#wildly underrated

[ruslangazizov]

the most underappreciated player on the knights

#london knights #ruslan gazizov #WILDLY underrated #put some appreciation on his name. please

[dearly]

SCOTT & BAILEY // 2.06

#scott & bailey #scott and bailey #suranne jones #wildly underrated

[sixteenseveredhands]

The Buff-Tip Moth: the resting posture, shape, and color/pattern of the buff-tip moth allows it to mimic a broken birch twig; the moth's buff-colored head and the patches on its hindwings even resemble freshly-snapped wood

It also definitely tends to look like there's a weird little smiley face in the setae surrounding the moth's head, which is arguably even more striking but for some reason none of the sources I dug up on this species seem to mention that weirdness.

This type of camouflage is generally referred to as a "protective resemblance" -- a form of mimesis in which an animal can avoid being preyed upon by mimicking an inedible/unremarkable aspect of its environment. Many different moths are able to disguise themselves in similar ways, and it is especially common within the family known as Lasiocampidae. Some of the other species that engage in protective resemblance include Gastropacha quercifolia, Gastropacha pardale, Gastropacha populifoli, Euthrix potatori, Euthrix laeta, and Calyptra minuticornis (along with the other members of genus Calyptra). Most of these moths disguise themselves as leaves/foliage.

The buff-tip moth is particularly adept at disguising itself, however, and the fact that it so strongly resembles such a specific object (i.e. not just a dead leaf or a vague piece of foliage -- but a broken twig from a silver birch tree, in particular) makes this disguise seem even more impressive/unique.

This species (Phalera bucephala) can be found throughout the British Isles, mainland Europe, and Asia, with its range extending into Eastern Siberia.

Sources & More Info:

Wildlife Insights: Buff-Tip Moth Identification Guide

ButterflyConservation.org: Buff-Tip Moth

The Wildlife Trusts: Buff-Tip Moth

Wildlife Insight: the Buff-Tip Moth

Moth Identification: P. busephala

Encyclopedia of Life: Global Map of Known Occurrences for P. busephala

Insecta: Phalera bucephala

Lepidoptera and their Ecology: P. busephaloides and P. busephala

Journal of Ecology & Evolution: Strong Foraging Preferences for Ribes alpinum in the Polyphagous Caterpillars of Buff-Tip Moth Phalera bucephala

Dickinson County Conservation Board: Protective Resemblance & other Forms of Mimesis/Mimicry

#lepidoptera #entomology #insects #bugs #buff tip moth #weird bugs #critters #animals #moths #are #wildly #underrated

[number-one-toku-robot-lover]

Hey, what are some of your favorite less talked about moments or episodes in tokusatsu? Things that really stood out or emotionally resonated with you, but you haven’t really seen anyone else mention.

If you don’t mind. Please.

#hell if there are shows that you think are wildly underrated #tell me about that too #i like knowing people's very specific things they love

[snekatiemmlpnf]

Guys share some of your favorite underrated Phineas and Ferb episodes please heres some of mine

Oil on Candace (ily django), Knot My Problem, Mind Share (one of my faves tbh....), Ready for the Betty's, We Call it Maze, Escape from Phineas Tower (top ten pnf hubris moments), Where's Pinky

#phineas and ferb #i dont interact w other fans these days so if any of these are actually wildly loved and im wrong about how underrated they are. oh well <3 #i love them anyways #there's probably more i love that im not remembering rn but yeah

[horror-aesthete]

Ravenous, 1999, dir. Antonia Baird

#ravenous #90s Horror #survival horror #western horror #queer fear #this movie is both wild and wildly underrated

[imnotalady]

i think we as a society don’t have enough jily-centered fanfics so i decided to write my own :) 

this is based on a german-czech cinderella adaptation from the seventies. It’s a Christmas classic in Germany (and I believe in the Czech Republic as well) and absolutely hilarious and sweet, if you haven’t watched it I highly recommend it!! Anyway, this is my first work for the marauder’s fandom (even though I’m a long-time reader) i hope you like it :))

Jily Cinderella AU

Or how Lily Evans gets herself a prince through magic, a little catfish and the power of fashion. Featuring magic hazelnuts, doves, lots of colourful tights and questionable hat choices.

#jily #jily fic #jily fanfiction #harry potter #wolfstar #dorlene #james potter #james x lily #lily evans #i watched this movie around christmas and haven't been able to stop thinking about this #also i feel like it's wildly underrated in english-speaking countries #literally the best christmas fairy tale out there #change my mind #drei haselnüsse für aschenbrödel #marauders

[man-down-in-hatchet-town]

AND NOW I CAN PEE ALL BY MYSEEEEEEELLFFF!

#wildly underrated lyric #guys I'm obsessed with this album #Go Go Nighthawks #Nerdy Prudes Must Die #NPMD #Nerdy Prudes Must Die spoilers #npmd spoilers

[wonder-worker]

"We therefore need to separate out the 'facets' of [Anne de Pisseleu's] life, the way she was perceived by different groups and individuals. According to these, she could be viewed as an ornament to the court, a grasping favorite, a desired patroness, an able businesswoman, later on as a pillar of the reformed church and cantankerous old woman. At different times and over a long life, Anne de Pisseleu played all these roles."

David Potter, "The Life and After-Life of a Royal Mistress: Anne de Pisseleu, Duchess of Étampes"

#historicwomendaily #I wanted this to be my first post on this blog for this new year because I love her! So much! #She's absolutely captivating and had such a colourful and unapologetic life #anne de pisseleu #french history #Francis I #16th century #my post #queue #I can't believe I haven't posted anything about her before - she's probably one my top 10 most interesting historical women #She's ridiculously overlooked & underrated which is bizarre considering how infamous and wildly important she was during her life #But instead her vital impact on Francis's reign and on the informal 'institution' of the French royal mistress is often completely erased #or trivialized in historical accounts - both general and academic #And when she *is* noticed she's demonized (and thus dismissed) as capricious/duplicitous/vengeful/selfish etc #as Kathleen Wellman* points out: a lot of this is due to her ties to Francis I - who's considered the most important French Renaissance Kin #So Anne's power and impact is diminished and downplayed in order to preserve and lionize his reputation #but she's simultaneously viewed as the villainous who's responsible for his mistakes. It's inherently contradictory :/ #(not to say that she was pristine or faultless or anything - ofc not - but I think you get what I'm saying) #and of course she was seen as 'the epitome of the deleterious effects of giving women too much authority' during her time so that probably #plays a key role in how she's currently perceived #she's also sometimes viewed as a sort of 'prelude' to Diane de Poitiers - which is ridiculous because it's *Anne* who set the precedent #for a lot of things Diane and later royal mistresses are now renowned for. But her spearheading role and immense impact is never #highlighted or credited as much as it should be. #Oh well. At least David Potter and Tracy Adams are doing a great job with her. Props to them they're fantastic :) #(btw I genuinely think that people who are interested in Anne Boleyn should look her up I think y'all will really like her) #(Both Annes were direct contemporaries and I think they had a very similar style) #*Wellman's book had lots of errors and assumptions but eh

[pc-98s]

doctor who "42" (chris chibnall, 2007) 🤝 hollow knight (team cherry, 2017)

a malicious sun entity seeks revenge by spreading an infection that turns people into killers puppeted by said entity

#WILDLY UNDERRATED DOCTOR WHO EPISODE I WILL DIE ON THIS HILL #doctor who #hollow knight

[vitamin-zeeth]

Simon Fairchild is actually my best friend. If I were in tma I would be a vast avatar and we would go round fucking with people together by jumping off high places and disappearing. He gets me like nobody else fr that old man is my soulmate

#also mike crew #but like simon is so iconic he just consistently goes places and does the vast thing of jumping and disappearing and fucking w people #he is wildly underrated and i would be besties with him if he was real #that guy knows how to have a good time #simon fairchild #the vast #tma #the magnus archives #vast bitch moments #zeeths tma relisten

[sixteenseveredhands]

Hummingbird Hawk Moths: as a result of their hummingbird-like behavior and appearance, these moths are often mistaken for actual hummingbirds

The Eurasian hummingbird hawk moth: Macroglossum stellatarum

Like an actual hummingbird, the hummingbird hawk moth uses a flight maneuver called "swing-hovering" (rapidly swinging from side-to-side while hovering in mid-air), has a wing-speed of up to 85 beats-per-second, produces a humming noise when flying, and feeds on the nectar from flowers; the hairs on its body even resemble the tail-feathers and wings of a hummingbird.

These moths are also able to maintain a stable position in mid-air by relying on the same flight patterns that are found among hummingbirds -- the moth rapidly rotates its wings in a "figure-8" motion, generating lift on both the forward and backward strokes, which effectively allows the moth to hover in place. The flight maneuvers (and other adaptations) of the Eurasian hummingbird hawk moth are so similar to the characteristic traits found in hummingbirds that this little moth is often mistaken for a real hummingbird, despite the fact that it is found exclusively in habitats that do not contain any wild/native hummingbirds. Though this species can be found in various ecosystems throughout the British Isles, mainland Europe, Central Eurasia, and even some parts of North Africa, there are no actual hummingbirds in any of these regions, as wild hummingbirds are found only in the Americas.

These moths (M. stellatarum) have a wing-speed of up to 85 beats-per-second. For comparison, the amethyst woodstar hummingbird, which is one of the smallest and fastest hummingbirds in the world, has a similar wing-speed of up to 80 beats-per-second.

While most other moths are nocturnal, the hummingbird hawk moth is active only during the day. It uses a specialized proboscis to feed on the nectar from various flowers, including honeysuckle, jasmine, tulip, red valerian, lilac, and phlox. This species also differs from other moths due to its lack of auditory organs, meaning that it has no sense of hearing. Among most moths, auditory organs have evolved as a defense mechanism to detect the ultra-sonic chirps that are emitted by predatory bats at night, but because the hummingbird hawk moth is only active during the day, when bats are largely inactive, that particular defense mechanism was not developed.

Experts generally believe that the similarities shared by hummingbirds and hummingbird hawk moths actually arose through convergent evolution; this means that the hummingbirds and the moths both experienced a similar set of needs, pressures, and circumstances within their respective environments, and they simply developed similar adaptations in response to those circumstances. Their uncanny resemblance therefore does not qualify as a form of animal mimicry -- the moths may look and act a lot like hummingbirds, but the resemblance is viewed as a product of incidental factors, and it is unlikely that those similarities were developed for the purpose of providing camouflage.

This is not the only type of moth that is commonly referred to as a "hummingbird moth." The genus Macroglossum contains several moth species that have hummingbird-like characteristics, and the term "hummingbird moth" can be applied to many of them; there are also at least five "hummingbird moths" in the genus Hemaris, although they belong to a separate clade and their resemblance to hummingbirds is somewhat less convincing. They include H. thysbe (also known as the hummingbird clearwing moth), H. diffinis (the snowberry clearwing moth), H. thetis (the Rocky Mountain clearwing moth), H. aethra (the Diervilla clearwing moth), and H. gracilis (the slender clearwing moth), all of which are found in North America.

Moths of the genus Hemaris: these moths may sometimes be identified as "hummingbird moths;" the genus Hemaris also contains a variety of moths that are popularly referred to as "bee hawk moths" or "bee moths" because they bear a resemblance to bumble-bees.

The Eurasian hummingbird hawk moth is not closely related to any of the "hummingbird moths" from the genus Hemaris, however, as it belongs to a completely different genus and occupies a separate habitat on the other side of the Atlantic. Still, it's interesting to note the presence of similar hummingbird-like traits within these different genuses.

Sources & Addition Info:

PBS Nature: Featured Creature, the Hummingbird Hawk Moth

The Wildlife Trusts: Hummingbird Hawk Moth

Royal Society for the Protection of Birds: Article about Hummingbird Hawk Moths

Journal of Comparative Physiology: Fuelling on the Wing: the sensory ecology of hawk moth foraging

Country Life: The Confusingly Enormous Hummingbird Hawk Moth that Looks Set to Become a Regular Fixture in British Gardens

#moths #cute moth #tw bugs #hummingbird #hummingbird hawk moth #insect #entomology #evolution #science #nature #lepidoptera #biology #I spend way too much time reading about moths #but they are just wildly underrated

[dinhlnce]

"tommy merlyn was one of the greatest people i've ever known. he was so much more than just a billionaire playboy. i loved him. i loved him in every way you could possibly love someone. and so did oliver. and i'm sure if oliver could be here today, he would say so."

#we need to talk about how wildly underrated this trio is i WEEP--

[thebusylilbee]

I won't say which ones because this shit starts wars but there are 1 or 2 internationally popular types of cuisines that I personally do not care for at all...

#whereas some other cuisines are wildly underrated despite how good they are #bee tries to talk #food

[illprotectyou-hearteyes]

I love so much when Doctor Who pairs its best writing with the stupidest aliens they've got. Not even your average level of silly for a Doctor Who alien; the ones where they take their own low bar and go digging. Then plop the rotting fungi they excavated right in the middle of devastating character development and the rawest dialogue your 14-year-old self had ever heard. Peak television.

#yeah i've been comfort watching early-reboot doctor who again #this post brought to you by: the farting aliens two-parter #they're not topping any favourites charts #but i'd pitch them as some of the most underrated eps #presumably that's the fault of the farting aliens #but in terms of character development for rose and the doctor and rose #and rose's arc of processing the cost of being with the doctor #it's quietly some of my favourite stuff from s1 #and yeah the political commentary is never going to get wildly nuanced in a family show like this #but for challenging young folks to think about fundamental values and how we do (or often do not)apply them to people in power? #not half bad! #doctor who #oh ALSO character development for Micky and Rose's mum #like #in the first few episodes it's easy to view them as shallow #people who Rose cares about but are kind of a drag on her life #these are the eps where you really start to see it's more complex then that #and start getting attached to them on their own terms #which then raises the stakes of what rose does going forward much higher

[spineless-lobster]

Virgin wellerman vs. chad greenland whale fisheries vs. gigachad bonny ship the diamond

#don’t get me wrong all the songs are FANTASTIC #like there is not one shanty that isn’t amazing #but I think whaling songs are underrated and wellerman was wildly overplayed back in 2020 #I hope I didn’t stir up discourse in the shanty community damn #anyways I LOVE YOU BONNY SHIP THE DIAMOND <333 #sea shanties #whaling songs