Since XKCD’s “Types of Scientific Paper” is making the rounds again, here’s the Entomology one I made a few years ago. - ThreadSky

alexwild.bsky.social • 438 days ago

Since XKCD’s “Types of Scientific Paper” is making the rounds again, here’s the Entomology one I made a few years ago.

😂

The bottom right one 🥺

No entry of "This etymology study was submitted to the wrong journal"?

That parasitic wasp one really got me

I'm basically the weevil person now 😅

This having to re-like posts from the other place is giving me strong 'needing to re-buy all my music on CD' vibes. Still pretty good though!

Nice. The '39,000 spp.' one made me think of another important type of contribution: 'Why my group has more species than your group'

I must plead guilty to at least one of these 🤗
https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/118487/

"I've given up research to make this ant tree ornament"

Saying it's a golden oldie will probably get me into trouble, eh?

...can I see the weevil models

No cicada tho :(

Not by that person, but there are some pretty neat scans of cicadas!

https://sketchfab.com/search?q=cicada&type=models

That first one drives me insane. Especially if it’s named after something/somebody from Star Wars/Lord of the Rings.

Pop culture names *and* parasitic wasps? I can't not share Matt Buffington's paper from a while ago

You forgot "we found out this beetle species has actually been 759 different species this whole time OOPS"

This is brilliant!

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