4 ms·
Taxonomy of the Occlupanida (parasitoids on bread bag tags)
- Terr_ 4mo ago> The outside (or ‘edge’) of the occlupanid is often smooth, but many species sport palps, or tabs. These have unguessable purposes for mating, locomotion, defense, take your pick. I propose that these palps or tabs are remnants of the reproductive cycle, vestigial points of contact in the budding process. This phenomenon can be observed in some other classes within phylum Plasticae, and I see no reason to assume it is not happening here.
- Groxx 4mo agoThe gunpla family has especially prominent ones, apparently used in mating displays.
- beAbU 4mo agoIt's like a bellybutton!
- afandian 4mo agoThis is where the morphological approach falls down. This is an "analogous trait", i.e. something that's arrived at through two independent evolutionary pathways. These palps are due to a reproduction process called "stamping". Sounds violent, but that's nature for you. This is an asexual process. The tabs give an advantage to the overall clutch of young, not individuals. There's a morphologically similar trait in other Plasticae that's the result of "injection moulding". This involves the mating of two (or sometimes more) parents. This method allows for the evolution of more complex features. Overmoulding is also possible, which produces symbiotic organisms.
- rolph 4mo agoplease tell us about potential competition between Occlupanida sp. , and members of the Torqueroligiverasacculum Genera [least spotted twist tie]
- mrtomservo 4mo agoIn my experience, in natural environments that contain a vertical paper towel holder, Torqueroligiverasacculum Genera finds a nest and potential mating area underneath.
- picofarad 4mo agoBut why
- stogot 4mo agoAt first , by the title, I thought there were parasites growing on these clips. Anyone else?
- loloquwowndueo 4mo agoSame here heh
- BretonForearm 4mo agoIt's the only correct take, since the title atop literally says "parasitoids on bread bag tags".
- Terr_ 4mo agoHmm, if we're being really pedantic and go a step further, it becomes incorrect take: The text says parasitoids, which resemble parasites but probably aren't. Much like how "asteroid samples" means rocks instead of hot plasma from stars (aster), or "android battery" doesn't mean something surgically cut out of an human man (andros).
- redsocksfan45 4mo ago[dead]
- sl-1 4mo agoI think in this case parasitoid has a specific meaning: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasitoid https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasitoid >Parasitoidism is one of six major evolutionary strategies within parasitism, distinguished by the fatal prognosis for the host, which makes the strategy close to predation.
- Terr_ 4mo agoThat sounds congruent with the "asteroid" example: It denoted a broad category, but eventually gained a very specific connotation, and when the connotation became popular enough, it took over as the new definition. So now we've got to use alternate phrasing like "starlike object" or "false star" or "pseudostar." Terms like "spheroid" resisted the same fate, but I think that could change if everybody's talking a lot about some kind of spheroid that remains mysterious enough that we can't give it a better name in time.
- Kaibeezy 4mo agohttps://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=occlupanid&sort=byDate&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu... Must be one of the most submitted pages. Is there a list?
- QuinnG 4mo agoAnother mainstay is Ian’s shoelace site: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=fieggen.com&sort=byDate&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...
- Duanemclemore 4mo agoI distinctly remember seeing an exhibition of this work in Los Angeles in the early aughts. For the life of me I can't remember where. The photos were shot with a macro lens and blown up so that each specimen was ... 12" square? maybe bigger? Even then there were dozens upon dozens of them on display. It was mind bending.
- rwmj 4mo agoIf you're into this sort of thing I can highly recommend the parasite museum in Tokyo https://www.kiseichu.org/e-top https://www.kiseichu.org/e-top
- abnry 4mo agoWhen I was a child, I remember going to the nearby children's museum and seeing an exhibit with 1 million bread tags. It was supposed to help conceptualize the number.
- foobarian 4mo agoI've been getting listicle spam/ads with a CTA promising to reveal why you should always carry one of these in your wallet. To this day I never found out why that is!
- sanswork 4mo agoIn Australia they are occasionally used as a temporary fix for plastic sandals when the piece between your toes pulls through the base you can push it back through attach one of these around it on the bottom and it will hold long enough for you to get new ones.
- muti 4mo agoAnd for a cheeky example, here's a jandal you can buy with the plugger + bread tag combo from the factory https://heresgolden.com/products/golden-g2-mens?variant=43626543481014 https://heresgolden.com/products/golden-g2-mens?variant=4362...
- BobbyTables2 4mo agoPretty sure “fusoridae” had a prominent role in the original Tron movie.
- yawpitch 4mo agoThis is the work of a mad genus.
- Rooster61 4mo agoThe sort of general malaise that only the genius possess, and the insane lament.
- hackeraccount 4mo agoNice pull.
- Toutouxc 4mo agoIt took me quite a while to figure out what the article is about. These don’t seem to exist over here.
- junon 4mo agoThey're the American (perhaps other places) equivalent of the little wire ties, almost exclusively used for bread. They're supposed to be quick to close the bread bag back up but in my experience they're I'll equipped for that purpose as they either break or maul the plastic. I thought they were commonplace until I moved outside the US; at least here in Germany I never see them. As kids you'd break off one of the half-circle parts, stick it on your finger and flick it to make a makeshift ninja star.
- bregma 4mo agoThey're also used where I am with milk to keep the outer bag closed.
- emptybits 4mo agoAt this point, many readers will be regionally thinking, "Milk ... in ... bags???? What's HE talking about?" But I'm with you, friend. Occlupanida securing the primary containment vessels housing the partitioned units of bovine secretions, all the way!
- conductr 4mo agoI consider them a disposable freshness seal. After opening a new bag, I toss it out and just spin the bag real tight and tuck it under. The weight of the bread holds the twist. It’s super effective but my wife isn’t a fan. Neither was my mom.
- dofm 4mo agoThese used to be absolutely commonplace in the UK with Sunblest in particular, but also supermarket-baked bread, when I was a kid and then they largely disappeared. I haven’t seen one in maybe twenty five years, probably more, but I gather they have crept back into use in places. Bread bags are pinched and taped, folded and over and taped, or (in the case of supermarket-baked bread) maybe taped paper if not actually simply folded. Bread in the UK has improved so enormously in my lifetime that we have largely abandoned sci-fi long-life bread anyway, though Sunblest is still around for any quiet men the kids have given cheeky nicknames who are still saving up for a boat. We’ve also largely moved away from giant loaves of bread towards smaller loaves, but the bigger stuff increasingly seems to be sold in waxed paper anyway. So reusable sealing devices just seem silly.
- ricardobayes 4mo agoWhat are these for? In Europe we normally put a sticker directly on the bread, if at all. Is this for sliced bread?
- Sharlin 4mo agoI’m pretty sure we have bread in plastic bags in Europe too. At least here in the less civilized regions. In these parts they’re usually the plastic-clad aluminum wire sort though.
- WastedCucumber 4mo agoWe have bread like that even in the more civilized parts.
- MomsAVoxell 4mo agoOut in the sticks, we just eat the bread after we make it.
- boomlinde 4mo agoThey seem attracted to sliced bread in plastic bags here in the Nordics. They attach to the end of the bag so as to seal and hold it closed, regardless of the labeling on the bag. There are some positive side effects to this, which is probably the reason we're so tolerant of their presence.
- dcminter 4mo agoThe UK does, or used to, and yes, it was on the plastic wrappers on sliced bread. Sweden has a wire encased in plastic thing that crimps the opening shut instead. Both types are re-usable at least for the expected lifetime of a loaf of bread.
- ndr42 4mo agoWell, if the ecological niches are the same there could be analogous developments that are not homologies. So I without a reconstruction of the environment I'm not certain that the proposed tree is valid.
- ErroneousBosh 4mo agoThis is the sort of top quality nonsense the Internet used to be good at. We need to go back there.
- usagisushi 4mo agoMy grandma had a Paraguayan snuffler (specifically Emunctator sorbens), these parasitoids were his absolute favorite snack.