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[-] dawcas@scribe.disroot.org 2 points 1 day ago

Who use dermestid beetles as clean up crew? The usual beetle for that matter is Alphitobius diaperinus (or any tenebrionid), maybe dermestid beetles don't eat oothecas?

I have several tenebrionids, A. diaperinus are in my dubia roach bin because those roaches keep the ootheca inside, but I can't put any tenebrionid with my red runners because they lay the ootheca and the larvae could eat that.

[-] Lodespawn@aussie.zone 43 points 4 days ago

What's a roach bin?!

[-] 200ok@lemmy.world 18 points 4 days ago

This keeps getting worse!

[-] AbidingOhmsLaw@lemmy.ml 36 points 4 days ago

Looks like it refers to cockroach breading / holding bins, for feeding pet lizards. Or possibly the trash can of a very avid cannabis smoker.

[-] 200ok@lemmy.world 13 points 4 days ago

❎ Unsubscribe 🤢

[-] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 days ago

We have a very handsome and friendly gecko whom we feed crickets. One can buy a little kit to start one's own small cricket farm to avoid having to pay 15¢ each. I've not done it, but it's apparently common in the reptile/amphibian pet community.

[-] Hawke@lemmy.world 35 points 4 days ago

[-] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 37 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Things that made me unable to use tampons before I started HRT:

~~dysphoria~~

~~vaginismus~~

The emotional knowledge of this post traveling backwards through time to clamp my vagina shut, a la Childhood’s End.

Centipedes, in my vagina? No, something far worse: carpet beetle hairs.

[-] lvxferre@mander.xyz 21 points 4 days ago

Roach bin
Dermestid beetle
Pap smear

The further you read, the worse it gets.

[-] muhyb@programming.dev 14 points 4 days ago

Thank God my English is not enough to understand these.

[-] lvxferre@mander.xyz 10 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Mine either. But I did the mistake of websearching them:

roach bin - apparently some people breed cockroaches as pets, or to feed their actual pets with.
dermestid beetle aka carpet beetle - they're so notorious for feasting on dead bodies that forensics uses their presence/development to estimate date of death.
pap smear - cells collected from the cervix, used to check for cancer.

[-] muhyb@programming.dev 8 points 3 days ago

Thanks, now it got worse for me too. -_-

[-] icelimit@lemmy.ml 7 points 4 days ago

Individual tampons don't come sealed?

[-] Sirence@feddit.org 4 points 3 days ago

They are individually wrapped in plastic, pads as well. Maybe it's not every brand? I know panty liners are not wrapped individually but I don't know how a spike on one could travel so far up.