://beekeeping.ninja/tags/pests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pests</span></a> <a href="https://beekeeping.ninja/tags/apples" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>apples</span></a> <a href="https://beekeeping.ninja/tags/larvae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>larvae</span></a> <a href="https://beekeeping.ninja/tags/grubs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>grubs</span></a> <a href="https://beekeeping.ninja/tags/nematodes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nematodes</span></a> <a href="https://beekeeping.ninja/tags/organic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>organic</span></a> <a href="https://beekeeping.ninja/tags/organicgardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>organicgardening</span></a> <a href="https://beekeeping.ninja/tags/autumn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autumn</span></a> <a href="https://beekeeping.ninja/tags/gyo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gyo</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.mandycanudigit.com/2024/09/13/codling-moths-and-how-to-control-them-in-autumn-with-nematodes/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">mandycanudigit.com/2024/09/13/</span><span class="invisible">codling-moths-and-how-to-control-them-in-autumn-with-nematodes/</span></a></p>
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<p>Why do <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/whales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>whales</span></a> beach themselves? A vial of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/parasites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>parasites</span></a> in a <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Tasmanian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tasmanian</span></a> museum may hold the answer<br><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/PilotWhale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PilotWhale</span></a> that beached in 1973 was infested with thousands of parasitic <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/nematodes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nematodes</span></a> that may have eaten away at its <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/blowhole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blowhole</span></a><br>“We already know that parasites cause suicide in many other animals,” co-author and parasite expert Dr Shokoofeh Shamsi. “Why shouldn’t they do in whales?” Shamsi said the parasite infestation could have limited <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/whale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>whale</span></a>’s ability to navigate<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/17/why-do-whales-beach-themselves-a-vial-of-parasites-in-a-tasmanian-museum-may-hold-the-answer" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/ar</span><span class="invisible">ticle/2024/aug/17/why-do-whales-beach-themselves-a-vial-of-parasites-in-a-tasmanian-museum-may-hold-the-answer</span></a></p>
Joe Vilas<p>I'm sure there's a bad joke in here somewhere. Otherwise, gross. <br><a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/08/exotic-eye-worm-rapidly-invades-us-by-spreading-from-testes-of-fruit-flies/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/science/2024/0</span><span class="invisible">8/exotic-eye-worm-rapidly-invades-us-by-spreading-from-testes-of-fruit-flies/</span></a> <br><a href="https://triangletoot.party/tags/eyes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>eyes</span></a> <a href="https://triangletoot.party/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://triangletoot.party/tags/biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biology</span></a> <a href="https://triangletoot.party/tags/nematodes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nematodes</span></a> <a href="https://triangletoot.party/tags/parasites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>parasites</span></a> <a href="https://triangletoot.party/tags/invasiveSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>invasiveSpecies</span></a> <a href="https://triangletoot.party/tags/ThelaziaCallipaeda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThelaziaCallipaeda</span></a></p>
Pollinators<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://universeodon.com/@BroadforkForVictory" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>BroadforkForVictory</span></a></span>. And an Au revour to all your friends in the old allotment, in the soil. <a href="https://epicure.social/tags/soilbiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>soilbiology</span></a>, <a href="https://epicure.social/tags/worms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>worms</span></a>, <a href="https://epicure.social/tags/pillbugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pillbugs</span></a>, <a href="https://epicure.social/tags/nematodes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nematodes</span></a>.</p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>Tiny <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/roundworms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>roundworms</span></a> carve out unique parasitic niche inside <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/pseudoscorpion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pseudoscorpion</span></a>'s protective covering <a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-06-tiny-roundworms-unique-parasitic-niche.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2024-06-tiny-rou</span><span class="invisible">ndworms-unique-parasitic-niche.html</span></a></p><p>Ectoparasitic nematodes developing in the integument of a Baltic amber pseudoscorpion <a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08912963.2024.2341848" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10</span><span class="invisible">80/08912963.2024.2341848</span></a></p><p>"In a parasitic first, a Baltic <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/amber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>amber</span></a> specimen has revealed that millions of years ago, tiny worms known as <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/nematodes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nematodes</span></a> were living inside of and feeding on the outer protective layer of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/pseudoscorpions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pseudoscorpions</span></a>."</p>
nemo™ 🇺🇦<p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Nematodes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nematodes</span></a> are disgusting, especially when they burst out of dead spiders like an alien from the Alien universe! 🕷️👽 <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Thoughts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Thoughts</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/NatureIsWeird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NatureIsWeird</span></a></p>
TildalWave (~👋)<p>I'm on the lookout for innovative, ingenious and preferably humane ideas for managing a <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/slug" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slug</span></a> infestation on the garden in wet weather. I.e. diatomaceous earth, beer traps,... and similar contraptions that only work in dry weather are out of the question. As are all the myriad of myths that don't work at all not even in dry weather, such as eggshells, cornmeal, sawdust, ash,... Obsessively cleaning the garden's periphery and regularly displacing slugs found on produce is also unmanageable in this weather and due to not actually owning the land adjacent to the garden I wouldn't have anywhere to move them without dumping the problem on someone else.</p><p>So far, the most promising method I've found is "slug water", i.e. collecting and purposely drowning a lot of slugs in water to let parasitic <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/nematodes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nematodes</span></a> that some of the slugs would be infected with multiply in the slurry, then watering the plants and surrounding soil with diluted mixture of it. But, that's hardly humane and kinda gross. And buying these nematodes is likely equally inhumane (i.e. it's just paying someone else to do the dirty work) as well as prohibitively expensive considering this has to be done frequently over a fairly large surface area.</p><p>Another thing I'm already doing is planting barrier crops that slugs tend to avoid on the garden margins, but it's not massively effective. It works to a degree, but slugs will always find a way onto your garden be it around those barrier crops or just over them when they're wet.</p><p>So, in short, if you've ideas or maybe methods that worked for you and would like to share, please reply!</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gardening</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sustainability</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/SelfSufficiency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfSufficiency</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ecology</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Gastropods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gastropods</span></a></p>
Teacher/Coder Jason<p>I love how Cory Doctorow used the term <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/brainworm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>brainworm</span></a> to describe destrctuive <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/memes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>memes</span></a>. It is imperative that we denounce <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/neurotropic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>neurotropic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nematodes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nematodes</span></a> when &amp; wherever they appear. The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/techindustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techindustry</span></a> is flooded with them, finding themselves manifested in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/techbro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techbro</span></a>, unsurprisingly mostly <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/visible" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>visible</span></a> as a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/member" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>member</span></a> of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/male" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>male</span></a> form of our <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/species" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>species</span></a>.</p><p>In a 2022 article, Cory reviews some <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/drm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>drm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a>. There is a constant in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/industry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>industry</span></a> to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dominate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dominate</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/control" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>control</span></a> people via their devices.<br><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2022/12/03/painful-burning-dribble/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pluralistic.net/2022/12/03/pai</span><span class="invisible">nful-burning-dribble/</span></a></p>